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All I need is magic. And maybe antibiotics, sleep and coffee. Last weekend, Andy and I celebrated a day off by taking a little walk in the woods. Around here, that means, amazing redwoods twenty minutes from your house. Sure we maybe took an unexpected turn and I was already feeling a little under the weather and a five hour hike was beautiful and so much fun but I woke up Sunday with the nastiest sick in my face. I have been sick a lot, sniffly allergies that make me tired but I have run out of tv series I want to watch. So, it is movies and bookbinding, naps and trying to get enough sleep while realizing I maybe agreed to do too much this month. But, like an accidently-five-hour hike, it is totally worth it.
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Finally in the mail today went cards I printed for Janna. I have started to offer custom printing specials through my
mailing list . I like the creative challenge and it is fun to offer letterpress cards to someone who might otherwise afford them. Last month I offered these bright cards and envelopes and my penpal Janna took me up on it right away. I will post a picture of all three color combinations though I used the same ink on all the cards.
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Perhaps not incidentally, I dreamt the other night about wearing a sweatshirt that was 2 tone blue, not unlike the card above. It was fun to work with Janna. There is no special this month as I get ready for the
Patchwork Handmade Show in Oakland May 12 but there will be more specials soon. Send me an email at gutwrenchpress@gmail.com to be added to the mailing list!
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I also added a bunch of new things on etsy, including these tiny blank books. Handbound, containing 12 pages of quality drawing or writing paper and covered with a colorful photograph from my travels. Many episodes of Twin Peaks were watched while making these.
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| thanks jeff for the photo! |
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I was listening to a designer complain about blind deboss (no ink) printing with type. Just as I had printed this. I didn't justify my choice because I know it makes it like a whisper or a secret. Also, this is one of my favorite things I have printed in a while. Handset type from the San Fransisco Center for the book, on Lettra Duplex paper (scrap from a Heidelburg job gone horribly wrong), printed on my best friend, the C&P. Oh, and coppery edge painting done foolishly by hand. What is this fanciness for?
During our travels, Andy and I have been talking about bringing the Italian idea of
apertivo to wherever we moved. Fancy drinks, light snacks, all before dinner. Though I never made it to dinner after I went out for apertivo. Now we have a great backyard and a bunch of friends and aquaintances with whom it is hard to make plans. So we are inviting them to our backyard every Friday night all summer. I've already started making liquors for it. If you're in the Bay Area, stop by! Starting next week. If you stop by this week there will be Twin Peaks and bookbinding. Life is pretty good. If only my sinuses would agree.
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| bay leaves in vodka, an experiment for apertivo |
