Monthly Archives: November 2008

Letterpress Happy Hour tonight, 7-9pm

Posted on November 19, 2008 by Moira

Experienced letterpress printers:
Start those holiday projects tonight at Pyramid Atlantic during Letterpress Happy Hour!
Pay only $10 ($20 for non-members) to mix, mingle, and set type or print whatever project you’re working on. We’ll choose ink colors together.
Email me at letterpress (at) pyramid-atlantic (dot) com to RSVP.
8230 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910
(5 minute walk from [...]

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moving parts

Posted on November 18, 2008 by Moira

Last night I went to the second meeting for Moving Parts, a collaboration between Pyramid Atlantic and CityDance.  The idea was to make an edition of artists’ books, and I was invited to be one of ten artists to contribute.  We will each design and produce 50 (!) copies of a miniature art book inspired [...]

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you should measure your longest tooth

Posted on November 17, 2008 by Moira

I’ve had wolves on the brain.  I forget where the obsession started.  I know Sabeth made a great etching of a wolf during our workshop a few weeks ago.  Around the same time I had the urge to track down Maxine Kumin’s poem “After Love” to quote it to someone:
Afterwards, the compromise
Bodies resume their boundaries
These [...]

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Letterpress Happy Hour Wednesday, Nov 19

Posted on November 13, 2008 by Moira

Letterpress Printers: It’s time to start thinking about holiday cards and gifts!

Join me Wednesday for another Letterpress Happy Hour at Pyramid Atlantic.
Pay only $10 ($20 for non-members) to mix, mingle, and set type or print a project you’re working on. We’ll choose an ink color together.
Email me at letterpress (at) pyramid-atlantic (dot) com to RSVP.
8230 [...]

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Letterpress Workshop November 15!

Posted on November 7, 2008 by Moira

Join me at Pyramid Atlantic on Saturday, November 15 for a small group introduction to letterpress on our Vandercook presses!
This three hour workshop provides a basic overview of letterpress printing. You will learn the following letterpress basics: type setting by hand, presswork, inking, editioning (a small edition of three), and Vandercook operation. [...]

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Pyramid Atlantic Book Arts Fair and Conference this weekend!

Posted on November 5, 2008 by Moira

I remember my interest in book arts exploding at the Pyramid Atlantic Book Arts Fair and Conference four years ago.  The biennial event is back this year, at the fancy new Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Arts Center at Montgomery College (Takoma/Silver Spring campus).
The opening reception is Friday, followed by two days of conferences and [...]

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Letterpress Happy Hour tonight, 7-9pm

Posted on November 5, 2008 by Moira

Experienced letterpress printers:
Join me tonight at Pyramid Atlantic for another Letterpress Happy Hour!
Pay only $10 ($20 for non-members) to mix, mingle, and set type or print whatever project you’re working on. We’ll have silver ink on one of the Vandercooks.
Email me at letterpress (at) pyramid-atlantic (dot) com to RSVP.
8230 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910
(5 [...]

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