220lb «Зверь шт. Studio On Fire principal Ben Levitz answered some questions on contemporary letterpress printing last week for “letterpress week” over at Oh Hello Friend.
Here is the Q&A exchange: Just what is letterpress? Letterpress is a method of relief printing. It is the process of inking a type high reversed image and then transferring that ink to a substrate, making a print of the positive image. While previous generations relied on moveable wood and metal type, most modern letterpress is achieved with a plastic material called photopolymer. So why Letterpress? Letterpress used to be the primary method of all printing. . #1. .
#2. . #3. What is your heart and passion behind letterpress? Speaking as both a designer and letterpress printer for the past decade, I’d say letterpress is still gaining momentum as a production method. Каталог книг онлайн. Facebook Symbols (cool text character codes) 26 Beautiful Free Retro Fonts.
Преломление - алфавит на Vimeo. Free Audio Books - Fiction - Download mp3 and iPod format today! Graphic Exchange - The blog of Mr Cup - graphic design, print, identity, products and more... This new deck by Joe White follow the Contraband one.
You know Joe and his amazing detailed design as we work together on the (sold out) 2015 edition of the calendar and he designed the front cover. Every single playing card within the High Victorian deck was designed from scratch - even the Aces, Jokers, and court cards exude the grand excess of ornamentation quintessential to the Victorian era. In a word: breathtaking. Antler is a deck designed by Tom Lane, who also creates this year edition of the front cover of the letterpress calendar!
This Tobacco Brown back design features two Twin Bucks enshrined within beautiful flourishes that mimic the lush forest of Yosemite National Park. I contact Jeff Trish as I love his design of this deck, and I am pleased to say he participates in this year edition of the calendar too! As both Tom Lane and Jeff Trish participate in this year calendar I propose you 2 packs with the calendar (Deluxe or Normal) and their decks.
Welcome to Open Library. Calligraphuck's Photostream. The Book Surgeon (15 pieces) - My Modern Metropolis - StumbleUpon. Using knives, tweezers and surgical tools, Brian Dettmer carves one page at a time.
Nothing inside the out-of-date encyclopedias, medical journals, illustration books, or dictionaries is relocated or implanted, only removed. Dettmer manipulates the pages and spines to form the shape of his sculptures. He also folds, bends, rolls, and stacks multiple books to create completely original sculptural forms. "My work is a collaboration with the existing material and its past creators and the completed pieces expose new relationships of the book’s internal elements exactly where they have been since their original conception," he says. "The richness and depth of the book is universally respected yet often undiscovered as the monopoly of the form and relevance of the information fades over time. Dettmer is originally from Chicago, where he studied at Columbia College. Update: Read our exclusive interview with the Book Surgeon here.
Brian Dettmer's website. TANAMACHI STUDIO. The Shodo. SHODO - JAPANESE CALLIGRAPHY on Typography Served. Calligraphy for Beginners. SeptemberIndustry - The best in international graphic design and everything in between every week. Books transformed into visual art. Origami artists have been transforming paper into varied, visually striking works of art since centuries.
However, an entirely different wagon of artists has stretched it across the paper and is creating the same magic with books. Had these books not been morphed into unusual artworks, you might have seen them bedecking some landfill, a ditch or a waste-bin. Who knows? Anyhow, after passing through some skilled hands, they have gotten more appealing than they were ever. Since seeing is believing, hit the jump to see a full list of book art awaiting your approval: Anagram Bookshop (Prague) promotional images from Kaspen deserve a glance for sure. Known as Robert The, the Kingston-based artist outshines all. Brian Dettemer is one of the masters of this weirdly green art.
Casey Curran etches his art on books with a scissor. UK artist S. Lucille Moroni works with 19th century church books and missals to create art. Folded books by Denise Kiggan are just incredible! The Art of Penguin Science Fiction. THEOSONE. Letterhead Fonts / Handcrafted Letters For The Professional Artist. BERLINLINGO. Bookshelf Porn.