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By CHILTON TIPPIN / chiltont@laramieboomerang.com Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Artist Kyle Durrie travels America to spread the press-printed word.

Durrie is scheduled to visit the University of Wyoming campus today and tomorrow.

She wont take a plane, train or car to get here. Rather, shell travel as she has been for the past two years in a mobile print shop.

She is scheduled to give a presentation on her travels and work at 6:30 tonight in the UW Visual Arts Building Room 111. On Thursday, she plans to park her print-shop truck in the Visual Arts Building parking lot in the morning and in front of the Wyoming Union in the afternoon.

Durries project is called Moveable Type, an homage to the technology she uses to create her art.

These days, letterpress printing is kind of the umbrella term, she said. Moveable type is basically the tool. Youve got the presses and then the stuff that you actually print from is the type. Usually its made of wood or lead.

Her process is the same that was used to print the Gutenberg Bible in the mid 1450s, and that longevity is one reason it appeals to her.

Its a process that remains unchanged for 500 years, she said. Its a bummer that these days our computers are out of date after five years; whereas, Im still printing on this press thats 140 years old. I like that a lot. I like things that are well-made, built to last.

Durrie also said she loved the work itself and wanted to share her passion with people across the country.

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Letterpress artist to visit UW in mobile print shop