My first letterpress print

Ninja February 8th, 2008

Ninja says

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I got less than 4 hours of sleep, but I’m now quite caffeinated. I’ve got a huge, goofy grin on my face over the thought of my first collaborative letterpress print! Well, ok, first letterpress print, ever. The lovely Ms. Ophelia Chong wrote me saying that she loved my hair portraits, so I offered to do one of her. When she sent me her photo, I knew I was going to have fun drawing. She’s got this chunky, layered look that I’m quite fond of.

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I couldn’t really make out much detail from her photo, so I made some of it up. ~__^

Ophelia is getting the plate made as we speak. As for the print, she will print out the hair in one color, then add a layer wood block or metal type in another color. To top it off, she will then run the first prints through for a second color.

THANK YOU, Ophelia! ^_______^

Yay,
Ninja

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  • Ninja
    Hallo Lee,

    Good morning! Hey, thanks for visiting. Are you a letterpress junkie too? Will do, I'll keep you posted.

    Cheers,
    Ninja
  • This looks like a very cool project. Please let us know when the prints are done. I'd love to see them.
  • Ninja
    Hi Ophelia,

    Good evening. Ah, hallo right back atcha & at your hair. I'm glad that you're postponing the trim. It looks so wonderful as it is! Thanks again for the letterpress goodness.

    Cheers,
    Ninja
  • hey, my hair says hello. all 1.3420 million of them (give or take a few, there are some floating down towards the floor)

    =;o) ophelia
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