Thank You and Good Night

Letter Pressed will be closing down shop by the end of the first quarter. Thank you for your support over the years.

Patricio Oliver--AS Card #27

First new products of 2010. The second card of the year is from Argentine artist Patricio Oliver. Also check out his very cool new line of mini-figures from Kidrobot.

•Limited to 500 hand-numbered cards
•Letterpress printed in maroon
•Natural White 110# stock
•Black envelopes
•Five cards/envelopes per pack

In an effort to eliminate waste, save costs and be a tad bit kinder to the environment, Letter Pressed has decided to no longer have foreign artists sign cards. This has allowed us to lower the price of our card packs back to $15/pack.


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Jon Burgerman--AS Card #26

First new products of 2010. To start things off, a new design from LP alum and all around nice fella, Jon Burgerman.
Here are the details:

•Limited to 500 hand-numbered cards
•Letterpress printed in reflex blue
•Natural White 110# stock
•Orange envelopes
•Five cards/envelopes per pack

In an effort to eliminate waste, save costs and be a tad bit kinder to the environment, Letter Pressed has decided to no longer have foreign artists sign cards. This has allowed us to lower the price of our card packs back to $15/pack.


Visit the Artist Series Store for purchase info.

Candykiller Series, Print #6

Finally! The final print in the six print series is finished! No teases this time, you get the full image to wet your whistle. Print will go on sale very soon (6 July 2010 to be exact). Sad to see the series end, but it is somewhat (long) overdue. :)
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More Plastic Presston

Buy one now.

Orangey

Some close-ups of Orange Presston.

First Batch

Couple quick, low-quality pics of the first batch of Presstons. Once another batch arrives they will start going up for sale. And I'll get better pics of them and the packaging.

Plastic Presston Headers.

Although it might seems strange for a letterpress company to not use letterpress printing, we have decided to forego the costs that would incur (which would in turn raise the press of the Presston figure by another $5) and have the wonderful Brian Taylor (aka Candykiller) design a nifty little header for us. Each colorway will come with its own header.

Presston Tests

Got pics from Arne Industries of the first test pulls and the first color tests. They look awesome to me! The colors will probably be lightened a bit on both, though the orange looks pretty good to me. We're getting very close, and I hope to have these on their way to me soon.

Presston Cast Master 2

Got the cast master from Arne Industries and it looks great. Here are some new photos with a Dunny for scale.

Presston Cast Master

A little more info about Polyurethane Presston: He will be about 4 inches tall, in a total edition of 30 pieces, possibly in two color variants, light blue (20 pieces) and orange (10 pieces). He will be unpainted, and come in a bag with a letterpress printed header card. Price and release date not yet determined.
The pictures above are of the cast master (I think). Looks good!!

Mike Maxwell--AS Print #18

The Way She Left by Mike Maxwell. This image was created for Mike's current show at The Shooting Gallery.
Details:

•8x10 inches
•Two-color letterpress printed
•Lettra 100% cotton paper
•Signed/numbered edition of 50

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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.

DGPH--AS Print #17

Argentine design duo DGPH's second contribution to LP's Artist Series is this outrageously cute Viking. Printed in gold with a blind debossed border and details. Although this print is part of the Artist Series we have decided to avoid the additional cost and time that shipping to Argentina takes, and offer this print as an UNsigned/numbered edition. This allows us to offer it at a Beat the Recession Series price, and ship immediately to customers!
Details:

•6x8 inches
•One-color letterpress printed &
blind deboss
•Lettra 100% cotton paper
•Numbered edition of 50

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DGPH--Sneak Peek

Jason Limon--AS Print #16

Evil Plug

Jason Limon has been one of the most requested artists for the Artist Series, so we are happy to be able to offer up this cool two-color print.
Details:

•6x8 inches
•Two-color letterpress printed
•Lettra 100% cotton paper
•Signed/numbered edition of 50

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Gary Taxali--Finger Print

We are thrilled here in LP land to be able to offer a print by Gary Taxali, one of our favorite artists, and without question one of the most well-known and respected illustrators working today.
The image was created in response to the current trend of offering illustrators smaller fees for their work. The state of the economy has hit the art-world pretty hard, and as purveyors of such we were drawn to this image and its message.
Warning: this image is somewhat crude! Don't click if you're sensitive to such things. Otherwise, click here for a full-size view.
Here are the details:

•5x7 inches
•Two-color letterpress printed
•Lettra 100% cotton paper
•Signed/numbered edition of 100

Visit the Artist Series Store for purchase info.

Available Prints

Andrew Bell's Squid Car

Brian Morris' For The Birds

We recently produced prints for two cool artists. They are both now available for purchase. The first is Squid Car by Andrew Bell. And the second is For the Birds by Brian Morris.

Travis Lampe--AS Print #15

Travis is an Artist Series alum, and has been really knocking things out of the park since LP last worked with him. He made this awesome resin figure, had a show at Gallery 1988 (LA), and his super cool line of vinyl toys, Tear Drips, will be coming out soon (I have a Zoltar figure and it rocks!).
So when he sent artwork for this print I was beyond excited to see that it was a Tear Drip!
Details:

•5x7 inches
•Two-color letterpress printed
•Lettra 100% cotton printmaking paper
•Signed/numbered edition of 50


Visit the Artist Series Store for purchase info.