Wood type revelation

Maybe it was a year of having a non-functioning press, maybe it was just pure magic... but after Laura made the Franklin BBQ posters, she had a revelation to switch the main focus of her letterpress to wood type posters. Here are the next ones she did for the Low Lows. I love how the hand over inking creates a split fountain effect. And wood type printed on chipboard just looks tough....

The Low Lows art poster

In august we were also lucky enough to print a screen print & letterpress art poster for our friends, The Low Lows, to sell at their performance at this year's All Tomorrow's Parties. Check out their music at www.thelowlows.com

There was a horrible printing plate mess up (my service bureau made the plates incorrectly) but we solved it by overprinting in silver. What a happy accident. Silver fixes everything!

These were printed on Lenox etching paper.