Letterpress Poster created for the "Artists for Japan" Sale at Kobo at Higo, Seattle.
We designed, printed, and donated 60 posters. All proceeds went directly to the Red Cross.
initial map layout
initial map layout
setting type for a week
setting type for a week
Julie Weirenga helping with typsetting
Julie Weirenga helping with typsetting
Yasuko Nakamura setting type
Yasuko Nakamura setting type
The half complete lockup
The half complete lockup
Type closeup
Type closeup
Inking the press
Inking the press
Jonathan Biderman assisting
Jonathan Biderman assisting
Bonnie Thompson Norman, the Master printer
Bonnie Thompson Norman, the Master printer
First proof print
First proof print
close up of Hokkaido
close up of Hokkaido
close up of Fukushima
close up of Fukushima
close up of Tokyo area
close up of Tokyo area
close up of Kyushu
close up of Kyushu
the finished print
the finished print
People lined up for the sale
People lined up for the sale
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