Love Beets, Heart Beats: Printing Save the Date Cards
Here we have one hundred twenty delightful postcards, announcing the good news of Brady & Zach and their impending celebration. (Although, every day is a celebration with those two around!) And what better way to print than making an afternoon guest appearance at the Tamworth Lyceum!
Cranky Pressman Reviews “Wood Type, Evolved”
Robin McDowell is a graphic designer with a fondness for the old, broken and distressed type (sounds a bit like me). She salvages, collects and incorporates vintage pieces in her work but also has become a micro-manufacturer of sorts with her Everyman project. Traditional milling methods and laser cutters were [...]
A Surfboard from Scratch
Adventures in the shop with Grandfather Oak & cohorts. I watch as a hollow surfboard made of beautiful pine takes form…
Hallow E’en in Brunswick, Maine & Tamworth, NH
Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and mud pit bubble
Vista Sans Wood Type Project
I’m going to be part of this awesome project/book/exhibition, organized & conceived by Tricia Treacy & Ashley John Pigford. From Ms. Treacy… We are making wood type on a CNC Router using Emigreʼs Vista Sans typeface (yes, we have the OK from Rudy VanderLans). However, this is not traditional wood [...]
We Dream Big Warehouse Dreams
Where else but here? Who else but Good Friends? Why not a 4000 lb freight elevator? The hard-hitting questions, of course.
We Drive To The Beach
Watercolor fun with beer and sand. Surrounded by water. New card games. New friends.
Fun with La Banda BUNGA BUNGA
Aaron, my friend & gracious host, is in a band! They are called BUNGA BUNGA, and play shows in/around New Orleans. Four fun guys crank out boppy surf-y rock to really keep the crowd dancing. A toad-ally fun opportunity to work on graphics for their identity/future merch. See some of [...]
A Visit to John Fitzgerald & His Heidelberg
Shortly after arriving in New Orleans, I noticed this poster on the bathroom wall, printed by Fitzgerald Letterpress. Further investigation led to John Fitzgerald, proprietor & “ink-stained wretch”. Yesterday, after enjoying a meandering bicycle ride to the Treme/Marigny neighborhoods, I found John Fitzgerald in his snug letterpress trove. He was [...]