At the Studio this past week we had our Introduction to Letterpress class with everyone setting type and creating bookmarks with their special quotes:

and  Michelle printed Baby Announcements for her new little angel.  We used a soft tan ink for the border and a soft lavender for the text.  They look lovely!

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Also this week, Gavin came by to print on leather for his fabulous books.  Hopefully, he’ll come teach this Spring!

And, we had a great session on understanding polymer plates and press set up with Jesse.  Mindy helped her print the covers for  books she is binding for a client.  Jesse learned the importance of creating a mock up and got comfortable printing large sheets on the Uni III.

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Jill, Jane and Scott made tons of work in our polymer class:   personalized stationery, a lovely holiday calendar, New Year’s cards, Hip Hop note cards, and more!  Everyone got comfortable on press with Mindy Belloff instructing, creating a new project each of the 5 weeks of class!

and Scott brought great cupcakes – a little change from our usual cookies and tea – don’t be jealous Rich!!

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The Book Fair was awesome, once you navigated the crowds.  We ran out of porcupine fish for the sets of 16th-century Creature note cards with assorted colored envelopes, so I went on press and cranked some out…

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Thank you all for stopping by the Fair and hope to see more of you this weekend!  Come see us & view our Collaborative
& Fine Press Artist’s Books and Letterpress printed wood & metal type Broadsides:  November 5–7, 2010 – 7 or E train to: 22-25 Jackson Ave. at the intersection of 46th Avenue, Long Island City, NY – Free & open to the public
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There has been no time to post all the great work being done at the Studio!

Michelle had a tutorial on her Kelsey press, set type, made adjustments, and got rolling!

Jared’s wife came by to check out how the wedding announcements were coming along, and they look beautiful!

More great cards and broadsides from Adventures in Letterpress…

The Polymer class is rolling with great new cards & stationery being …

It has been such a busy week, there was no time to post!  Lots going on, as usual.  We had a polymer plate tutorial with Kitty, in from Australia, with more next week on that, working on a lovely destination wedding custom design, and of course lots of classes in Book Arts and Letterpress including:

New work from Adventures in Letterpress

Lauren worked hard on the composition of her Breakfast, …

It was another busy weekend at the Studio.  Glen ran out of his business cards from 2 years ago, so we ran them again – hand set in Lydian bold and printed on handmade papers.  He loves the deckle, so each card is unique and has a wonderful feel of thick, cotton rag papers!

Mindy Belloff began running a new book edition of the Greek myth of Arachne, printed letterpress …

Last night was our introduction to polymer plates class.  I can’t wait to see what everyone comes up with!  Tonight was Introduction to Letterpress: I Love Stationery!  Even though we had a last minute cancellation, class was fun and productive, as always!

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