On February 25, 1854, Sacramento became the Capital of California. In honor of today, Howard printed an image from a 100 year old halftone of the State Capitol building, which was constructed in the 1860s. Halftones were used to introduce photography in newspapers and books starting in the late 1880s. The halftone process, in printing, is a technique of breaking up an image into a series of dots in order to reproduce the full tone range of a photograph or illustration. Check out our video from e

If you have been following along our longer videos, you’ll know that we have been getting quite a few packages in the mail addressed for Jared, Howard, and our print shop exhibit. Social media has connected us with people from all over the world and we sometimes get wonderful gifts from followers. We received a box in the mail from Carlos in northern California. Carlos recently sent us a box of halftone portraits. In this video, Howard opened the package consisting of a container of engraving in