We’re excited to team up with the Crane & Co.’s virtuoso, media-relations consultant and historian Peter Hopkins of ‘The Crane Insider’, to announce a GIVEAWAY today of 4 letterpress box sets. Our letterpress collaboration with New York Times Op-Ed artist Igor Kopelnitsky is featured by Peter on ‘The Crane Insider’ blog. Receiving the news, we felt like our designs were accepted to the pantheon of social stationery. Crane & Co. is the seventh generation premier maker of fine papers for social and business correspondence rooted in our American and world culture.
Beginning our project last November, selecting the printing process and paper quality was the critical step. Igor’s style is very graphic and the added texture of letterpress gave the cards a personal artisan print quality. Researching Crane & Co. and Peter’s blog, we chose Crane’s Lettra Letterpress soft cotton paper made from repurposed cotton fibers from the garment industry. The final result is the beautifully crafted box set printed by Peter Fraterdeus of EXQUISITE LETTERPRESS – SLOWPRINT.COM.
Read ‘The Crane Insider’ blog, for Peter’s expertise and wonderful sense of humour. Beautiful ideas about design, culture and even recipes delivered with his wit. I found this NPR ‘Getting Out Those Last-Minute Holiday Cards’ interview with Peter helping to cure those holiday procrastinators with unusual solutions.
To enter the contest just send an email to contest[at]sparked.biz for the random drawing. The 4 winners will be announced April 13. Good Luck!
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