Woody Guthrie's Rulin's By The Wooden Truth

Woody Guthrie's New Years Rulin's is a stunning letterpress print from The Wooden Truth Printing Press.

In 1941 the great American singer-songwriter and folk musician Woody Guthrie wrote 33 new years 'rulins', resolutions that he made for the year ahead (1942). These words inspired Andrew Chapman at The Wooden Truth to put a selection together in a way that he felt worked for him, creating a design that has rhythm both poetically and typographically.

In Andrew's own words "Woody Guthrie's 33 New Years Resolutions give us a view of an optimistic, serious, sensitive, funny man. Just dealing with the nine I chose to print here presented a big challenge but nearly 70 years on can't we all feel the resonance of the last one?"

Printed on very delicate newsprint to achieve a look and feel of being authentically 1942. As Andrew says, "they have the feel of something you'd discover pinned to the back of a long forgotten shed door."

A note on newsprint, this fine printing paper is full of character, with the odd dent, bump, crease and hand torn edge. Over time newsprint will discolour, however with a piece such as this, that feel of authenticity is the intended effect.