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Letterpress Erotica

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Clifford The Big Red Dog Doesn't Like To Have His Tail Touched

a work in progress

OMG Printmaking!!! at Charlottesville Trade School

Seventeen hours of southward travel from Tamworth, New Hampshire, places one a city between the hills: Charlottesville, Virginia. Thomas Jefferson's Monticello is here. The Pomp lives here. Many more delightful individuals and efficient bagel shops are here, too.

Last night I had the honor & pleasure of assisting with a mixed media printmaking class at the Charlottesville Trade School.

More info from the site...
The Charlottesville Trade School is turning seemingly ordinary spaces into energized classrooms where friends, neighbors, co-workers, and strangers share skills and good company. We're putting a twist on education with a work + play mentality.

Bartering is back! Rather than paying for instruction, students sign up to learn new trades by meeting the teacher’s barter requests—anything from a dozen free range eggs, a good book, mixed CDs/TAPES, a random act of kindness, tools, to an original work of art! The trade school is a forum for exchange.

Classes are held at various locations around Charlottesville and will typically last 1-2 hours on weekday evenings.
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Our class, OMG Printmaking!!!, covered the processes of silkscreen, etching, intaglio, relief, and letterpress. Participants got some hands-on experience with silkscreen, relief (see Avery's sah-weet wood chopping/printing setup), and letterpress.

So rewarding to share & so much fun. And I'm not even specifically referring to the 84-cookie payment. (Imminent bloating). More photos on Charlottesville Trade School Flickr!

"My blood for your rude brawls doth lie a-bleeding."

SUCK IT, UPS, YOU KILLED MY BABY.





-"Are you requesting insurance money for a replacement or a repair?"
-..."neither"...

To Catch A Falling-Bird

Save Keiko, Give A Heifer, Save The Rainforest, Sponsor A Child, March With Dimes...

Hell yes. So look...here's the "deal"...I'm doing serious business cleaning of my tabletop letterpress studio/closets/portfolios. Pretty much ALL stored/saved prints from 2008-Present need to travel! Even MORE next time I can get intimate with the crawlspace in my mom's house. Prices basically cover packing & shipping. Claim something before I start sending them to strangers. You know how that goes.

Valentine's Day Cards, Everyman HUGE Prints, stuff from the Art in the Age Exhibition last year...

- If you don't see it HERE, I probably have it , mis-labeled, somewhere under something else rolled in glassine.
- If you don't see the color/quantity of some small letterpressed token were hoping for, I probably have the plate/lockup stashed and can easily accommodate.
- I enjoy negotiations. Don't feel weird about emailing me directly to "haggle."

SO STOP READING THIS ALREADY & GO HERE &/OR DROP ME A LINE HERE.

Truly,
Robin B. McDowell

P.S. Look how tidy everything is now...

Reminders for Annual Check-Ups as The Hallmark Holidaze Approach

You are invited.
Please R.S.V.P. by placing a check-mark on the appropriate line.

Valentine's Day Was Invented By Letterpress Printers in 1802 To Celebrate The Misuse of Bond Office Forms

"OUR BATTERED PRESS WAS PILED IN THE TRUNK AGAIN."

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