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A fun season of letterpress classes is about to begin at Pyramid Atlantic!  There’s still time to sign up here.
Letterpress for Graphic Designers

Saturday, September 18 from 10am-4pm plus one 4-hour individual appointment
Instructors: Moira McCauley and Julia Louie
Graphic designers– Learn how to use photopolymer technology to print your own designs with letterpress! A one-day small group […]

My excuse for not blogging more this summer: I spent most of it in Paris, relishing the time away from my laptop.  The Musée des Lettres et Manuscrits was probably my favorite new discovery.  I had just finished the second book of Proust’s A la recherche du temps perdu (en anglais, bien sûr!), so I […]

Ok, so here’s the backstory.  Lithuanians love Zappa!  In 1995 a bust of the man was placed in the Vilnius city center.  Recently some Lithuanians decided to bestow the city of Baltimore, birthplace of the musician, with a matching bust.  It will be dedicated on September 19, the 15th anniversary of Zappa’s testimony on Capitol […]

I also received my (letterpressed!) ILSSA membership materials back in June.  So fun!

I went away for the summer and now that I’m back I can’t wait to get more involved with their projects.

This is a resource library, kept on paper.  I’m still deciding which of my favorite resources I’d like to submit.

It’s about time I caught you up on what I’ve been up to this summer!  In June, I headed to Massachusetts with Julia and Leslie for a class with Vandercook guru Paul Moxon at the Museum of Printing in North Andover.  The topic was “Letterpress Finesse,” so we messed around with makeready, ink additives, paper […]

I just joined the Union of Impractical Labor in Service of the Speculative Arts, which I found out about from my friend Anthony.
They’re giving a talk in NY on May 18, which it pained me to realize I cannot attend, argh!

I collaborated with Anthony of Dirty Pictures to make these limited edition letterpress posters for the Fenton Street Market.  We experimented by carving Anthony’s drawing of an intrepid cyclist out of balsa wood and printing with that.  Here are his excellent photos of the process:

Carving and printing the balsa wood image

Type and the […]

I just returned from a month in Paris, where one of my favorite places to go was the Musée de Cluny, the National Museum of the Middle Ages.  I liked these fancy books:

and especially these leather book cases:

Several classes are coming up at Pyramid Atlantic in Silver Spring, MD in the next few months.  Here’s a list.  Register online here.  Note the wedding invitations class begins soon so if you’re interested, sign up now!

Introduction to Letterpress, weeknights
2 Wednesdays, May 12 + 26, 6-9pm
A small group workshop for beginners who want an introduction […]

I’ve been helping my friend Leslie develop her idea for a pop-up shadowbox.  We began with these photos of a Victorian aquarium pop-up:

Here are some of our early prototypes:

I’ll post some of our later versions soon.