The ornate 400 lb. Columbian press, built in England goes back to the 1830’s
Over the last two years, Red Onion Press has been tapped to do restoration and maintenance work on a collection of antique letterpress printing equipment that had been donated over the years to Kennesaw State University.
Shown here is the Columbian Press, on display at the Museum of Printing, north of Boston, nearly identical to the version at KSU. Starting with the Columbian press restoration, the project will include two other large floor model presses and roughly 50 tabletop letterpress of all types. Most of the work will take place on campus in a dedicated area in the large expanded printmaking department of the following months.
