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02.01.10Best of ‘09: Blazers Letterpress ProjectI've spent a lot of time dwelling of how awful 2009 was for us--which is probably not all that healthy, but it was bad at an epic level. However, in my continuing effort to be more positive, I thought I'd take the chance to write about my favorite project of the last year. Amazingly, it wasn't sewing or screenprinting, it was one of my first letterpress projects. I realized I'd never really shared this project with "the World," though all my Portland buddies have seen the results in person. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="I was never able to print this type, ...
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07.21.09Check Out My Dabbled Guest PostOne of my favorite creativity blogs is the wonderful Dabbled blog. So I was thrilled when I was asked to write a guest post about letterpress while Nancy's on vacation in Europe. Hopefully, this post will be helpful to those of you who are contemplating learning letterpress. It's a lot of work--but the rewards are fabulous. Check it the post right here. Also, I'm thinking I should get some special props for working multiple Trail Blazers references into a post about letterpress on an art blog. Just sayin'... ~Sarah No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.
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06.26.09Letterpress Project PreviewAs I mentioned in my last post, I didn't get a chance to finish up my project during our letterpress seminar last week. But I did go back on Monday and work on the fronts a bit. This it half of my postcard project. I haven't printed any of the other side yet. I think I mentioned this before, but this project is inspired by a couple of my favorite Portland-y things--the Steel Bridge and the Loretta Lynn-Jack White song, Portland, Oregon. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="418" caption="Photo (c)2006 by Andrew Hall, PortlandBridges.com"][/caption] I created the letterpress using three different techniques, which always ...
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06.21.09Letterpress Workshop – Final DayToday was the last day of our letterpress workshop--and it sure was fun getting to spend four full days together doign letterpress. Josh really enjoyed learning a new skill and I liked getting focused back on something I really am enthusiastic about, but have been too busy to make time for lately. (The big downside of letterpress is that it's not something you can just go do at the drop of a hat. You have to travel to the press, plan out your work, etc... Not like sewing and screenprinting, which you can can anywhere, anytime.) I didn't get to ...
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06.20.09Day Three of Letterpress – Now Our Feet Really HurtLots of fun printing today in day three of four-day letterpress workshop. Josh had a few minor "issues" to deal with--his type wasn't as cooperative as he had hoped. I hopped onto one of the printing presses first thing (nerds that we are, we went an hour early) and printed up the text for half of my postcards. I also worked on some photopolymer and did some lino-cutting. A busy, full day. One of the highlights was just watching all of the folks who'd never letterpress printed print their work for the first time--everyone was just so happy! Tomorrow, I'll ...
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06.19.09Another Day Letterpressing…[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="442" caption="Josh printing for the first time."][/caption] [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Josh's first printing project--some calling cards for his dad."][/caption] [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Letterpress gears--this one's on "Tony"--the larger of the Vandercooks at PNCA."][/caption] [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Josh's type. "][/caption] [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="The type in the corner is six point--so tiny, and so lovely. This is from my project."][/caption] ~Sarah No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.
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06.18.09Photos from Letterpress WorkshopWe had a lot of fun in the first day of our letterpress workshop today. For me, It was interesting being one of the more experienced students, since I was definitely the least experienced in my letterpress class in the spring. In fact, I'm probably the most experienced student in the workshop. I realized that I actually know a lot about letterpress, even though I don't feel completely confident with the medium. Josh has such a unique creative eye, and because of that, it's such a treat watching him learn something completely new. I think he totally understood why I ...
