Popcorn Prints

Here are some finished Popcorn prints. I tried several different backgrounds -- a yellow version, green version, and a blue version with a blue to green background fade. I prefer the yellow for its brightness, but I do like the blue fade too. These will be in my Etsy shop soon.

Popcorn Test Print

I've been working on a larger print now that I have some time to get back to carving. This is a 12"x18" block that I just finished. I don't know if she remembers, but when Shona sent me some prints a while back she used a popcorn box as some extra packing material. I liked it so much I saved it and this is what came out of the inspiration!

I am planning on making it a two color print, and having a solid background color behind this, although if that doesn't look good I'll probably end up carving another block to fill in some combination of the stripes or letters. I just tested it out with some old black water based ink I had lying around. I am thinking yelow and blue and yellow and red for color combinations -- I hope to do a couple different variations.

Flickr Flickr Flickr

Just a word of warning if you want to change your Flickr identity -- it's pretty difficult! Once you pick a url you cannot create a new one and shift the existing pictures over. I decided to bite the bullet and manually move my pictures over to my new account, because I'm a glutton for punishment. I left a few pictures up under my old papastudios account that I want to remain linked to existing groups, but otherwise everything else has been moved to my new pspress account at

www.flickr.com/photos/pspress

Sorry to report that I don't really have anything new up there, but I hope to start working on some new prints soon, now that I have some more free time coming up in July.

Blog On The Move

I have completed my blog name change, so if you are reading this you have successfully navigated over to my new PS Press blog, formerly known as Papa Studios Fine Prints!

This new URL is http://psletterpress.blogspot.com. Please update your links accordingly!

Name Change!

After some consideration I've decided to change my press name from Papa Studios Fine Prints (which is way too long) to PS Press. This avoids confusion with the other Papa Studios business lines and allows me to have a much shorter and easier to remember name! I have some new banners for the site, and will be switching over the blog URL to reflect the name change in the near future. I'll also be moving my Etsy shop from http://papastudios.etsy.com to http://pspress.etsy.com gradually as things move out of the shop.

Indie Craft Experience Lucky #7 Atlanta Craft Show

Here are some pictures of the Indie Craft Experience Lucky #7 show held this past weekend in Atlanta. The weather was brutally hot and I'm sure kept some people away but it was a good experience for my first outdoor show!

Surprisingly again my block print notebooks were hot sellers at the show, which is in contrast to Etsy where I sell more prints and cards. Go figure...

Also, on an "it's a small world" note, my booth neighbor Breanna (I didn't get a website she may have) was the same as at the ICE Holiday Show. And as I found out between last year's show and this one she is a friend of Shona at LALA dex press. It is amazing that they put us together both times, not to mention that we know someone in common. Anyway, it was great to have her next door with her wonderful fiber work!

Looking forward to the ICE Holiday show with some cooler temperatures...

New Big Rig Print

What with working on a more complicated two color print and being away for a while I have not had much printmaking work to post. Here is the latest, an autobiographical two color print. I tried to challenge myself with the design on this one and I like the direction it went in. I am really satisfied with how the semi truck came out, and I learned a lot by trying to move away from printing in more simple blocks of color. Here are a few pictures of the fresh prints:









You can find this print and see my other work on Saturday at the Indie Craft Exprience Lucky #7 in Atlanta's Centennial Olympic Park. This should be a fun event!