project complete

i finished my letterpress postcard project in record time this morning. i spent my 20 minute walk to north hall with my mind racing at full speeding contemplating the possible mistakes to be made or the lack of time i had to print. the second edition came out fine. it was a bit crooked at first, but after a few adjustments everything turned out fine.

project began

i went into the letterpress studio today to set type for my next assignment. there happens to be very specific rules for this project - 6 X 9 white postcard paper. one word in larger type, with a color of choice, and the definition of that word in smaller type, black ink. i had spent considerable amounts of time thinking about words and how i coud manipulate them in a non-cliche way. i thought about using the word space and then playing with the placement of the word on the page. once i arrived at the studio today i had a not-so-fantastic idea to use the word 'alphabet' and then for the second text have 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz" in type below it. i set the type and made a proof..



as you can see this picture is rather faint. i only had time to print the first half of the assignment, and hope to finish the rest tomorrow. here it is as is though.