about
My name is Maria and I like to make things. When I am not working at my full-time job or tinkering with the press, you can either find me playing peek-a-boo with my son or sitting on the couch in front of the T.V. with my husband.
the presses
My husband Mike gets nervous everytime I utter the words, "I just bought another press." It usually involves some heavy lifting and clearing out our already cluttered garage. I have three presses and named each of them after the person that sold them to me.
Percy - The Kelsey Excelsior is the first press I ever owned. It has the most sentimental value; I used this press to print our wedding invitations.
Mark - Acquired from the International Printing Museum in Carson, this is a C&P Pilot Press named after its director, a true gentleman who delivered and helped lug the 200 lb. machine up a flight of stairs to our apartment back then.
Gene - The biggest and heaviest (1800 lbs.) of the three presses. Acquired from a retired printer who kept this C&P in his garage after he sold his printing business, fully intending to print some personal projects on the side. Gene is busy having a good time enjoying retirement with his wife, and never touched the press until I bought it from him.
