Letterpress Calendar Press!

To get our calendar a little more exposure, I posted it on Etsy. Looks like we've got a fan! Rebecca featured our calendar on her site Florence Finds as part of her holiday gift guide (pictured above).

We're also proud to be featured in Paper Crave's and Oh So Beautiful Paper's 2012 calendar round ups and in blog posts on All Things Aimee and Fifi Cheek!

If you haven't already gotten yours, get moving! The calendars will be available at Saturday's Make & Take event and online at Pyramid's sales page.

In the studio...

Sara and Bridget have been keeping the presses busy working on an awesome set of holiday cards:

The snowflake ones are my favorite!

Make & Take!

Join us for Make & Take, our gift-themed holiday open studio!

When: Saturday, December 3rd

Time: 6 pm to 9 pm

Where: Pyramid Atlantic, 8230 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring MD

Cost: $10 ($5 for Pyramid members!)

Admission includes a print and two festive drink tickets.

 

Make:

• a monotype print for your "secret santa" in the printmaking studio
• paper garlands to "deck the halls" & Furoshiki japanese gift wrapping paper in the papermaking studio
• 2 color holiday postcards in the screenprinting studio
• 2 color wrapping paper in the letterpress studio
• Ornaments from old book pages in our book bindery

Take them home and impress your friends and family with your art skills!

Purchase gifts created by Pyramid Atlantic artists including:

• Our 3rd annual Letterpress calendar,
• "Drink Me," our recipe book containing 13 linoleum block prints & 13 winter beverages recipes, and
• Our Pyramid Atlantic sketchbook (8"x 9.5") packed with handmade paper

In the studio...

Earlier this week, I gave an introductory lesson to Whitney Porter and Lauren Thorp.

Photo by Lauren Thorp

Whitney's done a nice blog post documenting the lesson over on her blog, Throwing Cake. Love how excited and enthusiastic she is! I can't wait to see them both back in the studio!

Type Truck Visit

Here are some photos from the Pyramid-sponsored Type Truck stop earlier this month!

The truck parked just south of Dupont Circle on 19th Street NW (special thanks to Miranda for volunteering to take care of the permit application):

Truck owner, Kyle, talking with one of our visitors:

Leslie admires the map showing where the truck's been so far:

And a photo of Kyle's tour poster in its new home at Pyramid:

The event was a lot of fun. We wish Kyle a lot of luck on the rest of her tour and hope to see her again soon!

In the studio...

Molly's been trying her hand at making some greeting cards. Here are some photos of her first two:

Love them both! See her blog post about the cards and her etsy shop for more info!

Letterpress Calendar process

Photo by Miranda Anderson

Just thought I'd share some links to posts that some of our 2012 Calendar printers wrote on their experiences designing and printing their pages!

June printer, Miranda Anderson, shows step-by-step photos of her printing process.

Molly Moran, half of the February duo, posts on her blog about her and Laura McLean's page.

Alyson Hurt (January) walks readers through her process.

For photos and purchase information, see our 2012 Letterpress Calendar page.

Happy Hour 11.2.11

Some photos from last week's Letterpress Happy Hour!

Erika came by to set type for her second color on these cards:

The second color is going to say "You're so sweet" underneath this list of sugars. Love it!

Alyson came by to pick up her Letterpress Calendars and also to play around with setting some type for her holiday cards. Here are some proofs:

2012 Letterpress Calendar for sale!

The 2012 Letterpress Calendar is available for sale! See purchase instructions and photos of the final calendar here.

Visit the Type Truck - TOMORROW!

Come meet Kyle Durrie and check out her mobile letterpress studio tomorrow, November 4! Kyle will be parking in Dupont Circle, at 1300 19th Street NW.

Stop by any time between 4:30 and 7:30pm!