2013 Nashville Print Crawl Recap
About a month or two ago, Jen Knowles (from Platetone and Brown Dog Bindery) and I got together with this idea. We wanted to hold an event that brought all the amazing printers here in Nashville together. We came up with the idea of doing a 'progressive' or scavenger hunt, where folks could print their own posters. We sat down with our other printer friends and started really fleshing out this idea.
After some fun chat and a few beers, we had all worked out the event. The theme was cars/race cars. We spent the next few weeks putting everything in place; building a web site, making a map, designing and printing the poster template, promoting it to our friends, and so on.
It all paid off. Last Thursday night, several hundred eager printers came out to play with us. Folks lined up at Sawtooth Printhouse to pick up their poster template and make their first print.
After that, it was a free-for-all. There were stops to be made at Isle of Printing and Platetone Printmaking. Goldsmith Press was also set up at Platetone, so people could hit 2 stops in 1!
From there, folks made their way over to our studio, another 2-for-1 stop, with Ryan Nole of Kangaroo Press for the event.
keeping the screen clean so you can get a good print
Once they had hit us, then most people walked over to Fort Houston to pull their final print at Grand Palace with Drew & Bingham.
And after it was all over, we had a big group of happy friends who had made their very own poster...along with a group of happy (and tired) printers. Thanks for everyone who helped make this happen! It was so much fun. Look for us to do it again next year!
finished poster
finished printers (L to R; Kelly Koeppel, Ryan Nole, Drew Binkly, Bryce McCloud)
A special 'Thanks' goes to the Metro Nashville Arts Commission. Our event was a "Pop Up" event and part of their Artober celebration. If you have an idea for an event for Artober next year, there are several ways to make it happen. Click here to learn how!