Monthly Archives: November 2010

Letterpress-mobile!

Saw this neat project on Kickstarter:

Posted in inspiration, letterpress | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Proceed and Be Bold!

Nancy and I headed over to Rosslyn on Tuesday night to see Proceed and Be Bold!, a documentary about Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr., who left his job as a programmer to become a full-time letterpress artist, turning out controversial posters and other work, often on the subject of race. The showing was part of AIGA’s [...]

Posted in letterpress | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Write to me once a week…

Here’s what Steve Cole and I printed for the folks who attended our talk last weekend.  A letter from Kafka to Felice Bauer, which we also printed in our book.

I’d hate to be Felice, because (especially in the unedited version of the letter) Kafka comes off like the original wimpster.  He says he only has [...]

Posted in letterpress | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Book Arts Fair!

Pyramid held their biennial Book Arts Fair this past weekend.  Here’s me preparing for the demonstration Steve Cole and I gave about book printing. It went well—all of our attendees were newbies and they loved seeing the presses run and taking home the souvenirs we printed.

It’s always a struggle not to blow tons of [...]

Posted in books, festivals, inspiration, letterpress | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments