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A whirly-what??
A whirly-who?
A metalsmithing kineticist/teacher needed a business card and we made him this:
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Flush
Apparently, it’s healthy to flush your gallbladder. How? A delicious nightcap: A hearty blend of olive oil and grapefruit juice. Chilled, of course.
In the spirit of the flush – I thought I’d flush out some old designs. These designs were rejected by clients.
Not because they didn’t like the designs but because they arejust jealous of me.
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Step one:
Part of the World Domination Plan involves a complete Zeichen Press website redesign. Just imagine our new logo
in living, breathing, MOVING,technicolor!Oh, the anticipation dizzies me. My prop shopping list includes a wig and a man. …I guess my husband could be the man… Lord knows he’d love the attention. Especially the mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.My friendFredstarted photographing our product line. It’s a Fair Trade – just like when the Indians traded Manhattan for wampum.
PS: Did you know thatZeichen Press cards can be delivered right to your door?That’s right! You don’t even have to leave your house. Or your bed. Like me. What will they think of next??
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As we descend into the bowels of that beast called Winter
It is February 1.
If anyone is left please contact me. I have locked myself in the furnace room and my rations are dwindling. I am eatingPankoJapanese Style Breadingwith a dirty popsicle stick and telling myself it’s Lik-A-Stix. Mmmmm, Lik-A-Stix…
Somehow, I was able to make this card:
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Je m’appelle Franoise
If I were getting married I would design and letterpress print my own invitation.
What am I saying?? No, I wouldn’t. I don’t even send out the Christmas cards that I design and letterpress print. WHAT??!! I know. This is a blog post and a confession.
Anyway,Minnesota Brideincluded one of our wedding invitationsin a nice little spread they called”Vintage in Vogue.”
See?
2.Inspired by the couples romantic first meeting in the city of love, designer Fran Shea blended imagery from Paris with a vintage postcard theme to create a classic yet distinctive invite. Using letterpress printing and a unique accordion layout, this design evokes an aura of chic French elegance.Zeichen Press, 612.432.1943, zeichenpress.com
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A roomful of Letterpress printers
It was everything I imagined. Except better, because of the chicken shots.Yum!
Mary Brunoorganized the event in honor ofAmos Kennedy’stimely arrival. As far as I could tell, Amos isnotrelated to THE Kennedy family. There were certain clues, like: He did not share thatdistinctive/made up accentorthat glamorous head of hair. Also, he is black.
Anyway, Amos was there and we hugged like old friends. There was much talk, naturally, of printing presses. Mary Bruno ended up breaking a beer bottle and using it as a weapon – apparently her “street cred” was at stake. Boy wasI glad to get out of there with only minor injuries. I wish I could say the same for Jen. Please send flowers and meals to our headquarters.
Two St. Paul printers showed up : Fred Petters ofVandalia Street Pressand Bill Moran ofBlinc Publishing.Bill was nice. Fred ate off of other people’s plates. I could go on and on but why should I when I have this amazing photograph that perfectly captured the evening?
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And this is where Fran and Jen learn to use their new Heidelberg
Oh, the joy of leaning over a giant machine that has the potential to crush my handsandcreate such beauty!
I think I felt joy. Orpanic? In any case, I felt some sort of feeling while leaning overthe New Press.Karl (the previous owner) had explained, really clearly, the 1,000 things to know – why couldn’t I remember them?? Knobs, pulls, blades, grippers, clutch levers, friskets, sucker bars, rollers, toggles, gears, pins, springs… they all seemed to get tangled up in my mind.
Oh, so tangled!
Just like arat king.
That’s what happens when the tail of one thought gets covered in feces and the tail of another thought gets stuck to it… and the tail ofanotherthought gets stuck to theotherthoughts. It’s all very messy and usually ends up in some Dutch chimney.
Anyway, here’s a snippet of our lesson:
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Vintage Indie
This is Gabreial Wyatt —>
I think we would totally have been friends in high school. She would have called us “top-secret friends”. I was told (by my “top-secret friends”) that “top-secret friends” are better than regular friends. Sure, they don’t go anywhere in public with you, or sit next to you at lunch, or acknowledge your presence – but, that doesn’t mean anything.
Gabreial keeps a blog about all things vintage AND indie.She interviewed me because we are such good “top-secret friends”.
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Mrs. Meyers, Goof-Off and 2,500 pounds of love
That’s what the press looks like – and I always play that song when I gaze upon it.
