New: Let’s Do This! Letterpress Print and Giveaway

I’m so excited that I have new prints to share! “Let’s Do This!” letterpress print :) Sometimes, when I need a little motivation to get my work done, I tell myself “Let’s do this!!!” so I wanted to print this for a while, not just for myself, but also to share with the world. I hope you like it and get motivated with this print! and read until the end for a giveaway!!

Typesetting on Vandercook press:

Adjusting the placement and impression…

Always love the blind impression, too…

and…

print! Hot off the press — black one:

and pink one:

and here it is!

Let’s Do This! Letterpress Print 11×14 Black (limited edition of 30!):

Let’s Do This! Letterpress Print 11×14 Pink (limited edition of only 10!!):

And yes, I am giving away one of the Let’s Do This! black prints to a lucky winner! To enter, just comment on this post with where you think you would place this print by Thursday, October 7th midnight EDT and the winner will be randomly picked and announced on Friday, October 8th. Tweet mention also gives you one entry, make sure to come back to this post and tell me or use @hijirik, please.

GOOD LUCK, everyone! xo Hijiri

****UPDATE****

We have a winner!!! CONGRATULATIONS, Radhika Ganorkar who commented:

My first instinct it to put it up above my desk but on second thought i’d hang it either on door to the exercise room or in the kitchen, because cooking and cleaning up after needs a lot of motivation!
ps- i just tweeted! [@rganorkar]

I hope this will motivate your cooking and/or cleaning :)

and thank you so much for everyone who took your time to think about where you’d place this print, it was fun to see your comments! Thank you so much!

Little Book of Letterpress

I am so excited and proud to tell you that my work and my studio have been featured in this book called “Little Book of Letterpress“! It is a little BIG book, filled with lots of amazing work from all over the world! It is so fun just flipping through :)

The cover has a nice impression, too.

And I have a spread! Page 174 and page 175.

It should be out everywhere in US and outside of US, too. You can grab a copy here or here.

Thank you so much, Charlotte, for including my work!! She also has a great design blog, I’ve been a fan :)

The Feedback Loop Notebook Project

Just wanted to share this exciting letterpress project launching today… The Feedback Loop Notebook Project.

Twenty-five leading letterpress printers were asked to create fifty unique notebooks. They could do whatever they wanted. Their limited edition books will be sold on Felt & Wire Shop, in a special storefront, with 100% of the proceeds going to Design Ignites Change, to support their School: by Design youth mentorship program.

Also a catalyst for change, Mohawk Fine Papers donated the paper; and the printers could pick any stock they wanted (!) from the Mohawk Loop paper line.

How cool, right? Each notebook is so unique and one of a kind, I don’t know which one I should get… here are some photos, but you should definitely check out all 25 designs here! Some are not just letterpressed, but also, die cut and bound differently.


Here are a list of amazing printers:

Jenni Undi, Lunalux, http://www.lunalux.com • Jason McDaniel, Owner/Creative Director, Missing Q Press, http://www.missingqpress.com • Matthew Kelsey, Printer, MK Printer, http://www.mkprinter.com • Christine Schneider, The Petite Press, http://www.thepetitepress.com • Karl Heine, Designer Journals, http://www.designerjournals.com • kHyal, kHyal Kouture, http://www.getfizz.com • Lindy Sinclair, Rohner Letterpress, http://www.rohnerletterpress.com • Jeremy Peterson, Matter, http://www.morematter.com/ • David Wolske, Smart & Wiley, http://www.dwolske.com • Jeff Macklin, Owner/Printer, Jackson Creek Press, http://www.jacksoncreekpress.ca/home.html • Brittany Skwierczynski, http://bjoyski.com/ • Mick Hodgson, PhD, http://www.phdla.com • Colleen Walsh, Cleanwash Letterpress, http://www.cleanwashletterpess.com • Michael Dacey, Repeat Press, http://www.repeatpress.com • Toni Hung, Praxium Press, www.praxiumpress.com • Rajshel Juhan, Jane Hancock Papers,  http://www.jhpapers.com • Allison Chapman, Igloo Letterpress, http://www.iglooletterpress.com • Emily Martin, Orange Beautiful, http://www.orangebeautiful.com • Amber Ellis-Seguine, Fly Wheel Press, http://www.flywheelpress.com • Natalie Lakhan, Amuse-Toi Bien, http://amusetoibien.wordpress.com/ • Tony Zanni, Dock 2 Letterpress, http://www.dock2letterpress.com • Catherine Realce, Visualchemist, http://www.visualchemist.com/ • Kseniya Thomas, Thomas-Printers, http://thomas-printers.com/ • Jessica C. White, Heroes & Criminal Press, http://www.heroesandcriminalspress.com/Home.html

Thank you, Pam!

Quilt Card Set by Krank Press

Came across this beautiful Quilt Card Set by Krank Press on Etsy. Via this treasury, actually. (Thank you for including my work, too!)

Each card is letterpress printed with 5 colors! That is a lot of work and it shows for sure — they are so gorgeous! Love each pattern, too, I just wanna decorate these on my wall…

(all the images via krankpress)