May 20, 2023
11am to 4pm
Downtown Havre de Grace, MD
2023 EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED
Sorry, we didn't get enough printers registered. We will try again next year!
ABOUT THE EVENT
The Chesapeake Printers Fair is intended to showcase the design and craft of all print and paper arts, from letterpress, printmaking, screen printing, book arts, andnpaper making too. We are inviting letterpress printers, bookmakers, printmakers, pen makers and dealers and other creative vendors to gather in downtown on the banks of the Susquehanna River on the banks of the Susquehanna, and the confluence of the Chesapeake Bay. Also happening this day, throughout the town, is the Havre de Grace Secret Garden Tour. This year we have arranged for the Vineyard Winebar
to provide beer, wine, and food right in the middle of the event. Visitors will be shuttled around town on our new electric trolley
with a stop right in the middle of this event.
Our Location - Havre de Grace, MD
Glyph, established in beautiful historic Havre de Grace, Maryland in the spring of 2012, had it’s genesis in Creative Director Don Starr’s acquisition of two traditional letterpresses and 48 + cases of metal type. Using similar business models of makers-retailers such as Yee-Haw Industries and Hatch Show Print, Glyph aspires to use the traditional letterpress process in creating contemporary graphic design solutions as well as provides an educational environment to the public, sharing the historic process through hands-on workshops.
Additionally, workshops in traditional screen-printing, calligraphy, hand lettering, papermaking—as well as current graphic design software—are offered, connecting traditional and digital methods of graphic design. Glyph also offers paid internship opportunities to local students—both young and old—providing a stronger link between the academic studios to the professional working environment