by Terra Osterling | Jul 10, 2011 | Creative Pursuits, Experiences, How I got "here", Letterpress
My last Letterpress project did not turn out as I had hoped. My Alphabet set in Onyx, plus numbers and symbols, was, I decided, about as exciting as an eye test. My classmates’ Alphabets are a funky arrangement of large wood type in “Condensed Gothic,” a clever poem...
by Terra Osterling | Jun 19, 2011 | Creative Pursuits, Experiences, Finding the artist in me, How I got "here", Letterpress, Storytelling
My mother was once told by a school evaluator that her kindergartner had a “slight fine-motor disability;” I have never been able to color inside the lines, I am not to be trusted with dispensing superglue, and it takes me a few tries to put my house key in the lock....
by Terra Osterling | Jun 12, 2011 | Experiences, Inspiration, Lessons from Faith, Letterpress, Motivation
This week in Letterpress class, I finally printed a real project. It is a bookmark to commemorate a mission at my church, the Giving Tree. You might know the Shel Silverstein children’s book of the same name, about giving, pretty much until it hurts, out of...
by Terra Osterling | May 29, 2011 | Creative Pursuits, Experiences, Letterpress, Writing
Mechanical Precision My left hand is numb. I am not used to gripping a composing stick for three hours. My kid-sized hand does not curl around it comfortably, so the metal edge digs into the webbing where my thumb meets my hand. But this is how it’s done – you...
by Terra Osterling | May 22, 2011 | Creative Pursuits, Letterpress
I had this strange dream where everything was both upside down and backwards, but somehow I still knew what was going on even if I couldn’t begin to explain it. Wait a minute…that wasn’t a dream, that was Letterpress class last week! Put it into words In the computer...
by Terra Osterling | May 15, 2011 | Creative Pursuits, Experiences, Finding the artist in me, Inspiration, Letterpress
How big is your font? There is something kind of Freudian about Letterpress. So says Mitch the instructor at my first Lovin’ Letterpress class at GCAE. Is it the hulking machinery, the type that comes in all shapes and sizes, or the fragrances of solvents and...
