Come write love notes with me: SFCFB Roadworks Steamroller Printing Festival

I'm counting the days until San Francisco Center for the Books' 10 anniversary Roadworks Steamroller event this Sunday.  Fine artists mixing construction equipment, art and community participation = I'm there!  I'll be writing love notes with YOU and creating a public display of affection. Come join the fun! About Roadworks Steamroller Printing Festival:The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is pleased to present the 10th Annual Roadworks Steamroller Printing Festival. The Festival, which will be located just outside the front door of San Francisco Center for the Book, located at 375 Rhode Island Street in San Francisco, is a free, public celebration full of activities devoted to letterpress, printmaking and the art of the book.Utilizing a three-ton construction steamroller and Rhode Island Street -- yes, the surface of the street itself! - as a printing press, a team of ten featured artists will create large-scale carved linoleum prints in front of a live audience. The number of artists selected this year is significant: ten artists were selected to symbolize the ten years that the Roadworks Steamroller Printing Festival has been in existence.The ten featured artists for Roadworks 2013 are:- Rik Olson- Kit Hinrichs- Patricia Curtain- Mike Kimball- Eric Rewtizer of 3 Fish Studios- Rich Fowler of Boarding All Rows- Anna Branning of Dutch Door Press- James Tucker of The Aesthetic Union- C.K.Itamura of Peach Farm Studio- with Master Printer Rik Olson being counted a second time, as he will both reprint from the original piece of linoleum saved from Roadworks’ inaugural year, as well as create a special print to commemorate the 10th Annual Roadworks Festival.The freshly pressed steamroller prints will be for available sale San Francisco Center for the Book all day. In addition, a diverse array of local artists, vendors, and organizations will be selling fine and affordable goods – usually with a bookish flavor. The Center will be filled with all day with free demonstrations of letterpress printing, bookbinding, and calligraphy, where onlookers can also get their hands a bit inky – if they wish!The San Francisco Center for the Book is a place where you can learn about the many arts and crafts of the book. Through workshops, exhibitions and public events, SFCB promotes both knowledge of traditional book arts and exploration of experimental book forms. Information about SFCB is available at www.sfcb.org.