Posted in Letterpress on Mar 6th, 2013
The sunflower is an annual plant native to the Americas. This is our latest addition to the letterpress printed cards Painted Tongue offers. More printing to come! We are super busy at the studio with card printing and custom orders.
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Posted in Letterpress on Mar 2nd, 2013
Another day at Painted Tongue Press! Printing another note card. The Cosmos plant is in the family Asteraceae – commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, or sunflower family. It is such a beautiful flower. Printing it today reminded me of an early summer day, imagining a field of cosmos flowers swaying in the warm […]
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Posted in Letterpress on Feb 27th, 2013
Last week I finished printing California Poppy at Painted Tongue Press. This is a two color card printed on the Heidelberg windmill. The green was printed by Hope, who is another letterpress printer printing away at Painted Tongue. I finished the card with orange – the butterfly is a double hit, first printed in green […]
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Posted in Letterpress on Feb 23rd, 2013
The pictures I posted only show parts of the Heidelberg windmill – here are two of the whole bella machina ! In Germany the windmill is called Heidelberger Tiegel.
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Posted in Letterpress on Feb 23rd, 2013
From 1996 to 1998 I studied at Fritz-Gabler Hotel Management School in Heidelberg, Germany. During those years I had no idea what a Heidelberg windmill is. And I would not have dreamed of ever even printing on one of those machines, which are made in Heidelberg, Germany. 11 years later – in 2009 – I started […]
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Posted in Accordion Book, Bookart on Feb 2nd, 2013
I just come back from the opening exhibition at the San Francisco Center for the Book. Great turn out. If you can make it, you should try to see it. It’s worth it! They also show a couple of broadsides – including mine!
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