... that was ben's comment on the printing press -- ludovine -- after she was all set up this evening, and he got to play with her a bit.
there should have been a much more exciting entry for this event, considering all the photo opportunities that presented themselves today -- including a bizarre mid-march blizzard, schoolchildren outside attempting to ransack the seven hundred pound crate once it was delivered, and the sight of ben, scott, john and tim carrying this thing into the house -- but frankly, we were preoccupied.
she is gorgeous. ben, near exhaustion (he went to pilates class with me yesterday, then lugged ludo around today), could not keep from trying her out.
he built one little form, with just an antique postcard back...
he inked it up with just a rubber stamp ink pad to try it out...
we pulled the handle together...
ta-da!!!
the pictures are a little dark and fuzzy, but that's more or less how we feel. but i didn't want to miss that "very first" feeling, grainy pictures be damned. she is here! paysans sans peur press, est. march 16, 2004.
(more pictures of our first full day of printing are available here).