For the past few weeks, our winter studio interns, Melissa Salazar and Anna Spelman, have been working on thank you notes to send out to all the wonderful people who support Pyramid Atlantic.
The project started in the paper studio, where Anna and Melissa, with the help of Maria, an intern from Swarthmore College, made paper from cotton rag. White cotton with a bit of black mixed in created a gray-blue paper the interns used for one of the thank you cards:
The girls also used white cotton rag to create a lovely thick white paper used in the rest of the cards. Different moulds and deckles created several different paper sizes, allowing for a good deal of variety in the shape and feel of the cards. After cutting the paper down to size, the interns started the letterpress process, setting type for 4 different cards.
After a long day of printing the interns had 4 styles of cards, which they went on to embellish with stitching and vellum accents.
We are very excited about how everything turned out. Keep an eye out in your mailbox...you just might be getting one of them!
After a long day of printing the interns had 4 styles of cards, which they went on to embellish with stitching and vellum accents.
We are very excited about how everything turned out. Keep an eye out in your mailbox...you just might be getting one of them!
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