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Art Trade : LetterPress for Screen Printing

After doing a masterful job on our business cards, we started talking to Tim Butler, of Quality LetterPress, about a possible Art Trade.  He was looking for unique, screen printed poster backgrounds for his band, Hot Rod Lincoln, and offered a free round of Letter Pressed posters in exchange.

The minute I saw all of the vintage looking posters in Tim's shop, I immediately thought about Blackout Party, and how this would fit their vibe.  I grabbed Brian and Andrew and we spent a day with Tim, learning how to run LetterPress machines from the early 1900's.

here are some pictures and videos from our day.

Lining up the print...

Number 1 of 40 - If you look carefully, you will notice our type-o.  It is tough to spell and lay everything out backwards...

If you want to make some posters before Tim and Hot Rod Lincoln head out on a European Tour with the Stray Cats, better email him soon.  You can find Quality Letter Press here.

Here is one of our collaborative Hot Rod Lincoln, European Tour Posters...

Furoshiki

The ancient Japanese art of Furoshiki is a fashionable yet functional alternative to your canvas grocery tote.  Check it out..

How To Carry Groceries With A Square Of Cloth

For more info on Furoshiki including products and techniques click here. furoshiki.com

For more ways to help reduce plastic bag consumption click here.

Blind Pilot : West Coast Bicycle Tour

Have you heard of the band Blind Pilot yet..? My cousin texted me the tip to check them out last night and I was pleasantly surprised. Out of Portland Oregon, Blind Pilot plans on a West Coast Bicycle tour this fall. We will be sure to let you know about a San Diego date. For now check out their first video.

Critical Mass

Photographer Jonathan Foster recently experienced Critical Mass in San Diego and took some pretty rad photos.  For those of you who don't know about this bike riding phenomenon yet, Critical Mass is the gathering of hoards of cyclists at the Balboa Park fountain at 7pm on the last Friday of every month.  From there, they embark on a ride through the streets of San Diego letting their presence be known to motorists, pedestrians, and this time, Comicon attendees. 

For more of Jon's photos from that night, visit his myspace

For more info on Critical Mass click here ..or e-mail me about meeting up next month! -carly

Here is a video I found on YouTube..

Shadow Art

These put my shadow puppets to shame.  Artists like Shigeo Fukuda, Tim Noble, and Sue Webster create intricate shadows cast from even more intricate groupings of trash and metal. 

Tim Noble and Sue Webster, Dirty White Trash [With Gulls], 1998

Tim Noble and Sue Webster, HE/SHE, 2003

See more photos here

Visit Shigeo Fukuda's website here

Here's a video of shadow puppets done to What A Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong...for the advanced shadow puppeteer