Birthday Cards for sale!

With the help of Pyramid webmistress, Ariana Estrada, I've finally got the Birthday Card Fundraiser Sets up for purchase online!

For photos of the sets and all the individual cards + instructions on how to purchase, go to our special Birthday Card Fundraiser page!

Call for Volunteers!

CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS!

Pyramid'll be celebrating its 30th birthday in April, and we had the idea to make a box set of birthday cards for sale in conjunction with the celebration. The idea is to get volunteers (you) to design and print a birthday card (edition size TBD) to contribute to the set. 

Details:

-You create a design and print a card (edition size will be determined shortly)

-Studio time spent working on this project will be free (but still needs to be scheduled in advance)

-You will receive volunteer hours for time spent printing your cards

-Each participant will get to keep one set for themselves

-The rest of the sets will be sold with all funds going directly to Pyramid

-We will provide the paper

-If you choose to use photopolymer, you'll have to cover the cost of the plates

-The deadline to complete all your prints will be Friday, April 1

Please email Julia at letterpress@pyramid-atlantic.org if you're interested in participating and she will email you with more details/design specs. Also, please note that you need to be certified to print/rent on your own to participate in this project. If you are not yet experienced enough to do this, please consider pairing up with someone who is, or taking the workshops/lessons necessary to be certified!

2011 Pyramid Atlantic Letterpress Calendar

I've finally crunched all the numbers and it looks like this year's Letterpress Calendar fundraiser project raised over $1,500 for Pyramid! The calendar (edition of 100) sold out in less than two weeks after its debut at this year's Book Arts Fair.

Since I haven't posted any photos of the calendar on this blog yet, here we go...

These photos were taken by Alyson Hurt (January designer):



Here are some photos of our assembly party taken by Alyson, Erin Brophy (February designer) and myself:


And lastly, a little video that Bridget Stoyko took while we were printing the second color of her March design:

Thanks again to everyone that participated:

• Calendar designers: Alyson Hurt, Erin Brophy, Bridget Stoyko, Sarah Hanks, Matt Hyson, Hadiya Williams, Sara Shaffer, Erica Schuetz, Moira McCauley, Melanie Karlins, Tess Sammarco, Amelia Smith and Sarah Noreen
• Paper cutters/assemblers/ribbon tiers: Patricia Lee, Anne Clewall, Jocelyn Chiu, Beck Levy, Megha Even

Stay tuned for next year's calendar!