There are spaces that hum with history. Sherwood Press in Olympia, Washington is one of them.
Founded in 1940 by Jocelyn “Jock” Dohm, the shop still carries her presence — in the cabinets, in the type drawers, in the quiet rhythm of the presses. I had the honor of spending a long weekend there with Jami Heinricher, printing and carving in the very room where Jocelyn worked for decades. Between stories of Jock’s life, the crackle of the wood stove, and the steady interruption of the cuckoo clock, the space felt alive — not frozen in time, but breathing.
It felt only right to carve and print Jocelyn’s portrait there. To stand at the press she once stood at. To ink the rollers in the same light. To listen to her stories while her likeness slowly emerged from the block.
This 5 × 7 portrait was printed on cotton white paper on a Vandercook Universal 4 press at Sherwood Press in Olympia, Washington — in the very space Jocelyn built and shaped for so many years.
There are spaces that hum with history. Sherwood Press in Olympia, Washington is one of them.
Founded in 1940 by Jocelyn “Jock” Dohm, the shop still carries her presence — in the cabinets, in the type drawers, in the quiet rhythm of the presses. I had the honor of spending a long weekend there with Jami Heinricher, printing and carving in the very room where Jocelyn worked for decades. Between stories of Jock’s life, the crackle of the wood stove, and the steady interruption of the cuckoo clock, the space felt alive — not frozen in time, but breathing.
It felt only right to carve and print Jocelyn’s portrait there. To stand at the press she once stood at. To ink the rollers in the same light. To listen to her stories while her likeness slowly emerged from the block.
This 5 × 7 portrait was printed on cotton white paper on a Vandercook Universal 4 press at Sherwood Press in Olympia, Washington — in the very space Jocelyn built and shaped for so many years.
