This week in the studio I printed hundreds of letterpress postcards with the help of my co-op student Karla. Here’s a little video preview:
And here are the accidental photos I took while trying to make the video:
Category: studio
omg yes
I made these yesterday on my new press. This new press is my everything.
hank snow
I’m not sure where I picked up this wood type but these 8 pieces are all I have of this typeface. I only just noticed today that it’s enough to spell out HANK SNOW. I sort of feel like it’s my destiny to make prints about Hank now. If you’ve ever peeked inside my record collection you’ll know that’s just fine.
i have nothing interesting to say so let me show you what i bought
(cross posted from my studio weblog Levigator Press)
This weekend we closed the studio and drove up to Oshawa to pick up this gorgeous beast:
It’s a 6.5×10 Chandler & Price Pilot, fully refurbished, in beautiful condition, and ready to be put to work. It’s a perfect press for our tiny space, with the capability to handle large scale production while being user friendly and a fantastic learning press for our students and studio members. We can’t wait to fire it up and get printing.
a messy floor is a sign of a productive studio
behind the scenes
Tonight we had a guest instructor teaching in the studio, leaving me free to wander around taking photos. Which means I ended up with a phone full of these, klutz that I am.
safety in the artroom
Things I just spilled this very large jar of walnut ink on:
-the work table
-the studio floor
-a sketchbook
-sheets of paper and bookbinding tools not yet cleared away from last night’s class
-my leggings, which means my leg is going to be dyed brown by the time I get home
Let this be a lesson to you: don’t keep your extremely stainey inks in these ridiculous topheavy flip-top sealer jars.
today in the studio
Getting started on the stitching and cutting on this skirt. It’s a bit washed out in the photo but the layer underneath is a bright, pale turquoise.