Moving right along

It's Sunday afternoon and it's fair to say I am whacked.

We have had a pretty huge week, as we have been moving the studio.  We have taken up a lease on building in town and over the course of the week we have packed up a fair bit, moved an awful lot, built plenty of new furniture and start unpacking and putting away.

Both the old and the new studio spaces look a mess; but there is some sense of order emerging from them both. Phew.

Planning out the new...

Packing up and clearing out the old...

The Lightning Jobber is a ridiculously heavy bit of gear; it took three men with a special piano moving trolley to safely steer it out the door and up into the back of the truck.

The type cabinets went in first.  The job required each case to be taken out, the cabinet moved into the truck, each case replaced, transported, then each case removed, the cabinet removed, and then each case replaced.  A heavy job when they are full of lead type.  The movers soon learnt the difference between 10pt and 72pt weight-wise!

The cabinets are not really sturdy enough to bear being tilted and moved with all that weight in them, hence the many handlings. We slept well that night.

Gradually replacing the cases.

The Adanas came over as well and here they sit, reminding me of little birds with their mouths open waiting to be fed!

They were soon on the six filing cabinets on wheels. Including the baby one.

The weight of the Jobber left these tyre marks as they turned to position it.

And then we had all the presses in situ - The Lightning Jobber, an etching press, 6 Adanas, 2 proofing presses and a book press.

It's beginning to look a lot like a print studio!

Once we are all set and tidy I'll take you for a wander around the joint...