The coalition’s goal was to respond to the tragedy with positive creativity: by printing broadsides featuring the work of Iraqi poets and supporting Doctors Without Borders––a non-profit agency working to relieve suffering in Iraq and in other troubled areas of the world––through the sales of these broadsides.
Author: Kim / Painted Tongue Studios
Artists and Enthusiasts, Join us for Gallery Hop
Please join Anna W. Edwards and Kim Vanderheiden for bi-monthly gallery visits around the Bay Area. We will look at new art and artists, reacquaint ourselves with established artists, and immerse ourselves in art. On Friday March 7th 2008, join us at Swarm Gallery at 2nd and Clay streets, at 6:30 pm. We will continue …
Isabel and The Printer
This poem was written by Bill, our Head of Production, as he was printing a birth announcement for little Isabel. Her mom is one of our clients. Isabel’s tiny hands and feet have found a permanent place somewhere, down there in my heart. I have studied them with such care and intensity, bringing them to …
Letterpress and the Price of Crude
When you see and feel the beauty of crisp letters and images, debossed into the paper or gently kissed upon its surface, that is the hallmark of letterpress printing, you are not likely to go immediately in your mind to the cost of a barrel of crude.