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CraftSanity Podcast Episode 219: A letterpress conversation with Amos Kennedy from Kennedy Prints in Detroit
by jenniferby jenniferOn this episode of the podcast I geek out about wood type and paper and ink with letterpress printmaker Amos Kennedy, owner and…
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CraftSanity on TV: A printmaking demonstration with the CraftSanity Kids
by jenniferby jenniferSummer is here and the outdoor market season is upon us and the CraftSanity team is setting up shop at two markets this…
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If I had a time machine, this is what I would tell my younger self…
by jenniferby jenniferIf I had a time machine and went back about seven years and told my younger self that I would someday have a booth…
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CraftSanity Video Tutorial: Cotton Fabric Dyeing 101
by jenniferby jenniferHello! I recorded a new CraftSanity tutorial demonstrating how to dye cotton t-shirts and scrap fabric to weave on the CraftSanity weaving looms…
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CraftSanity Podcast Episode 163: A conversation with Erin Beckloff, co-director of ‘Pressing On: The Letterpress Film’
by jenniferby jenniferWith any art form there is a level of mastery that develops slowly over time after many hours, days, months and years of…
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I finally got some letterpress type!
by jenniferby jenniferI’m in the middle of a late-night column-writing, podcast-editing session, but I wanted to take a moment to show you the latest addition…
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Reviews: Inspiring craft books to check out as we wait for spring
by jenniferby jenniferI considered taking some time off to regroup after my weekly newspaper column was canceled, but then I remembered that it’s not my…
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CraftSanity Podcast Episode 152: A Conversation with Screen Printer and Designer Marcy Davy
by jenniferby jenniferIf you’ve ever pulled a print, you know the simple pleasure that comes right after moving the squeegee across an ink flooded screen.…
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CraftSanity Print Shop releases first batch of ‘Love’ towels
by jenniferby jenniferAfter two years of practicing our printmaking skills, the first batch of CraftSanity flour sack tea towels have been posted in the shop.…
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CraftSanity Podcast Episode 147: An audio tour of Dinderbeck, Grand Rapids’ first community printshop
by jenniferby jenniferIt just got a whole lot easier to be a printmaker in West Michigan thanks to three Grand Rapids artists. Anthony Mead, 27,…
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CraftSanity Shop Update: Day of the Dead Skull Prints to Embroider
by jenniferby jenniferAs I mentioned in my most recent newspaper column, I took the year off from making handmade Halloween costumes this year, but I…
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CraftSanity Podcast Episode 137 (part 2): The continuation of my interview Eric Hoffman, owner and creator of Spofford Press
by jenniferby jenniferAlright folks, the waiting is over and it’s time to release the second part of my interview with Eric Hoffman, owner of Spofford Press in Warwick, Rhode Island.
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CraftSanity Podcast Episode 137 (part 1): The story of Eric Hoffman, owner and creator of Spofford Press
by jenniferby jenniferThis podcast is about Eric Hoffman, a kind printmaker I met on Instagram while attempting to soak up all I can from more…