If you that love the Daily Drop Cap and also love letterpress, these are a must have. I hand printed these two color letterpress posters at The Arm in Williamsburg and it was The Most Painstaking Registration Process Ever. I actually ended up destroying my plates while trying to make it perfect, which means that this small first edition of 75 will also be the last edition. The prints are available trimmed or untrimmed from my store (I recommend trimmed for mount framing and untrimmed for matte framing). They are printed on Crane’s 110lb Lettra and each is signed and numbered with the note “First and only edition”.
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Frank Chimero says:
Hey, look. Pretty.
Posted January 22, 2010
Mig Reyes says:
Can you retweet comments? Fuck it, I’m gonna.
RT @FrankChimero Hey, look. Pretty.
Posted January 22, 2010
Tiffany Wardle de Sousa says:
Gorgeous.
Posted January 22, 2010
Michael Long says:
These are absolutely wonderful. I must have one.
Posted January 22, 2010
Ed Nacional says:
wow these look great!
Posted January 22, 2010
Eric Mersmann says:
How did you destroy the plates? Please share! We need a good cautionary tale!
Posted January 22, 2010
Lisa Ridgely says:
This is incredible. I love how they look all together, in just two colors. Amazing registration, too.
Posted January 22, 2010
stephanie says:
as a printmaker, i completely understand how frustrating registration can be. FANTASTIC job!
Posted January 22, 2010
Daniella says:
Ha! You’re writing style is hilarious… I can totally imagine the registration nightmare as well! Lovely print.
Posted January 22, 2010
Jessica says:
They’re not quite “destroyed” but what ended up happening is that I printed the first color, and then when I was registering the second color, parts of the print wouldn’t register in a really nonsensical way, like the top of the print would be too high but the bottom would be too low (I believe the paper or the plates had stretched somehow). I ended up having to cut apart the second plate and reposition the parts individually (would register one thing, add a new part register that part, add a new part). I drew all over the plates to align with the grid below and cut off small parts of the plate that were effing with the registration. Overall it would be just too painful to reprint, so I’m going to recycle the plates.
Posted January 22, 2010
Eric Mersmann says:
oh that sounds harrowing.
I’ll think of that story and gain +4 anxiety every time I get ready to print a second color.
Posted January 22, 2010
Paul Randall says:
Absolutely Love.
Fabulous Letterpress Print.
Inspirational.
Posted January 22, 2010
brooke @ claremont road says:
So gorgeous… I wish I could afford to buy one! Your work is simply stunning and I am a huge fan. HUGE.
(I love your work and I don’t mean to sound nitpicky AT ALL, but I wanted to let you know that the pull-down menu for this item in your store has two options that say “TRIMMED” when your description offers both trimmed and untrimmed version. Clearly, the text following that in parentheses clears up the difference, but ya know… some peeps be notsosmart and they’ll probably email you all “I WANT UNTRIMMED BUT BOTH OPTIONS SAY TRIMMED!!!!” with their panties in a twist… so I just thought I’d let ya know
Posted January 22, 2010
Jessica says:
thanks for the catch! Fixed it!
Posted January 23, 2010
James Kelly says:
looks like it was worth all the pain!
the prints look amazing. great job
Posted January 25, 2010
Seleta says:
I love these so much…want to get a spoon and eat my computer screen! You are such a remarkable inspiration. Thank God I found your site!!!!
Posted January 26, 2010
evie s. says:
These are so beautiful, you are sooo talented!
Posted January 26, 2010
Student Hannah says:
Amazing, Jessica. I am a GD student at the Art Center and I can’t tell you have often I look to your work for inspirational refs. Thanks so much for making the awesome and contemporary work you do. Really great stuff!
Posted January 27, 2010
Gina says:
Um, the guy’s kind of cute too…
Posted January 29, 2010
Jane says:
Love this! amazing work always!
Posted January 30, 2010
theaxx says:
they look really FABulous!! love the colour choise, it’s a sumptuous contrast.
As ever, gorgeous work!!
thea.
xx
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Posted February 2, 2010
kerry says:
so gorgeous! any way that you could make a giclee print of this? the letterpress is amazing, but a little out of my budget and this would look so perfect in my living room : )
ps. huge fan of all your work
Posted February 4, 2010
Brian says:
I have a serious design crush on you.
Posted February 4, 2010
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484 Design says:
LOVE IT! Totally just bought one.. so glad I came across your site — it’s bookmark fo’evah!
@Brian – the comment on the “design crush” is hilarious!!!!
Posted February 13, 2010
shae says:
what size is this poster?
Posted March 15, 2010
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