Posts Tagged ‘vandercook’

Gold ink is hot

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

Quick update. New poster. This one is for a benefit concert at the Ryman Auditorium featuring Vince Gill. The client wanted a “contemporary” look with geometric shapes and lines. I used a metallic gold ink for the first color:

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Those big gold blocks are just the bottom of old plates. The top one has “NIXON” on the other side. Richard Nixon campaign poster way back when? Who knows. Then the black brings it all together:

vince gill

Mary snapped this photo of me printing. That’s a Vandercook just like what we use back at the UO (but a little bigger).

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Letterpressin videos

Friday, February 27th, 2009

Folks, it’s Friday again. Here I am, same place, same time. Tired from the week. Flat tire on my bike, and stormy weather outside. There is a very large Italian birthday dinner happening to my right. Nashville drivers are terrible, and I am tired of going up and down West End Pike. Gotta do it though. Gotta earn my keep. Oh wait…

For a time-based glimpse into what I have been doing 9-5 everyday, please see the following videos. They are brief. And fun!

A very short tour of the workshop:

A demonstration of the back press, a Vandercook Universal III:

“Are you from Tennessee? ‘Cuz you’re the only ten I see”