Broken

You all know I had such high hopes for the press in the beginning but I've had a few set-backs. Money slowed me down a little. I wasn't able to get the supplies I wanted right away. Then I got the supplies, got a few more and then started to play...

Only to find that my chase is broken. Art imitating life?

For those not in the letterpress world, the chase is the piece of equipment that holds everything together (all the words, images and art that you want to put into your piece). I'll say it again- the piece that holds it all together is broken. Cracked, in fact...

I just want the old one to work! Why can't that happen? It's a perfectly good chase. Strong, true, weathered and classic- with a crack.

So now I'm searching, complaining, searching some more, drinking a little wine to ease the pain and then letting the press sit in the garage for a while. Until I find the will to buy a new chase. A guy offered to cast me a new one, but it's costly. And probably my only option...

Move on, put the old chase on the shelf and hope that the new one will last. Can't help sneaking a peek at the old chase now and then- just wishing that one of these days when I check, it'll be good as it always was- ready to help me create the art it was meant to achieve.