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Author Archives: Alexia
Free Shipping Day, Dec. 16!
Porcuprints will be participating in Free Shipping Day on December 16th! For those of you who are unfamiliar with this strange day, it is a day when many online retailers offer free shipping to customers with delivery by Christmas Eve. … Continue reading
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Crafty Wonderland!
This weekend I attended Crafty Wonderland’s “Colossal Holiday Sale.” Held at the Oregon Convention Center, the show brings together over 200 local artists and craftspeople from the Pacific Northwest. It promotes itself as an opportunity to “BUY LOCAL! BUY HANDMADE!” … Continue reading
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Tagged art, buy handmade, buy local, craft, crafty wonderland, Fortress Letterpress, Framework Design Lab, goodie bag, letterpress, picklethings
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Porcuprints Featured in Blog
Rebecca Tomb, on Etsy as BeckyTDesigns, just featured Porcuprints on her blog! Here’s her feature!: http://beckytdesigns.blogspot.com/2011/12/featured-etsian.html
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New Etsy Listing
My latest listing on Etsy has just gone live! It is a hand-colored version of “Don’t Play Koi with Me!” I used calligraphy inks and watercolors for the color. Also, I added a calligraphy gold ink in the tail and … Continue reading
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Tagged art, calligraphy ink, cherry blossoms, Etsy, ink, koi fish, porcuprints, printing, printing press, resingrave, tattooed woman, watercolor, woman, wood engraving, woodcut
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Final Press Photographs
Every part of the Kelsey press has finally been put back together! And here are pictures! The only thing missing are the roller hooks. The old ones are bent and I believe we will have to make new ones. Other … Continue reading
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Give the Gift of Art
“Don’t Play Koi with Me” was featured in a wonderful treasury this evening! Kelly Tankersley from 88editions put together a treasury featuring some wonderful artists, including my piece. Thanks Kelly! You made my day!
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December’s First Friday Art Walk
It’s that time of the month again! December’s First Friday Art Walk is upon us! Don’t forget to show support for Etsy sellers on December 2nd. For those of you who don’t know, FFAW is Etsy’s version of going on … Continue reading
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Press Restoration Update: Grease & Shims
Shims and grease are two things that are quite important when reassembling a press, and I did not want them to get lost in the glitz and glam of retaining rings and finished pictures. While they aren’t as pretty, they … Continue reading
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Tagged dowel, grease, Kelsey, Kelsey Excelsior, letterpress, Molywhite RE No. 00, printing, printing press, restoration, robot, robot grease, shim, Teijin Seiki
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Printing Press Power
Just created a treasury in honor of my Kelsey Excelsior letterpress that I just finished restoring this weekend! Enjoy.
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Press Restoration Update: Cutting & Fitting New Dowels
When I first disassembled the Kelsey press I knew that I would have to replace the original dowels that held the parts together. The majority had been mushroomed on one end and deformed with a chisel and hammered into the … Continue reading
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Tagged dowel, file, Kelsey, Kelsey Excelsior, lathe, letterpress, McMaster-Carr, press, printing, printing press, restoration, retaining ring, stainless steel
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