Minimalist

Lookie here. Jordan's Vandercook press and stacks of Crane paper were caught KISSING this past weekend, and wah-lah! The by-product of the make-out session are faboosh new calling cards for yours truly to hand out when asked about commissioned pieces. These cards were printed + cut with love at Jordan Ferney's studio in the Mission - mere blocks away from my fav SF carbicide haunt, Tartine. *swoon* Jordan runs these workshops fairly regularly, so if y'all are ever planning to be in the neighborhood, I highly-recommend signing up for her class.

As this was my first time interacting with a letterpress printer, I was a tad nervous that I'd fudge up. But the actual act of printing turned out to be really relaxing. Whir-whir-click! Whir-whir-click! A pregnant Jordan hosted six students in her charming loft, and each of us took turns cranking her handsome Vandercook. While others were busy printing, I enjoyed a grapefruit Izze (they're as tasty as they look) and enjoyed Jordan's show-and-tell of imported crafts supplies she's collected over the years. And then there were the gorgeous landscape paintings by her husband, artist Paul Ferney. Marvelous! Oh, how I admire the talent these two "creatives" hoard...