Since 2008, members of the Guild have produced an annual collaborative calendar printed by the letterpress process.  Each month of the calendar is hand-printed by a Guild member (working alone or as part of a team), and all twelve months are then collected in a jewel case, which permits the calendar to stand upright on a desk (as in the photo at right).  The Guild donates a number of calendars for sale in the Museum of Printing History gift shop each year, to help raise money for the Museum.  The Guild finished its 2010 calendar in November 2009, and the calendars sold out by early December.  This is a fun group project for members, and the results are always amazing.  The calendars are quite useful and make great gifts for family and friends. Planning is already underway for the 2011 Calendar.  The specifications (below) are a little different from last year, with the goal of having more calendars for each participant and for the Museum.  2011 CALENDAR PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS  Each participant prints (letterpress) one month of the calendar year, and all twelve months are then collected in  a CD jewel case with a colophon listing the artists/printers and the materials they used. Each participant chooses their own paper (size: 4-5/8" wide by 5-3/8" high and no heavier than card stock), and designs their own page. The Guild provides magnesium plates for the numerals for the days of the month. People have used metal type, wood type, linoleum cuts, photopolymer and magnesium plates, and silkscreen for their designs. Everyone prints 175 copies of their month, resulting in 175 finished calendars. Each participant (or group of collaborators) will receive 10 calendars.  The remaining 55 calendars will be donated to the Museum to sell in the Gift Shop.  Any participant who does not need all 10 calendars can also donate the extras to the Museum.  Here are resources for plate making: Boxcar Press--for polymer plates and base: www.boxcarpress.com Owosso Graphics--for magnesium plates: www.owossographics.com CLICK ON THE IMAGES TO SEE  THE GUILD'S PAST CALENDARS: 2009                              2010