Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Clockwork Turq and Cuckoo Guts
Would love to actually cover an entire wall with real Cuckoo Clocks one day! In the meantime, here are some snaps of our latest poster we illustrated and letterpress printed in our shop. We have them in different colors, as a set, or individually.
Detail 001
Detail 002
Detail 003
Detail 004
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Proofing.
We've been getting a lot of inquiries on how the poster typesetting workshop works. Here's a step-by-step explanation of what we do during this workshop (more examples of our workshops here and here). Also, want to thank Michael for being such an awesome student. It was super fun to make this print. There's nothing cooler than helping someone create something they've been thinking of.
01. Workshop runs the smoothest when you have an idea of what you want to say on your poster. Once we know that, we can help you pick the best type. Then we go through the process of setting your form and registering your paper.
02. Next we mix the ink.
03. Using a brayer, we hand ink the form.
04. Then we start printing.
05. and print an edition of 20.
06. Then we let it dry overnight.
Sunday, April 21, 2013
Punc Face and a 2nd Edition of Herro!
Before every workshop, we run a few prints just to troubleshoot the presses and do a few fun prints that have been rolling around in our brains. Here's one of the ones we just did using our extra large punctuation wood type!
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Form set.
Drying black ink on chipboard.
Sunday, April 21, 2013
Grant running the press.
Just a few shots from our workshops these past few weeks. Most of them from this round have already filled up so we're already working on a summer schedule!
Personal stationary and envelope lining.
Type for Hal's Goonies poster. See the result here!
Pull!!!
"My life didn't turn out the way I expected." From The Natural. One of the prettiest lockups we've done.
Locking up the chase.
Gold on white. Classy!
Hal and Kevin coming up with some Good Kubrick.
Feeding the C&P.
Muscles!
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Think this is the 4th night of printing...
Last month we had the awesome opportunity to print some letterpress cards for the DSVC's April Speaker – the super kind, cool, and talented Tad Carpenter. Have to mention that this was the biggest custom print job we've ever done to this point. We printed almost 1000 two-color postcards for all the members of the club. Basically, a week of just printing this. Also, got to say, so proud of Derek for undertaking this mammoth project.
Also, mega thank you's to Clampitt for donating the awesome Savoy Paper!
Really proud of our Challenge Proof Press, Sakura, too. By the end of the job, she shifted a whole foot.
No laughing while you print!
Drying.
Almost done!
Done!
Saturday, March 16, 2013
Shek-O Beach. Favorite place in Hong Kong. Quiet place away from the city with amazing seafood.
It's been almost three years since our last visit to Hong Kong. This year, Derek and I both took on the epic flight (about 40 hrs round trip including layovers transit time!) from DFW to HKG. Our individual trips overlapped just one day and this my trip. (Derek's will follow in a few days!)
Race night at The Hong Kong Jockey Club in Happy Valley.
Expertly made coffee at The Rabbit Hole. A first floor walk up with a great view from their balcony of the escalators made famous by Wong Kar Wai's Chungking Express (a personal favorite).
View from the other side of The Peak. Worth it just to ride the trolly up the mountain.
Fantastic basement clothing shop next to the Monocle Shop.
Rows and rows of beautiful flower shops leading to...
... Bird Market in Kowloon.
AMAZING tiny vintage and optometry shop in Central across from the phenomenal Yard Bird.
Stanley Market. Famous for their souvenir shopping, but go for the quiet, seaview, and chill vibe.
Fresh fish, meat and veg market in Causeway Bay.
The Pawn. Beautifully converted pawn shop turned awesome restaurant/lounge/bar.
Sunny Dallas. Good to be home.
Friday, March 15, 2013
Print time!
Took us a bit, but here are some pics from our latest letterpress workshops! Thanks everyone that took the workshops and we'll be adding more workshops this week!
Using our C&P.
Locking up the chase.
Transparent white ink on chipboard.
Japanese paper glue.
For envelope making using old issues of Creative Review.
Registering.
Inking.
Drying.
Max selecting his type.
Design time.
Presstime.
Posters drying.
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