Posted in Custom, Letterpress, Studio Life, tagged guillotine cutter, moontree letterpress on April 25, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I’m working on a very large business card reprint job this weekend and have been chained to the guillotine cutter all day. As I mentioned in a previous post, when cutting 100% cotton paper you have to trim all four sides with the clean edge of the blade in order to avoid that fibery-looking [...]
Posted in Plants / Nature, Studio Life, tagged Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center, moontree letterpress on March 28, 2008 | No Comments »
For the past month or two I’ve been hunting all over new york city for the right glass cookie jars to make studio terrariums. I couldn’t find the right type, but finally stopped by West Elm in dumbo the other day and scored these two great glass containers. Not cookie jars, but very [...]
Posted in Studio Life, tagged Cooper Union, Rich Press, SLR cameras on February 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Just before New Year I took the plunge and bought myself a digital SLR camera in hopes of taking better photography for my portfolio - and just in life. So today I took my first “Digital SLR Cameras” class with Cooper Union’s Continuing Studies program- and it was really fantastic. Richard Press teaches [...]
Posted in Plants / Nature, Studio Life, tagged kathleen connally, westminster kennel show on February 22, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I haven’t been posting much lately because I’ve been working on a lot of wedding invitation design work this month. (And I don’t think pictures of me sitting at my computer in different outfits would be very interesting.) I did print two weddings this week which I’ll post next, but had to [...]
Posted in Brooklyn, Studio Life, Walk to work, tagged moontree letterpress, pasqualina azzarello on February 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Last spring I decided to start walking to work a few times a week, just to enjoy the neighborhood and clear my head before the day begins. In the spirit of trying to expand the scope of my letterpress blog I’m going to document my morning walk here from time to time. [...]
Posted in Custom, Letterpress, Studio Life on January 30, 2008 | 7 Comments »
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) [...]
Posted in Studio Life, tagged guillotine cutter, letterpress printing on January 26, 2008 | 6 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 [...]
Posted in Heidelberg Windmill press, Letterpress, Studio Life, tagged Heidelberg Windmill press, letterpress printing on January 23, 2008 | 7 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 [...]
Posted in Custom, Letterpress, Plants / Nature, Studio Life, tagged Letterpress, moontree letterpress on January 21, 2008 | No Comments »
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 [...]
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 [...]
