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"The simplicity of classical ballet is precisely what enables it to be reproduced with such ease. I sometimes think of it as an unconscious mimicry of the printing press in Gutenberg’s time. In fact, there is something extremely alphabetical about traditional ballet figures and positions – they resemble glyphs."
William Forsythe - choreographer/dancer. Comparing printing/typography/ballet. From a 1998 interview, found on TheOpenEndedGroup

Ink & Paper - Aardvark Letterpress and McManus & Morgan Paper

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a variety of 4-color and 2-color prints for the CrossTalk event Printing by Burlesque

a variety of 4-color and 2-color prints for the CrossTalk event
Printing by Burlesque

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One of three new holiday poster prints [wrapping paper] in the works Available at Minneapolis’ INKCICLES show Friday December 2 hosted by Big Table Studio printing by Johnny Quinine

One of three new holiday poster prints [wrapping paper] in the works

Available at Minneapolis’ INKCICLES show Friday December 2 hosted by Big Table Studio

printing by Johnny Quinine

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This is my art print for the Toys in the Attic show which is being held tonight at Gallery 122 in Minneapolis. Custom toys and art prints are sold to benefit the Toys for Tots charity.  This custom alphabet was transfered into a linocut print and is titled “Woodblock Type”, reminiscent of toy building blocks. See my linocut & printing process here Flickr: Toys in the Attic

This is my art print for the Toys in the Attic show which is being held tonight at Gallery 122 in Minneapolis. Custom toys and art prints are sold to benefit the Toys for Tots charity. 

This custom alphabet was transfered into a linocut print and is titled “Woodblock Type”, reminiscent of toy building blocks.

See my linocut & printing process here Flickr: Toys in the Attic

  • I created this typography, cut from linoleum and printed my first linoprint. More photos of the process to come. This 12x12 print was created for the Toys in the Attic show which is being held at Gallery 122 in Minneapolis on December 3, 2010. Many artists and designers have created poster art or custom toy art to donate to the event.
  • I created this typography, cut from linoleum and printed my first linoprint. More photos of the process to come. This 12x12 print was created for the Toys in the Attic show which is being held at Gallery 122 in Minneapolis on December 3, 2010. Many artists and designers have created poster art or custom toy art to donate to the event.
  • I created this typography, cut from linoleum and printed my first linoprint. More photos of the process to come. This 12x12 print was created for the Toys in the Attic show which is being held at Gallery 122 in Minneapolis on December 3, 2010. Many artists and designers have created poster art or custom toy art to donate to the event.

I created this typography, cut from linoleum and printed my first linoprint. More photos of the process to come.

This 12x12 print was created for the Toys in the Attic show which is being held at Gallery 122 in Minneapolis on December 3, 2010. Many artists and designers have created poster art or custom toy art to donate to the event.

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Got to do some wood type printing on a Vandercook printer at my neighborhood letterpress studio, Lunalux, in Minneapolis I hand set Six Word Story #256 Here is a photo set of the printing process on Flickr: Lunalux Printing

Got to do some wood type printing on a Vandercook printer at my neighborhood letterpress studio, Lunalux, in Minneapolis

I hand set Six Word Story #256

Here is a photo set of the printing process on Flickr: Lunalux Printing

  • Wedding invite designs, letterpress printing by Minneapolis-based, Studio on Fire. Neenah Classic Crest in Solar White 165C printed 1 color (PMS 209u) plus one blind emboss with varnish with matching Neenah envelopes. There were two versions of this design. Being that the wedding was going to be held in Bulgaria & majority of the guests originate from there, one version of the invite was written in Cyrillic and the other in English. Bordering patterns have influence from Bulgarian culture and pattern designs.  Text set in Adrianna. And in the English version, script text is set in Affair.
  • Wedding invite designs, letterpress printing by Minneapolis-based, Studio on Fire. Neenah Classic Crest in Solar White 165C printed 1 color (PMS 209u) plus one blind emboss with varnish with matching Neenah envelopes. There were two versions of this design. Being that the wedding was going to be held in Bulgaria & majority of the guests originate from there, one version of the invite was written in Cyrillic and the other in English. Bordering patterns have influence from Bulgarian culture and pattern designs.  Text set in Adrianna. And in the English version, script text is set in Affair.

Wedding invite designs, letterpress printing by Minneapolis-based, Studio on Fire.

Neenah Classic Crest in Solar White 165C printed 1 color (PMS 209u) plus one blind emboss with varnish with matching Neenah envelopes.

There were two versions of this design. Being that the wedding was going to be held in Bulgaria & majority of the guests originate from there, one version of the invite was written in Cyrillic and the other in English. Bordering patterns have influence from Bulgarian culture and pattern designs. 

Text set in Adrianna. And in the English version, script text is set in Affair.

  • Wedding invite designs- printed [foiled] by McIntosh Emboss.  White gloss foil on French Paper Pop-tone paper in Orange Fizz w/ matching envelopes. Text set in Edwardian Script.
  • Wedding invite designs- printed [foiled] by McIntosh Emboss.  White gloss foil on French Paper Pop-tone paper in Orange Fizz w/ matching envelopes. Text set in Edwardian Script.
  • Wedding invite designs- printed [foiled] by McIntosh Emboss.  White gloss foil on French Paper Pop-tone paper in Orange Fizz w/ matching envelopes. Text set in Edwardian Script.

Wedding invite designs- printed [foiled] by McIntosh Emboss. 

White gloss foil on French Paper Pop-tone paper in Orange Fizz w/ matching envelopes.

Text set in Edwardian Script.

  • Artcrank Poster Process I thought I would put some of my process and sketches out there for the making of the my poster that was in Artcrank. The title of the poster is Momentum. It was focused mainly around the geometric angles of the bike frame. The movement of the bicycle is mimicked through the repetitious lines; and the interconnectedness are what bring the abstract bicycle parts and form together. It creates an intertwining illusion, a texture, a sense of depth and a symbol of the art of the bicycle. The poster was commissioned by Pedalr: A better marketplace for people who love bikes. The site is in beta launch right now but you can be a part of the testing crew if you sign up early.  This is some of my sketch process, initial ideas, and drawings in figuring out the details of the poster.  Posters were printed by Erik Hamline of Steady Print Shop Co. 
  • Artcrank Poster Process I thought I would put some of my process and sketches out there for the making of the my poster that was in Artcrank. The title of the poster is Momentum. It was focused mainly around the geometric angles of the bike frame. The movement of the bicycle is mimicked through the repetitious lines; and the interconnectedness are what bring the abstract bicycle parts and form together. It creates an intertwining illusion, a texture, a sense of depth and a symbol of the art of the bicycle. The poster was commissioned by Pedalr: A better marketplace for people who love bikes. The site is in beta launch right now but you can be a part of the testing crew if you sign up early.  This is some of my sketch process, initial ideas, and drawings in figuring out the details of the poster.  Posters were printed by Erik Hamline of Steady Print Shop Co. 
  • Artcrank Poster Process I thought I would put some of my process and sketches out there for the making of the my poster that was in Artcrank. The title of the poster is Momentum. It was focused mainly around the geometric angles of the bike frame. The movement of the bicycle is mimicked through the repetitious lines; and the interconnectedness are what bring the abstract bicycle parts and form together. It creates an intertwining illusion, a texture, a sense of depth and a symbol of the art of the bicycle. The poster was commissioned by Pedalr: A better marketplace for people who love bikes. The site is in beta launch right now but you can be a part of the testing crew if you sign up early.  This is some of my sketch process, initial ideas, and drawings in figuring out the details of the poster.  Posters were printed by Erik Hamline of Steady Print Shop Co. 
  • Artcrank Poster Process I thought I would put some of my process and sketches out there for the making of the my poster that was in Artcrank. The title of the poster is Momentum. It was focused mainly around the geometric angles of the bike frame. The movement of the bicycle is mimicked through the repetitious lines; and the interconnectedness are what bring the abstract bicycle parts and form together. It creates an intertwining illusion, a texture, a sense of depth and a symbol of the art of the bicycle. The poster was commissioned by Pedalr: A better marketplace for people who love bikes. The site is in beta launch right now but you can be a part of the testing crew if you sign up early.  This is some of my sketch process, initial ideas, and drawings in figuring out the details of the poster.  Posters were printed by Erik Hamline of Steady Print Shop Co. 
  • Artcrank Poster Process I thought I would put some of my process and sketches out there for the making of the my poster that was in Artcrank. The title of the poster is Momentum. It was focused mainly around the geometric angles of the bike frame. The movement of the bicycle is mimicked through the repetitious lines; and the interconnectedness are what bring the abstract bicycle parts and form together. It creates an intertwining illusion, a texture, a sense of depth and a symbol of the art of the bicycle. The poster was commissioned by Pedalr: A better marketplace for people who love bikes. The site is in beta launch right now but you can be a part of the testing crew if you sign up early.  This is some of my sketch process, initial ideas, and drawings in figuring out the details of the poster.  Posters were printed by Erik Hamline of Steady Print Shop Co. 
  • Artcrank Poster Process I thought I would put some of my process and sketches out there for the making of the my poster that was in Artcrank. The title of the poster is Momentum. It was focused mainly around the geometric angles of the bike frame. The movement of the bicycle is mimicked through the repetitious lines; and the interconnectedness are what bring the abstract bicycle parts and form together. It creates an intertwining illusion, a texture, a sense of depth and a symbol of the art of the bicycle. The poster was commissioned by Pedalr: A better marketplace for people who love bikes. The site is in beta launch right now but you can be a part of the testing crew if you sign up early.  This is some of my sketch process, initial ideas, and drawings in figuring out the details of the poster.  Posters were printed by Erik Hamline of Steady Print Shop Co. 

Artcrank Poster Process

I thought I would put some of my process and sketches out there for the making of the my poster that was in Artcrank.

The title of the poster is Momentum. It was focused mainly around the geometric angles of the bike frame. The movement of the bicycle is mimicked through the repetitious lines; and the interconnectedness are what bring the abstract bicycle parts and form together. It creates an intertwining illusion, a texture, a sense of depth and a symbol of the art of the bicycle.

The poster was commissioned by Pedalr: A better marketplace for people who love bikes. The site is in beta launch right now but you can be a part of the testing crew if you sign up early. 

This is some of my sketch process, initial ideas, and drawings in figuring out the details of the poster. 

Posters were printed by Erik Hamline of Steady Print Shop Co. 

  • One of the largest wood types at the Hamilton Wood Type Museum. 
  • One of the largest wood types at the Hamilton Wood Type Museum. 

One of the largest wood types at the Hamilton Wood Type Museum. 

  • On our drive back from Chicago to Minneapolis, we passed through Wisconsin and detoured for three hours to get to the Hamilton Wood Type Museum in Two Rivers, Wisconsin. The museum holds one of the largest collections of wood type in the world. 1.5 million pieces of wood type, and more than 1,000 styles and sizes of patterns. The museum is a fully functional workshop and educational venue. Many collections of antique printing technologies from the 19th, 20th and the soon-to-be-added 21st century wood type. Jim Moran is running the museum currently, printing and archiving. Jim Moran’s brother, Bill Moran is artistic director at the museum, but also runs a design/printshop studio in St. Paul, MN named Blinc Publishing. He also taught (teaches still, I think) my Typography One class when I went to MCAD. The minute we walked into the museum, we were put to work. Jim, along with Rick Griffith, were in the process of constructing one of the largest prints they’ve ever printed at the Hamilton Wood Type museum. It was for a sign they wanted to hang in the shop to commemorate the 130th anniversary of Hamilton Wood Type. Here are a few photographs of the process we helped out with. Very very cool to be involved in the printing of this!
  • On our drive back from Chicago to Minneapolis, we passed through Wisconsin and detoured for three hours to get to the Hamilton Wood Type Museum in Two Rivers, Wisconsin. The museum holds one of the largest collections of wood type in the world. 1.5 million pieces of wood type, and more than 1,000 styles and sizes of patterns. The museum is a fully functional workshop and educational venue. Many collections of antique printing technologies from the 19th, 20th and the soon-to-be-added 21st century wood type. Jim Moran is running the museum currently, printing and archiving. Jim Moran’s brother, Bill Moran is artistic director at the museum, but also runs a design/printshop studio in St. Paul, MN named Blinc Publishing. He also taught (teaches still, I think) my Typography One class when I went to MCAD. The minute we walked into the museum, we were put to work. Jim, along with Rick Griffith, were in the process of constructing one of the largest prints they’ve ever printed at the Hamilton Wood Type museum. It was for a sign they wanted to hang in the shop to commemorate the 130th anniversary of Hamilton Wood Type. Here are a few photographs of the process we helped out with. Very very cool to be involved in the printing of this!
  • On our drive back from Chicago to Minneapolis, we passed through Wisconsin and detoured for three hours to get to the Hamilton Wood Type Museum in Two Rivers, Wisconsin. The museum holds one of the largest collections of wood type in the world. 1.5 million pieces of wood type, and more than 1,000 styles and sizes of patterns. The museum is a fully functional workshop and educational venue. Many collections of antique printing technologies from the 19th, 20th and the soon-to-be-added 21st century wood type. Jim Moran is running the museum currently, printing and archiving. Jim Moran’s brother, Bill Moran is artistic director at the museum, but also runs a design/printshop studio in St. Paul, MN named Blinc Publishing. He also taught (teaches still, I think) my Typography One class when I went to MCAD. The minute we walked into the museum, we were put to work. Jim, along with Rick Griffith, were in the process of constructing one of the largest prints they’ve ever printed at the Hamilton Wood Type museum. It was for a sign they wanted to hang in the shop to commemorate the 130th anniversary of Hamilton Wood Type. Here are a few photographs of the process we helped out with. Very very cool to be involved in the printing of this!
  • On our drive back from Chicago to Minneapolis, we passed through Wisconsin and detoured for three hours to get to the Hamilton Wood Type Museum in Two Rivers, Wisconsin. The museum holds one of the largest collections of wood type in the world. 1.5 million pieces of wood type, and more than 1,000 styles and sizes of patterns. The museum is a fully functional workshop and educational venue. Many collections of antique printing technologies from the 19th, 20th and the soon-to-be-added 21st century wood type. Jim Moran is running the museum currently, printing and archiving. Jim Moran’s brother, Bill Moran is artistic director at the museum, but also runs a design/printshop studio in St. Paul, MN named Blinc Publishing. He also taught (teaches still, I think) my Typography One class when I went to MCAD. The minute we walked into the museum, we were put to work. Jim, along with Rick Griffith, were in the process of constructing one of the largest prints they’ve ever printed at the Hamilton Wood Type museum. It was for a sign they wanted to hang in the shop to commemorate the 130th anniversary of Hamilton Wood Type. Here are a few photographs of the process we helped out with. Very very cool to be involved in the printing of this!
  • On our drive back from Chicago to Minneapolis, we passed through Wisconsin and detoured for three hours to get to the Hamilton Wood Type Museum in Two Rivers, Wisconsin. The museum holds one of the largest collections of wood type in the world. 1.5 million pieces of wood type, and more than 1,000 styles and sizes of patterns. The museum is a fully functional workshop and educational venue. Many collections of antique printing technologies from the 19th, 20th and the soon-to-be-added 21st century wood type. Jim Moran is running the museum currently, printing and archiving. Jim Moran’s brother, Bill Moran is artistic director at the museum, but also runs a design/printshop studio in St. Paul, MN named Blinc Publishing. He also taught (teaches still, I think) my Typography One class when I went to MCAD. The minute we walked into the museum, we were put to work. Jim, along with Rick Griffith, were in the process of constructing one of the largest prints they’ve ever printed at the Hamilton Wood Type museum. It was for a sign they wanted to hang in the shop to commemorate the 130th anniversary of Hamilton Wood Type. Here are a few photographs of the process we helped out with. Very very cool to be involved in the printing of this!
  • On our drive back from Chicago to Minneapolis, we passed through Wisconsin and detoured for three hours to get to the Hamilton Wood Type Museum in Two Rivers, Wisconsin. The museum holds one of the largest collections of wood type in the world. 1.5 million pieces of wood type, and more than 1,000 styles and sizes of patterns. The museum is a fully functional workshop and educational venue. Many collections of antique printing technologies from the 19th, 20th and the soon-to-be-added 21st century wood type. Jim Moran is running the museum currently, printing and archiving. Jim Moran’s brother, Bill Moran is artistic director at the museum, but also runs a design/printshop studio in St. Paul, MN named Blinc Publishing. He also taught (teaches still, I think) my Typography One class when I went to MCAD. The minute we walked into the museum, we were put to work. Jim, along with Rick Griffith, were in the process of constructing one of the largest prints they’ve ever printed at the Hamilton Wood Type museum. It was for a sign they wanted to hang in the shop to commemorate the 130th anniversary of Hamilton Wood Type. Here are a few photographs of the process we helped out with. Very very cool to be involved in the printing of this!

On our drive back from Chicago to Minneapolis, we passed through Wisconsin and detoured for three hours to get to the Hamilton Wood Type Museum in Two Rivers, Wisconsin. The museum holds one of the largest collections of wood type in the world. 1.5 million pieces of wood type, and more than 1,000 styles and sizes of patterns. The museum is a fully functional workshop and educational venue. Many collections of antique printing technologies from the 19th, 20th and the soon-to-be-added 21st century wood type.

Jim Moran is running the museum currently, printing and archiving. Jim Moran’s brother, Bill Moran is artistic director at the museum, but also runs a design/printshop studio in St. Paul, MN named Blinc Publishing. He also taught (teaches still, I think) my Typography One class when I went to MCAD.

The minute we walked into the museum, we were put to work. Jim, along with Rick Griffith, were in the process of constructing one of the largest prints they’ve ever printed at the Hamilton Wood Type museum. It was for a sign they wanted to hang in the shop to commemorate the 130th anniversary of Hamilton Wood Type. Here are a few photographs of the process we helped out with. Very very cool to be involved in the printing of this!