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November 04, 2010

Art in Progress: The Passion and Patience of Printmaking

created at: 11/04/2010Today, we're enthralled by "Layers" a short film about artist and illustrator Jake Early  and his serigraphs, made by Steven Holmes.

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The film documents Early's process of printing by hand: the cutting of film, burning screens, mixing custom ink colors from scratch, and printing each color by hand.

Click through to watch it.… read more

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July 30, 2010

From Conception to Collection: The Process of Making Screenprinted Posters

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The screenprinted gig poster medium is still a viable and valuable scene, with designers and print shops all over the world creating original, catchy, and unique one-off posters for music shows and festivals.

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Kansas City-based printers Vahalla Studios teamed up with Micah Smith of My Associate Cornelius to create this cool two-color poster for a free Hot Chip show in NYC, sponsored by MySpace. They made this cool video of the process, from designing in Illustrator to printing to - and passing them out at the show for free.

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March 08, 2010

How To: DIY Scratch-Off Business Cards.

DIY Scratch Off Business Cards

This day-in-age, a simple embossed logo and your name in a classic serif simply won't do. We're in the era of digital networking, and in order to make a business card work, it needs to stand out.

Bofthem has figured out a way to do just that: do-it-yourself scratch off printing.  … read more

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