Happy .918 everyone. I think my favorite point in printing is the moment the baselines are flush on either side of the page. Printers/graphic designers do you have a moment of supreme satisfaction? #letterpress #918 #typehigh #bookdesign #poetry #chapbook #baseline
My collaboration project with poet Aaron James McNally just found its forever home at the @beineckelibrary / so pleased it will be somewhere it can be properly archived! Here’s a bit about the project: Friedrich Kerksieck & Aaron James McNally’s participated in a postcard collaboration from 2004-2008 titled “Reciprocations.” During this period of time McNally went from working at a Milwaukee, WI bottling manufacturer as a bookkeeper to Graduate School to study Coleridge and Wordsworth, while Kerksieck went from managing a used bookstore, to a solo bicycle trip from Iowa to Texas where he resided until moving to Tuscaloosa, Alabama to study poetry and book arts. Kerksieck’s surreal, image-focused verse blended in conversation with McNally’s more romantic, lyric style to create poems that were collected in several magazines, such as 6X6, Octopus, & Effing Magazine as well as chapbooks “Cruel, Yes, but Company” (Pilot Books) and “Stammer/Caw” (Further Adventures Press). The poems addressed themes of the American West, urban nature, the character of mercy, found/erased text, & their relationship to one another. The collection totals 481 poems on postcards, including 173 pieces from McNally & 308 from Kerksieck, 143 of which have been collaged or altered. #collage #alteredpostcard #postcard #postcardcollage #poetry #poetrycollaboration #earlywork
Was lucky today and got to eat lunch with Nancy Kuhl, curator at the Beinecke & take a look at some of their catalog including some Perishable Press titles and a French Resistance booklet disguised as an almanac.
Some tests on Japanese Metallic paper for some very fancy endpapers @householdgods / thanks @talasonline for the samples! #letterpress #poetrychapbook #metallicpaper #gold
Cassette sleeves headed out to @notice_recordings ! #letterpress #cassette #stationery #package #music #noticerecordings
Excited to be finishing up this invitation suite today for @ginnyhines / paired an invitation on handmade paper with a map illustrated by @marycatherinecalligraphy The thistle used in the design comes from an old printing block that’s been in the groom’s family for generations & I used it on several pieces including the wreath around the monogram. #letterpress #neworleans #map #invitations #wedding #monogram #thistle #handmade #handmadepaper #printing #design #streetcar #nola #stationery
Excited to work with one of my favorite Memphis designers @rzerilla - this time for her own wedding suite! Love this combination of colors and clipped corners. #letterpress #handmade #weddingsuite #stationery #wineenvelopes #gold
New broadside poet Steve Wilson commissioned us to do to take along on his reading tour for his new book “Lose to Find” out through @flpbooks / I love how the shading worked out printing the yellow over the charcoal. #letterpress #broadside #poetry #finishinglinepress #stevewilson #handmade #yellow #charcoal #stormlight
Every year @smallfirespress @southernletterpress @planetarymagnetics and @fitzpress make an edition of broadsides to surprise the winners of the creative arts literary awards at @onenocca - this was my offering this year / complete with sewn on meal work lure. #broadside #pantoum #poetry #nocca #broadside #letterpress #handmade #handmadepaper #khadi #mealworm #fishinglure #neworleans #smallfirespress #design
Four finished long/link stitch leather journals with handmade Khadi paper pages. Makes for a super tough/slightly irregular journal that’s beautiful & handmade. $25 each - message me if you’re interested. #handmade #journal #leather #khadi #handmadepaper #longlinkstitch #copticbinding #copticstitch #smallfirespress
Second new card from guest illustrator @jaredwright ! #letterpress printed on kraft paper. Get these and everything else in the store for 20% off using the code SUMMERFUN from now until the 4th of July. #snailmail #stationery #handmade #jaredwright #writealetter #owl #owls #kraft #smallfirespress #summerfun #neworleans #nola
New Opah Fish card! Lavender & silver #letterpress card on @reich_paper 100% cotton Savoy. Use code SUMMERFUN in the shop to get 20% off anything on the website until July 4th. Link in profile. #stationery #fish #opahfish #opah #handmade #lavender #silver #neworleans #smallfirespress
Hello! 3 new cards on the website including this fantastic rooster illustrated by @jaredwright - use the checkout code SUMMERFUN from now until the 4th of July to get 20% off of anything in the store! #letterpress #handmade #kraft #snailmail #jaredwright #stationery #rooster #smallfirespress
Crepe Myrtles in bloom & babes in the shade.
Reprinting a few squids for my postcard club @pcxchange on some handmade abaca and banana paper. #letterpress #stationery #squid #cephalopod #neworleans #smallfirespress #postcard #handmade #handmadepaper
#workingontheweekend
#tbt to three books we worked on for the second season of @preacheramc filmed here in #neworleans including a Tourist’s Guide to Brothels, which included lots and lots of sex workers inside with some creative biographies, a guide to getting a soul back into a body, and an excessively violent flip book. #preacher #smallfirespress #handmade #bookartist #handbound
Retirement document. RIP old press cleaning gloves and clear ruler. Hello flexible hole-less gloves and easy-reading ruler.