#letter press

[mythopoetic-mixtape]

Lesbianism Means Giving Women Primacy

"The long memory is the most radical idea in this country. It is the loss of that long memory which deprives our people of that connective flow of thoughts and events that clarifies our vision, not of where we are going, but where we want to go." -Utah Phillips (RIP), Signal01

"Signal is an idea in formation. It is a response to the myopia of contemporary political culture in the united states, our blindness to most things beyond our national boundaries, and our lack of historical memory." -Signal01

These are just a few of my favorite panels and quotes from Signal: A Journal of International Political Graphics and Cultures

It is edited and curated by Alec Dunn and Josh Macphee of Half Letter Press, find it and their other publications here.

[sorayasaida]

letter press printed postcard with scratch lettering :) by @sorayasaida

[marywoodartdept]

Barbie Letterpress

This summer Becca is doing an internship at The Workshop letterpress studio in downtown Scranton, PA. On the first Friday of each month, the shop opens its doors to visitors for an art walk. Check out her Barbie letterpress #MarywoodArt #Printmaking

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[lake-lady]

I made this on a letter press 🌿

[debutart]

“Catastrophe” by Alan Kitching.

[nekrocomic]

I had to abstract a picture that inspired a memory from my childhood for a class assignment. I chose a book (specifically Nightmare by Piers Anthony) and abstracted the idea with heavy inspiration from the character (Embrium) from the book.

I then had to carve a lino block and come up with text to go with the image. This is the completed result.

And as an aside: have you ever heard the saying "Mind your P's and Q's"? It's used now to tell someone to behave or keep in line... but letter press is where it originated. This is why. Lower case p's, q's, b's, d's and apparently sometimes h's look alike in letter press (depending on font). All the letters are backwards and it's hard to tell what's what sometimes.

I didn't mind mine close enough 😅

@acuaticamber06

[pearl-nautilus]

[celestial-alignment]

Artemus Gordon demonstrating a printing press.

“The Night of the Brain” Season 2, Episode 21