January 2012

Inside the studio: His DARNDEST

Author Felt & Wire
January 10th, 2012 in studio insider
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[Bill Klingensmith] My name is Bill Klingensmith, and I am known as the Creative Optimist. MYDARNDEST is the name of my studio and is the independent graphic design business I run from my house in the South Wedge neighborhood of Rochester, New York.

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Sweet dimensions: Diecut baby shower invitation

Author Felt & Wire
January 9th, 2012 in Uncategorized
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Kristy McTaggart, stationery designer and founder of Artiface, is just as paper-obsessed as we are. She reached out to us and sent along her latest creation, a boxed baby shower invite featuring a sweet little diecut umbrella.

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Andrea Peterson gently enlightens us about suminagashi, drop by drop

Author Alyson Kuhn
January 9th, 2012 in on paper
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[Alyson Kuhn] Suminagashi is not the formal word for sushi or for delectable ribbons of rice noodles. It is a centuries-old Japanese technique for printing on water a drop at a time. Sumi means ink, and nagashi refers to moving or floating. Papermaker/book artist Andrea Peterson loves suminagashi. She practices it, prints on top of it, teaches it — and uses “sumi” as a verb.

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At the intersection of tech & touch: The Vista Sans Wood Type Project

Author Felt & Wire
January 7th, 2012 in events, on paper
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What happens when modern technology meets historic printing processes? Tricia Treacy and Ashley John Pigford explore this in a collaborative Vista Sans Wood Type Project, now showing at the College Book Art Association Conference in San Francisco.

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LOUIE Awards judges announced

Author Felt & Wire
January 6th, 2012 in Uncategorized
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Felt & Wire Shop curator Allyson Van Houten has been selected to jury the 24th Annual LOUIE Awards — which recognize creative excellence within the greeting card and social stationery industry. Allyson joins a panel of 16 well-respected industry judges including representatives from influential retailers such as Paper Source, Kate’s Paperie and Barnes & Noble; industry professionals from Hallmark and American Greetings; and editors from Oh So Beautiful Paper, HOW Magazine and Stationery Trends. For more information on the LOUIEs, visit GreetingCard.org and click the LOUIE logo. [MD]

Everything’s up to date and client-centric at Skylab Letterpress

Author Alyson Kuhn
January 6th, 2012 in making of
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[Alyson Kuhn] When I was in Kansas City last August, two terrific (and totally different) letterpress shops were high on my agenda: Skylab and Hammerpress. Hammerpress is in an arty neighborhood and easy to find, but Skylab is in a more industri

al part of town, across the river. When we were finished with our tour of Hammerpress, Bob Atkins of Skylab offered to drive over and fetch us. How hospitable is that?!

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