visualchemist

Have you ever captured a butterfly? Almost a year ago, I managed to capture a really big bright orange one. Read my post regarding the day I captured a butterfly. “Madame Butterfly” was a Craftsmen Monarch 9″x12″ Tabletop Letterpress. Unused. Unloved. Growing old. Sitting in a dark garage in San Diego.

Those that have been following the events in my life know that my family and I made a temporary move up to the Seattle, WA area back in March and to keep my fingers inky, I brought along Madame Butterfly. My dad and uncle helped me build a black crate, suitable for a Monarch’s journey up to the Pacific Northwest.

We’ve been up here for seven months now and I’m loving every minute of it, but I just found out yesterday that my stay up in the Seattle area is coming to a close as of next month and then I head back home to SoCal. Boohoo. I really love it up here, too. The leaves are starting to turn red and fall is in the air.

I was thinking of selling my beloved “Madame Butterfly” while I was up here. I have a couple other presses that I’ll be focusing my time and energy on and would love to see her go to a good home. Here’s the spiel:

Craftsmen Monarch 9″x12″ Letterpress for Sale
Original orange paint
Comes with 2 chases
Feed/delivery boards intact
New rollers/new trucks (rollers recast July ‘09)
Local to Seattle area or w/i reasonable driving distance (pickup/meetup only)
Accepting serious offers through Sunday, September 27
Looking to release her by end of month
Email visualchemist@gmail.com
Accepting offers – Serious inquiries only

If there are no takers, she’ll travel back down with me to San Diego, and if so, maybe she was meant to be mine in the first place.

UPDATED 09/20/09: Madame Butterfly is now spoken for and has found a suitable new home in Seattle, WA.