letterpress printing
Application of modern design skills and technologies to a timeless and historic medium, carrying digital design into the tactile realm.
Seeking to create chromatic type and borders with a modern spin, I assembled my own type-high forms from acrylic, MDF, and chipboard.
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The message is derived from Le Tigre's 2000 song, "Get Off the Internet" which I felt was a good and punchy way of saying: "Don't be a performative activist. If you care, get outside and stop being a social media warrior."
Chromatic Borders for a Cause
Hindsight 2021
Postcards
The goal was to create imagery and messaging that alluded to the lessons learned from 2020, and I decided to keep my messaging optimistic but realistic. Many of us have hit a pandemic wall, but we can't lose sight of the many structural problems that rose to the surface; giving up on fighting for a better world isn't going to cut it when all of our lives are on the line.
Pressure Print Poetry
Inspired by Emily Dickinson's herbariums, I sought to tap into creative writing skills that have been left mostly untouched since high school. After learning about the various ways pressure printing can create atmospheric images, I wanted to try my hand at running pressed flowers through the Vandercook.
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The flowers did not remain fully in tact after the first dozen prints, but the process speaks to the ephemeral quality they posses.