Polyurethane Presston

Two new photos from Arne Industries of the original rough master and the cast master. Arne says the eyes, feet and tail need a little sculpting work and everything needs sanding, smoothing and priming.
Regardless, we think it's AWESOME!!!

Presston becomes something...

Thank the Lord for Arne Industries! We found out about this boutique toy maker from the recent Babe Bunyan figure by Scrappers. We were so happy to discover they're right here in the US of A, in Portland, OR no less, one of LP's most favoritist cities ever. This is the initial sculpt of Presston who will be eventually turned into a hard plastic figure.

Candykiller--AS Card #25

Wow. 25 artist cards in a little over four years. Some times I didn't think we'd make it this far. It seems appropriate, and we're very happy to have a design by one of our longest standing collaborators, Candykiller (aka Brian Taylor).
Brian has turned his classic Zombi image into a fantastic card design for us. Here are the details:

•Limited to 500 hand-numbered cards
•Two-color letterpress printed
•Lettra 100% cotton printmaking paper
•Accompanied by red envelopes
•Five cards/envelopes per pack
•Pre-ordered packs come with one card signed by the artist


Visit the Artist Series Store for purchase info.

Happy Holidays!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all of our LP fans, friends and family. We hope your 2008 was dandy (other than that nasty recession and all), and that Ought Nine is super-duper dandy-rific.
A few quick updates:

•Julie West's print will soon, sorry about the delay. It turned out great, by the way!
•The latest Candykiller print should be shipping soon to the artist to sign and number.

That's it for 2008, a very busy year for this little business. And we hope to make 2009 even busier. Plus, we plan on expanding the artist designed line beyond the cards and prints, including some "useful" products. More news about that later. For now here's a selection of what's coming up:

•Artist Series Card #22 from DGPH.
•Artist Series Card #23 from Anna Chambers.
•A print and card set from Joe Ledbetter.
•A special card to celebrate the 25th Artist Series Card from one of our most favorite collaborators.

Best,
Mark

Candykiller x Letter Pressed Series Print #5

Fifth print in the six print Candykiller Series.

Visit the Artist Series store for purchase info.

Laser Presston

We recently contacted Kurt at 5280 Lasers about possible future collaborations. Laser engraving is becoming quite popular, but beyond that, we think the end result is somewhat akin to letterpress printing. The depth and detail achieved is quite impressive and the variety of material that can be engraved is very broad.
Anyway, we sent in a simple image of our logo Presston, that had previously been used on a card, just to get an idea of what could be done. Quite by surprise Kurt created some samples for us to look at. We will definitely be doing some fun stuff with 5280 in the near future.

Black and white acrylic cut outs.

Laser engraved wood samples.

Not sure what kind of wood this is, but it has been stained a pretty blue-green, and Presston has been inlaid in abalone shell. Fancy!

Presston engraved in veneer. Cool, but very thin and fragile.

Close-up.

Candykiller x Letter Pressed Series Print #4

4th print in this 6 print series.
SOLD OUT!!

Candykiller x Letter Pressed Series Print #3

A preview of the next print in the ongoing Candykiller series of prints. We're super excited about this one as it is a favorite image of ours.
Sold out!!

Candykiller Letter Pressed Series Print #2

SOLD OUT!!!

You can still purchase from the Candykiller blog.

Bingo Prints

The Candykiller Bingo print looks good don't it? These puppies (pun certainly intended) are all gone! As they say, if you snooze you lose. :)
Keep yer eyes peeled for upcoming Candykiller prints.

Presston Mini-print

Brian also created this image of Presston for us. This 5x7 inch print, numbered edition of 50, was produced as a Thank You for the members of the Letter Pressed Presston Club. The remaining half of the run was offered for sale to non-members, but quickly sold out. :-)

Upcoming Candykiller Print

Here is a peek at the next Candykiller x Letter Pressed collab. This will be the first in a new series of signed and numbered Candykiller letterpress prints. More info soon...

Candykiller's Coney Print

This is a special project in preparation for Candykiller's Coney Plush figure. We are offering 50 of these beautiful prints for sale now.*

•8x10 inch
•Two-color inked letterpress
•Printed on Somerset soft white 300 gm art paper
•Signed/numbered edition of 100

SOLD OUT!!!

New Candykiller Print

This is the other semi-secret project I've been working on. This print was done for Brian Taylor basically as payment for the logo he created for LP. Since he wanted a two-color print, in a larger run, the cost was pretty high so he is letting me sell some of these to recoup the extra cost.

The Details:

•8x10 inch
•Inked letterpress
•Two-color, white and maroon, on French Construction Cement Green 100 lb stock
•Signed/numbered total edition of 200 (most are going to Brian)

SOLD OUT!!

(For purchasing information visit Brian's website and locate his contact information.)

Presston

Brian Taylor of Candykiller has created a logo for us. Presston is the new identity of our Artist Series line of cards and prints. Sometime in the near future we will have a whole new section of our website devoted to this division of Letter Pressed.
Great big thanks to Brian.
Let us know what you think of Presston under "Comments."
Thank you,
MB

Candykiller--AS Card #7

CANDYKILLER
This could be the cutest Artist Series card to date!! AS card #7 is from Brian Taylor, aka Candykiller. Brian is a super-talented artist and graphic designer who hails from Scotland We loved this little bunny character and were happy when Brian agreed to do a card using this image. These cards are in stock and ready to ship. Send a decidedly diffferent Easter card to your friends and family this year!!
Click on the image for a full-sized view, which Brian mocked-up to look like the printed card. And we must say, the card turned out just like this!! We decided to cut back on the edition size, from 750 down to 500, to keep this one limited. So don't dilly-dally, there aren't many left.
SOLD OUT!