It’s a sunny April early afternoon in Chicago – just a few short days before Umphrey’s McGee prepares to take the stage at San Francisco’s legendary Fillmore Auditorium for a two night run – and Jim Pollock diligently continues to finesse his final linoleum block, concluding the fifth color in his limited edition concert poster.“I’m really starting to get finicky” says Pollock before brandishing his Speedball™ carving tool and taking another swift splice from the dense block.
The factory doors let in a temperate breeze across the cold concrete floor that is a maze of heavy industrial printing equipment. Sam Wilder smears a thick layer of sapphire blue ink across a trough on the same Heidelberg press used to print many of Pollock’s post-hiatus Phish concert posters. To Wilder who has been working here at Rohner Letterpress for over eight years at its current location, it’s just another day on the job. But for Pollock, it’s stoking the fire for the next generation of poster collectors.
“I like working with a young crew” admits Pollock. “It feels like a starting point, working with new bands … creating a buzz”.
The edition will be printed on 80# natural white Living Tree™ recycled hemp content stock (10% hemp/flax & 90% post-consumer waste), signed & numbered out of an edition of 500, with a very small percentage of the total run being printed on Stardream Silver stock specially allotted for the band and artist.
Look for more of this interview in the next issue of the "Dump City Gutter" coming soon to the merchandise table of an Umphrey's McGee concert near you this Spring! Dump City Gutter is a gratis publication produced & distributed by fans of the band Umphrey's McGee.
Interview/Photos: Jason Kaczorowski © 2006
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