I printed a batch business cards the other day with a nice shade of blue, mixed to match pantone 295u (44% Reflex Blue, 44% Process Blue and 12% Black ink) – on 134lb fluorescent white stock. Right after I inked up a dark red color to print the February card! (I really love this one) [...]
Archive for January, 2008
Pantone 295U
Posted in Custom, Letterpress, Studio Life on January 30, 2008 | 7 Comments »
clean edge of the guillotine blade
Posted in Studio Life, tagged guillotine cutter, letterpress printing on January 26, 2008 | 7 Comments »
I’ve talked about this cutting trick before, but I thought it was worth mentioning again. I spent a lot of time cutting stacks of stock yesterday for a bunch of business card jobs I’m printing this weekend. The best tip I ever got on cutting was that the far side of the guillotine [...]
heidelberg snapshots
Posted in Heidelberg Windmill press, Letterpress, Studio Life, tagged Heidelberg Windmill press, letterpress printing on January 23, 2008 | 10 Comments »
This year I was hoping to capture a little more “studio life” in this blog, so taking a look at the press seems like the right place to start. This is my beloved Heidelberg Windmill. I bought this press two and half years ago from a retiring printer in Kentucky. Although I [...]
a whole lot of sage
Posted in Custom, Letterpress, Plants / Nature, Studio Life, tagged Letterpress, moontree letterpress on January 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As usual, January has been largely about meeting with clients and designing upcoming jobs. February will start with a bang as I have a few corporate identity projects in the final planning stages now.
But I did a bunch of printing this weekend, and it was one of those lucky occasions when I used the [...]
wai notes
Posted in Letterpress, tagged bonny billy, drag city, wai notes on January 16, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I guess now that it has been released I can finally post some pictures of the Dawn McCarthy/ Bonny Billy (aka Will Oldham) CD cover I finished in November. I was so lucky to work with the extremely nice and cool folks at Drag City Records in Chicago on this cover (amazing artwork by [...]
martha fever
Posted in Crafts, Plants / Nature, Studio Life, tagged martha stewart, moontree letterpress on January 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Sure, living in New York City can be hectic – but there are some unbeatable advantages. Back in November I went to a taping of the Martha Stewart Show (no kidding, my third time). This was an especially lucky taping because everyone in the audience went home with amaryllis bulbs!
We were carefully instructed on [...]
brooklyn weddings
Posted in Brooklyn, Letterpress Wedding, tagged brooklyn wedding, Letterpress, moontree letterpress on January 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
After printing Brooklyn holiday cards this past season, I have received a few requests for Brooklyn wedding invitations! I printed some samples this weekend and will post some more styles soon. If you look closely you can see the Manhattan Bridge on-ramp in the background of this photo…a little inspiration outside the window.
january cards!
Posted in Letterpress, Monthly Editions, Moontree Etsy Shop on January 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Hooray! After a minor delay the new series of Monthly Cards is officially underway. This new project is a collaboration with illustrator Jessi Klein, who will be drawing an animal a month to be letterpressed by moi. You can find the new installment here on the 1st of each month, and in [...]
samples for invitations
Posted in Letterpress Wedding, Moontree Etsy Shop, tagged Letterpress on January 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
With the busy wedding invitation season approaching, I’ve been trying to figure out a good way to organize samples. So I’m happy to announce that sample packs are now available in my moontree esty store. And better yet, if you purchase samples and end up placing an order for wedding invitations, I’ll deduct [...]
happy new year!
Posted in Heidelberg Windmill press, Monthly Editions, tagged Letterpress on January 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
After a nice long holiday, 2008 has finally arrived. Tomorrow I’ll be back in the studio, so today is my last day to run around the city and enjoy my last bits of leisure time. I had planned on launching the new monthly card edition series today, but with holiday shipping mix-ups my plates were [...]
