WordWacky

Last week my wife Ami and I went to the First Thursday Artwalk in Seattle’s Pioneer Square. We saw a terrific letterpress exhibit at the Design Commission, a tribute to Chris Stern.

From Easily Amused:

Chris and his wife and partner, Jules Remedios Faye, formed Stern & Faye, Letterpress Printers, and founded their “printing farm” in the Skagit Valley north of Seattle. Each of them was a fine, and unusual, printer and artist before they met, and their work together has been amazing. When Chris died of cancer a year and a half ago, many of us lost a friend and we all lost an original talent.

The exhibit featured a number of artists’ letterpress works — Ami and I bought two postcard-sized pieces — and a real working letterpress!



Here are a few of the letterpress creations we saw:



Anyone got a letterpress they want to sell me — or better yet, give me?

Check out this cool furniture.

At nearly 2,000 Euros apiece, this photo is as close as I’ll come to owning any. But it’s a great idea, and a great execution. [via If It's Hip It's Here]