If you don’t already know about The Itinerant Printer, please check out his website. Chris Fritton is a letterpress printer from Buffalo, NY, who used to run the shop at Western New York Book Arts Center. He is about to embark on a trip to visit letterpress printshops across the US. I am hoping to … Continue reading
We are so excited to reach the halfway point in sales of our calendar. We are significantly ahead of where we were at this point last year. If you haven’t ordered your calendar yet, we think you should do so today! Click this link: 2015Mantra Calendar download the order form and send in your check today. Continue reading
Today was an exciting day up here in Rochester! My school, RIT, has an absolutely fabulous graphic arts library, the Cary Collection. In January, the collection welcomed a major acquisition in the form of what is now known as the Kelmscott-Albion press, dating back to 1891. An Albion press is an early hand press used primarily … Continue reading
We just found out about an invention by Ata Sina: self-folding paper! Small cuts are made in the flat paper and then thermoplastic polymers are attached. When heated at 110 degrees Celsius, the polymers shrink, causing the paper to form a 3D shape according to the cuts. Applications that have been brought up so far … Continue reading
Mid-February found me traveling across the state to New Bedford, the whaling center of Massachusetts to participate in their version of Downstreet Art, their Aha! Night. It was part of their Big Read Project, Stark Raven Mad. In addition to printing with my mini-presses at the Aha! Night, the Aha! staff put me in touch with … Continue reading
We finished our 2014 first-ever, mantra inspired calendar today! It will be officially available for sale this Thursday at the opening of RISING, from 5-8 p.m. You can still pre-order one by downloading the 2014CalendarForm and mailing it in or bringing it to PRESS. We have already sold 20% of the calendars…we think they will sell … Continue reading
We are in the homestretch! We have eleven out of twelve months finished–looking forward to getting that last one done this week in between meals and weather events. And then it will be ready for the big reveal on December 5th at our next opening RISING. (If I were you I would download the order … Continue reading
