With 2023 ending very soon, we wanted to remind you to stay classy!
In this video, Jared demonstrates letterpress printing greeting cards in dark pink rubber base ink, which is a mix of rhodamine red and opaque white ink. This press run involved printing 50 cards using a 3x5 Kelsey Excelsior tabletop printing press.
The electrotype (copy of a woodcut) of the very fashionable lady was made about 125-130 years ago and is from the Lewis Winter Collection. The type “Stay classy!” is 30 point Cloister Black font. The back of the card includes an image of a Washington hand press and the words “Printed at the Sacramento History Museum.” This card and other cards are available in our Museum Store!
It's that time of the year! I figured it was finally time for me to make custom seasonal cards, so I sat down and did some linocut! I really wanna send some of these out, so if any mutuals wanna swap holiday cards drop me a message!
1)using plain printer paper is totally fine for books if that's what you have access to. It's what I started with and some people just stick with it.
2)most of us who get really serious into it get custom cut paper to be short grain as it should be. We get 11x17 paper cut into 8.5x11 so the grain is correct. Most Renegade Bindery people in the US get it from Church paper, and they've added a listing to their website for it. And it's nice paper. (Hammermill cream typically.)
Nooo don't encourage me! Danger, danger!
As punishment you get to see the results of me going to poke around in my old college work.
Here's a little book I probably made after somehow acquiring a colour inkjet printer. The colours have held up well after 25 years!
The interior consists of anatomical clip art. Why? I dunno. If I pretend to be an art historian of myself, I could say I was making a prescient statement about computers taking over everything including our bodies, but honestly I was probably just having a laugh with the extensive clip art collection that had come with my.. WordPerfect? or Corel Draw? software.
Two little books with non-adhesive bindings and rather nice Japanese paper.
The covers stay on via paper tabs.
Here's a set of two books with covers made from hand-dyed/patterned fabric from my textiles classes. The covers are again attached with paper tabs that I made into a decorative element.
More handmade paper. It's unsized and feels like quality paper towels. Looks like dried flower petals aren't an acid-free material and the colour didn't hold up :P
cool little triple-fold guy.
Hand-marbled paper... I was really into purple and teal in combination.... It was like 1997
Bonus: me snarking on "AI" technology, before the turn of the century. Plus ça change? Unfortunately, the computer didn't do a bad enough job to be funny.
Inspired by the iconic hit Netflix series Bridgerton produced by Shonda Rhimes and the popular Bridgerton book, "Romancing Mister Bridgerton" by Julia Quinn, this design features Colin Bridgerton and Penelope Featherington, formerly Lady Whistledown, with Penelope holing a Lady Whistledown pamphlet as she and Colin look into each others eyes, surrounded by flowers, inside a Lady Whistledown Society Paper's pamphlet, on various products. Check out Kamitrendz on @redbubble for more Bridgerton art designs and merch! #bridgerton #netflix #penelopefeatherington #ladywhistledown #polin #colinbridgerton #nicolacoughlan #lukenewton #fanart #sticker #juliaquinn #shondaland #shondarhimes #gift #forher #postcard #greetingcard #mug #coffeemug #totebag #artprint #poster #tshirt
Pink Neon Evening Poster Print, Wall Art, Digital Illustration, Original Graphic Art, A3, A4, A5
☁️🌤️🌥️🌨️Due to my love of how the colours of the sky changes through out the day and painting them I have released a collection that includes greeting cards, eco phone cases, notebooks/journals and an original art poster that comes in A3, A4 and A5! This collection is now available in my Etsy store Bonschelle!☁️🌤️🌥️🌨️
Colorful Clouds Eco Phone Case fits iPhone and Samsung, Biodegradable Phone Case, i14, i13, i12, S22, S21, S20, Lilith, Siren
An eco friendly phone case to fit Samsung phones and iPhones featuring artwork by the artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882). The design is printed on the back of the case. Choose from one of 3 digital art designs that were inspired by my love of watching the sky change from evening to nighttime.
Flexible, tough, scratch resistant
Raised rim design to protect the screen
MagSafe compatible (magnetic ring not included)
Back printed design
Matt finish
100% Biodegradable (bioplastic and bamboo fibre mix)
Free from environmentally damaging phthalates, BPA, cadmium
Fully bodegrades in compost after approximately six months
Happy Saturday, everyone! Valentines Day is right around the corner, and this recent addition to my shop is a perfect gift idea for your valentine(s) this year! An anatomical heart greeting card is a silly way to reming the people around you they matter to you. Fill the card with a heart-felt message or a pun and gift it to your partner, friend, or otherwise, knowing that each card is made with love!
We are starting to build up a variety of different greeting cards available in our museum store! This is a greeting card…literally. In this video, Jared letterpress printed greeting cards in a mix of reflex blue and opaque white rubber base ink.
This press run involved printing 40 cards using a 3x5 Kelsey Excelsior tabletop printing press. The front of the card was printed using an electrotype of the word “Greetings” and a small stagecoach. The back of the card includes an image of a Washington hand press and the words “Printed at the Sacramento History Museum.”
Brand new items now available on my Etsy Store!
Ren has now made it onto his own merch, complete with a motivational quote! Inspired by both Polaroid pictures and motivational cat posters, to bring you a calm set of items depicting my original character, Ren.
All items are available as singles or you can purchase the full stationery set at a discounted price!
More listing info can be found under the cut;
All items from the 'Ren Collection', available to purchase as one large stationary set.
The full set includes one of each item; both sizes of print, a bookmark, a card and a sticker.
Text reads: Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll still land among the stars.
Specific item info;
Prints -
Available in 2 sizes;
A5 - Printed using an inkjet printer on 250gsm Premium Gloss Photo Paper.
Dimensions: 148 mm x 210 mm
Postcard - Printed using an inkjet printer on 265gsm Canon Plus Glossy II Paper.
Dimensions: 100 x 150 mm
(Please not that the term postcard only refers to sizing.)
Card -
Printed using an inkjet printer on 220gsm Professional Matte Photo Paper.
Dimensions: 105mm x 148mm (A6)
Envelopes: 115 gsm Kraft Brown (Provided)
Bookmark -
Printed using an inkjet printer on Card Stock.
Dimensions: 60mm x 160mm (Approx)
Due to trimming, sizing can differ by a few millimetres.
Sticker -
Printed using an Inkjet printer on 100gsm Waterproof Glossy Vinyl Sticker sheets.
Dimensions: Sticker can fit within 12.5 Inch x 2.5 Inch space.
Due to the difference in paper types and coatings, minor colour variations can be seen between all items within the set.
Each item can also be purchased individually.
The character Ren is an Original Character created by CatSlopeStudios. You can see more of the character development on my Instagram.