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CraftSanity Podcast Episode 219: A letterpress conversation with Amos Kennedy from Kennedy Prints in Detroit

by jennifer October 23, 2018

by jennifer October 23, 2018

On 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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I finally got some letterpress type!

by jennifer March 7, 2015

by jennifer March 7, 2015

I’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…

4 days ago by craftsanity Morning stitches. I’ve settled into a pattern where I embroider in the parking lot of my gym after I drop my daughter off at school. I usually have about 20 minutes to burn before my group fitness class starts. That’s enough time to chip away at stitching the samplers and prints that I carry everywhere I go. Embroidery is my mental yoga. I just love it! #craftsanitysamplers #stitch #stitching #embroidery #fiberart #handprinted #art #craftsanity #printmaker #embroider #frenchknots #stitchedprints #thread #slowstitches #cool #embroiderysampler #moreofthisplease #travelcraft )
3 days ago by craftsanity Stable Genius” postcard edition. I’ve decided to carve this block again in postcard size for an upcoming print exchange. I think I’m finally ready to send this silly two-block design out into our crazytown world. #stablegenius #lino #printmaking #printer #printmakersofinstagram #printmaker #postcard #printexchange #reliefconspiracy @scottminzy
3 days ago by craftsanity Postcard test prints forthcoming after I sleep. #stablegenius #lino #printmaking #printer #printmakersofinstagram #printmaker #postcard #printexchange #art #thatswhathesaid #whatthe #ohokay #sucharelief #notworried #everythingisawesome #positiveselftalk #wow #reliefconspiracy @scottminzy
2 days ago by craftsanity I’m learning a lot from this print run. I’m most comfortable printing on fabric, so printing on paper remains a bugger for me. I have a whole pile of misprints in the front and 16 usable prints in the background. (Each one goes through the press twice.) I have to cut more paper and try to squeak out 9 more solid prints. I think I’m going to color in the clothes and hair with watercolors or marker. I used colored pencil on the misprint sample in the front, but I’m thinking that I can do better. This is a great
1 day ago by craftsanity All my Trump (post)cards are colored. I just have to edition and address them to send to 22 printmakers in the U.S. and beyond. #independentstudy #stablegenius #lino #printmaking #printer #printmakersofinstagram #printmaker #postcard #printexchange #art #thatswhathesaid #whatthe #ohokay #sucharelief #notworried #everythingisawesome #positiveselftalk #wow #reliefconspiracy @scottminzy

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CraftSanity Podcast Episode 219: A letterpress conversation with Amos Kennedy from Kennedy Prints in Detroit

I finally got some letterpress type!