Showing posts with label VIDEO. Show all posts
Showing posts with label VIDEO. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Sunlit Letterpress Featured on the Food Network



I just heard that the invitations that we printed last summer for local Vancouver designer Flora Gordon were featured on the Food Network's "100 Mile Challenge" show. The episode - "100 Mile Menu" - was all about the food chosen by bride Jeanine and groom Earl (Flora's brother). The invitations are only shown for a brief couple of seconds at the beginning - but hey, I'm still proud!

It is also fun to be able to see the bride and groom and how they looked on their big day - it's something that as a designer and letterpress printer, you don't get to see very often, because our work takes place before the big day (unlike photographers and planners that are involved on the day itself).

As a side note, I'm noticing that many of my local clients are hiring caterers that specialize in local and/or organic foods, so I guess this is an option that more brides and grooms are considering.

Thank you Food Network for including the snippet of the invitations in your show, thank you Flora for being a wonderful client, and thank you to Jeanine and Earl for including Sunlit Letterpress in your wedding plans!

Happy letterpressing!

Saturday, January 19, 2008

Funny video...


Came across this video yesterday...gotta love it. I can relate to seeing my stuff go out the door to clients - bye bye babies!

Happy letterpressing!

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Fab filmstrip on letterpress printing...

Alan Lastufka of Fall of Autumn recently e-mailed me to tell me about the short video he's produced on letterpress printing (part of a series on printing techniques in use today). I finally had a chance to sit down and watch the video and it is a perfect resource for beginners that want to see a quick and general overview of letterpress printing (in this case with a tabletop press).

Philip Cheaney at the Independent Publishing Resource Center in Portland, Oregon, is the star of the video - and he gives quick intros to the many foreign terms that you learn when embarking on a career in the letterpress industry: job case, leading, quads, coppers and brasses, gauge pins, chases, furniture, and quoins.

You can watch the video on YouTube.



Great video Alan - now you just need to do another one showing the tedious process of cleaning up :) On the other hand, who really wants to watch the nitty gritty bits?

Happy letterpressing!

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