Master printer Jim Sherraden will visit Bowling Green State University Monday to discuss his
award-winning career and recent work with Hatch Show Print. As part of the event, BGSU School of Art
faculty and students will unveil a typeface they have created for Hatch, one of America’s oldest
letterpress poster and design shops.
The event is free and begins at 6 p.m. at the Bowen-Thompson Student Union Theater.  During his visit to
BGSU, Sherraden will also work with students in the School of Arts.
Sherraden is a prominent artist, printer and curator of the celebrated Hatch Show Print, located in
Nashville, Tennessee. Hatch Show Print has produced show posters for famous acts like Louis Armstrong,
Loretta Lynn, Pearl Jam and Elvis Presley since its founding in 1879.
A much decorated and well-respected practitioner in the art world, Sherraden is the recip­i­ent of the
2013 Distinguished Artist Award for the state of Tennessee. He frequently is invited to speak at
national and international institutions, and regularly conducts letterpress workshops.
Spearheading the BGSU typeface development project was Lori Young, an associate professor and chair of
the Graphic Design Division in the School of Art. In collaboration with Sherraden and Hatch Show Print,
Young began the lengthy process of typography development in 2006.
Her graphic design students participated in the development of the numerals and punctuation, and
regularly offered critiques of the typeface that Young and Sherraden were developing. Young’s students
also participated in the production of the alphabet at her Bowling Green studio, Les Cheneaux Design, a
laborious process that involved carving the alphabet into wooden letter blocks.
The development of the typeface is the most recent endeavor in a long and productive professional
relationship between Young and Sherraden. The pair met in 2006 when Young volunteered to organize a vast
collection of metal type at Hatch.
She recalled that early conversations with Sherraden centered on her research emphasis, the development
of experimental typography, and the various work she created using a laser cutter.