http://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/16/the-beauty-of-old-school-letterpress-printing/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:53:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/16/the-beauty-of-old-school-letterpress-printing/comment-page-1/#comment-191530 Mindy Sun, 19 Aug 2007 22:50:10 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/16/the-beauty-of-old-school-letterpress-printing/#comment-191530 I took a semester of letterpress at the University of Utah, and it was hands down my favorite class I have ever taken. It's so intimate and detail oriented. When you see that block of text held together with string, you have no idea how heartbreaking it can be when that string unravels and you lose your entire block and you have to start over. Or you do your first proof and all your apostrophes are facing the wrong direction. But once something is done and it's in your hand, it is the most satisfying artwork I have ever created, and that's even including basic printing... I took a semester of letterpress at the University of Utah, and it was hands down my favorite class I have ever taken. It’s so intimate and detail oriented. When you see that block of text held together with string, you have no idea how heartbreaking it can be when that string unravels and you lose your entire block and you have to start over. Or you do your first proof and all your apostrophes are facing the wrong direction. But once something is done and it’s in your hand, it is the most satisfying artwork I have ever created, and that’s even including basic printing…

]]> http://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/16/the-beauty-of-old-school-letterpress-printing/comment-page-1/#comment-187903 The Slapster Thu, 16 Aug 2007 17:48:27 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/16/the-beauty-of-old-school-letterpress-printing/#comment-187903 I still work with offset every day, and it's not even close to being that cool. 99.9% of what we produce is bound for a garbage can, that kind of work is truly Art though. I still work with offset every day, and it’s not even close to being that cool. 99.9% of what we produce is bound for a garbage can, that kind of work is truly Art though.

]]> http://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/16/the-beauty-of-old-school-letterpress-printing/comment-page-1/#comment-187893 fine Thu, 16 Aug 2007 17:29:23 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/16/the-beauty-of-old-school-letterpress-printing/#comment-187893 interesting things interesting things

]]> http://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/16/the-beauty-of-old-school-letterpress-printing/comment-page-1/#comment-187881 Jake D. Thu, 16 Aug 2007 17:06:13 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/16/the-beauty-of-old-school-letterpress-printing/#comment-187881 That is incredibly interesting, inspiring, and noble...but it looks so dangerous! That is incredibly interesting, inspiring, and noble…but it looks so dangerous!

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