Printing presses at Catapult Creative House

Laura Simon

Sunday, July 10, 2016

People use old-time printing presses to create works of art at Catapult Creative House in Cape Girardeau on Wednesday, July 6, 2016.

Terry Davis uses a Chandler & Price Co. printing press to make prints at Catapult Creative House in Cape Girardeau on Wednesday, July 6, 2016. (Laura Simon)
Terry Davis uses a Chandler & Price Co. printing press to make prints at Catapult Creative House in Cape Girardeau on Wednesday, July 6, 2016. (Laura Simon)
Jessica Lambert prepares image blocks for the printer at Catapult Creative House in Cape Girardeau on Wednesday, July 6, 2016. (Laura Simon)
Jessica Lambert uses a Vandercook printing press to make prints while testing and cataloguing image blocks at Catapult Creative House in Cape Girardeau on Wednesday, July 6, 2016. (Laura Simon)

Jessica Lambert uses a Vandercook printing press to make prints while testing and cataloguing image blocks at Catapult Creative House in Cape Girardeau on Wednesday, July 6, 2016. (Laura Simon)
Jessica Lambert uses a Vandercook printing press to make prints while testing and cataloguing image blocks at Catapult Creative House in Cape Girardeau on Wednesday, July 6, 2016. (Laura Simon)
Terry Davis carves out an image block at Catapult Creative House in Cape Girardeau on Wednesday, July 6, 2016. (Laura Simon)
Terry Davis carves out an image block at Catapult Creative House in Cape Girardeau on Wednesday, July 6, 2016. (Laura Simon)
Terry Davis uses a Chandler & Price Co. printing press to make prints at Catapult Creative House in Cape Girardeau on Wednesday, July 6, 2016. (Laura Simon)

Terry Davis uses a Chandler & Price Co. printing press to make prints at Catapult Creative House in Cape Girardeau on Wednesday, July 6, 2016. (Laura Simon)
Jessica Lambert uses a Vandercook printing press to make prints while testing and cataloguing image blocks at Catapult Creative House in Cape Girardeau on Wednesday, July 6, 2016. (Laura Simon)
Jessica Lambert uses a Vandercook printing press to make prints while testing and cataloguing image blocks at Catapult Creative House in Cape Girardeau on Wednesday, July 6, 2016. (Laura Simon)
Jessica Lambert uses a Vandercook printing press to make prints while testing and cataloguing image blocks at Catapult Creative House in Cape Girardeau on Wednesday, July 6, 2016. (Laura Simon)
Terry Davis carves out an image block at Catapult Creative House in Cape Girardeau on Wednesday, July 6, 2016. (Laura Simon)
Terry Davis carves out an image block at Catapult Creative House in Cape Girardeau on Wednesday, July 6, 2016. (Laura Simon)
Terry Davis uses a Chandler & Price Co. printing press to make prints at Catapult Creative House in Cape Girardeau on Wednesday, July 6, 2016. (Laura Simon)
Terry Davis uses a Chandler & Price Co. printing press to make prints at Catapult Creative House in Cape Girardeau on Wednesday, July 6, 2016. (Laura Simon)
Terry Davis uses a Chandler & Price Co. printing press to make prints at Catapult Creative House in Cape Girardeau on Wednesday, July 6, 2016. (Laura Simon)
Terry Davis uses a Chandler & Price Co. printing press to make prints at Catapult Creative House in Cape Girardeau on Wednesday, July 6, 2016. (Laura Simon)
Jessica Lambert uses a Vandercook printing press to make prints while testing and cataloguing image blocks at Catapult Creative House in Cape Girardeau on Wednesday, July 6, 2016. (Laura Simon)
A print of a rooster from a 1900-era image block is seen at Catapult Creative House in Cape Girardeau on Wednesday, July 6, 2016. (Laura Simon)
An old print plate of Mark Twain is seen at Catapult Creative House in Cape Girardeau on Wednesday, July 6, 2016. (Laura Simon)
An old print plate of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is seen at Catapult Creative House in Cape Girardeau on Wednesday, July 6, 2016. (Laura Simon)
Terry Davis uses a Chandler & Price Co. printing press to make prints at Catapult Creative House in Cape Girardeau on Wednesday, July 6, 2016. (Laura Simon)
Jessica Lambert uses a Vandercook printing press to make prints while testing and cataloguing image blocks at Catapult Creative House in Cape Girardeau on Wednesday, July 6, 2016. (Laura Simon)
Image blocks are seen at Catapult Creative House in Cape Girardeau on Wednesday, July 6, 2016. (Laura Simon)
Image blocks are seen at Catapult Creative House in Cape Girardeau on Wednesday, July 6, 2016. (Laura Simon)
Jessica Lambert prepares image blocks for the printer at Catapult Creative House in Cape Girardeau on Wednesday, July 6, 2016. (Laura Simon)
Terry Davis closes a drawer of various letter blocks at Catapult Creative House in Cape Girardeau on Wednesday, July 6, 2016. (Laura Simon)