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Letterpress Video

Hijiri — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 17:01:16 +0000

This video is really beautiful I had to share! (via Design Love Fest) and with this in mind, I am off to letterpress studio :)

Golden Rule Letterpress Poster

Hijiri — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 14:00:52 +0000

Golden Rule Letterpress Poster by Studio On Fire caught my eye more than ever (first found via swissmiss). That’s exactly what my parents told us to do growing up! And it’s such a lovely collaboration of a father and son; All elements are hand drawn by Koen (age 6) with a Sharpie marker at the dining room table, then arranged digitally in our studio. The type is the “Golden Rule” as penned in the honest hand of a child. How awesome and sweet is that?! And it is beautifully letterpressed, that completes it!

It’s great for kids’ room, but I want one for myself, too!

Poster at the Letterpress Things

Hijiri — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 16:33:59 +0000

I was so happy to get to go to Letterpress Things after thanksgiving while we were in MA, that place is amazing! More photos soon, but I wanted to share this awesome poster — “When I get a little money, I buy type and presses and if any is left, I buy food & clothes” Love all the types, especially, the “TYPE” and “PRESSES” — beautiful!!

oh and the top poster that reads “This place is filled with Printing Junque” is so perfect for the shop I have nothing else to say.

With that in mind, I am off to my letterpress studio! Have a great day, everyone! xo Hijiri

The Golding Pearl Press

Hijiri — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 14:51:30 +0000

Inspired by the Golding Pearl Press this morning… great news to the studio soon… this is just a teaser :)

New Colors: Lace Heart Letterpress Prints

Hijiri — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 15:49:16 +0000

Just printed and listed at my etsy shop. They are very limited in quantity so please grab them :)

Lace Heart Letterpress Print 5×7 in red:

Lace Heart Letterpress Print 5×7 in key lime green:

Lace Heart Letterpress Print 5×7 in yellow:

Lots of love to you :) xo Hijiri

***This was my 1000th post!!! Wow, 1000 inspirations!!!***

LETTERPRESS Book -my pages-

Hijiri — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 15:00:47 +0000

I have mentioned that my letterpress work and my studio has been featured in the Japanese letterpress book before — I have received my copy shortly after and I have read cover to cover… ohhhh I LOVE it! Miki-san did such an amazing job, I was so very impressed. It’s all in Japanese so it might not be for everyone in the world… but if you can read Japanese or have a family and/or a friend who can, or if you just like looking at Japanese letters and/or photos, I highly recommend getting this book! :)

but really, I can’t even believe it to be included here with so many amazing letterpress folks in this book. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Just wanted to share my pages… that I’m so proud of :)

All of my alphabet greeting cards are featured! Yay! (some are still work in progress… it’s completing soon, though!)

Levi’s Workshops

Hijiri — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:08:03 +0000

I didn’t know where to start since I was all over the world for the last 3-4 weeks or so… but I’ll start with the timely things so you can still check it out!

I visited Levi’s Workshops while I was in San Francisco — a community print shop! During July and August, they will be teaching classes on classic letterpress machinery, screenprinting designs, setting type etc. How awesome is this?! I was so excited to see the whole place really active and everyone just creating and printing.

Vandercook press in action.

“Keep Calm and Press On” — I would love to have this!

A couple table-top presses.

Stamps! There were so many cool ones, I played around a bit, too ;)

You can also make photocopies and make art here. Love the wall full of work.

and of course, the screen printing area. It was pretty busy looking so I couldn’t take pictures of the machine, but it was pretty big.

Walls with printed work. Love this “I’m Just Sayin’” series, so fun :)

and more posters on the wall.

If you are in San Francisco and if you haven’t already, please go check it out, just feeling the creative vibe is worth the visit!

LETTERPRESS ~Select Designs from San Francisco and New York

Hijiri — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 19:59:07 +0000

I have a very exciting news to share… my letterpress work and my studio has been featured in this new Japanese book called “LETTERPRESS ~Select Designs from San Francisco and New York” — if you are in Japan, it’s going to come out this week on August 14th!!! ((If you are in outside of Japan, you should be able to pre-order from Amazon.com or it’ll be available at your nearest Kinokuniya or any Japanese book stores in 6 months or so, I heard))

I think I’m getting a copy soon, I will share some of the pages when it comes! The author, Miki-san is an amazing writer & person, I enjoyed meeting with her and showed her my work and my (new) space. She also took a lot of photos for the book, I can’t wait to see and read everything! She is covering a lot of amazing letterpress studios in SF and NY, I can’t even tell you how honored I am to be a part!!! Thank you so much!!!

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『LETTERPRESS ~Select Designs from San Francisco and New York』
Edited by Miki Usui (author) / PIE BOOKS / Y2310 / Size: A5 / Format: 210mm×148mm / Pages: 192 / Full color

Impressive

Hijiri — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:25:01 +0000

I have a great news to share today — my work has been featured in this awesome book called “Impressive –Printmaking, Letterpress and Graphic Design” by Gestalten! I could not be more excited to be a part! The book should be out all over the world now — if you happen to see it at the book store, please take a look or grab it (you will not regret) — really great design book I’ve seen in a long time!

Here is my page! Page 96 to be exact. Next to Sesame Letterpress page, how exciting!

***and some sneak peeks of the book***

Yay for my friend, Tota Press:

Studio on Fire:

Fortress Letterpress + Design:

The Paper Nut:

LOVE their work — by The Caseroom Press:

Stéphane de Schrevel:

I have been her fan — Ophelia Chong:

Mike Burton & Cranky Pressman:

Mike Burton:

I wish I could share every page with you… 240 pages filled with printmaking, letterpress, graphic design goodness!

I am so inspired, thank you again so much, Gestalten editors!!

F is for Father Letterpress Greeting Card

Hijiri — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:06:00 +0000

Father’s day is June 20th this year — have you gotten a card for your dad yet?!

I recently reprinted my F is for Father letterpress Greeting card :) For all the hard working dad… with love <3

and my alphabet greeting cards are almost A to Z! LOVE how they look all together! Can’t wait to complete the set… soon, soon…