letterpress.

jon and i are taking a letterpress class at the art academy of cincinnati. tonight was my second class (jon's third, i missed last week), and i'm having a lot of fun.

i'm really taken by the drawers full of wood type. i can't help it. they're beautiful. this is what i'm working on right now. it's an a. a. milne quote from winnie the pooh.

today i spent the whole time opening up all of the drawers and picking out fonts i liked and trying to get the different lines to block similarly. i was briefly distracted when i found the drawers full of special symbols--stars, arrows, and the like. some of these seemed to sneak into my design. not sure how that happened...

*note the picture is flipped vertically to make it easier to read. you actually lay type from right to left. i get confused a lot when i'm laying it out. d's, b's, p's and q's are cruel letters.

for jon.

jon sharp is a funny kid. but i kind of like him. and since i like him, i let him do some crazy things. like turn our dining room into a pub.

he built this. it houses beer. and so that everyone knows what's in it, i made him an awesome chalkboard sign for his birthday.

it started out as this lovely piece of art that i got at a habitat restore for five dollars.

a little bit of paint later...

a swell chalkboard sign for all your informative beer needs. complete with pictures of hops.

glittered.

tis the season for glitter. glittered dinosaurs.

...animals called dinosaurs ruled the earth. but the dinosaurs could not exist unopposed for long.

the defeat was swift and merciless.

and much rejoicing followed.

but the calm was brief...

*please forgive any historical inaccuracies in this depiction.

if you would like to make your own glittered menagerie--thirty five cent plastic animals, glue, glitter, clear coat (unless you want glitter to take over your life).