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Ladies of Letterpress return to Asheville.

My awesome wife runs this.

Use it or Lose it: Preservation and Innovation in Letterpress Printing

The Ladies of Letterpress Conference August 2-5, 2012, in Asheville, North Carolina
Location: Renaissance Asheville Hotel
31 Woodfin Street
Asheville, NC 28801
Keynote Speaker: Abigail Rorer, The Lone Oak Press
More info at www.letterpressconference.com

We all had so much fun in the beautiful city of Asheville, North Carolina, we decided to recreate the magic for this year’s conference. If you missed it last year, or loved Asheville and want to see more, do more, and eat more, 2012 is your lucky year!

*REGISTER NOW FOR THE EARLY-BIRD RATE!*

Special conference rates are available at the Renaissance Asheville Hotel. Call 1-800-359-7951 to make a reservation, and mention the Ladies of Letterpress conference. Hotel rooms will be ready to book at the special rate starting February 20th.

CALL FOR PANELS AND PANELISTS!
If you have a great idea for a panel, or if you would you like to sit one of the panels listed below, please send your proposal or letter of interest, your website, and two or three images of recent work to ladiesofltrprs@gmail.com. If you have a suggestion for someone you’d like to see on one of these panels, please let us know!

TENTATIVE PANEL TOPICS INCLUDE:

  • Retailers discussing retail
  • Sustainability in Printing (How to green your printing as much as possible)
  • Old Craft, New Adventures (unusual and innovative ways of printing using letterpress tools and equipment)
  • The Ladies’ Room (What is it like to be a female printer? Is letterpress a lady’s game?)
  • Making Letterpress Work (The business of letterpress)
  • Making Sense of Pre-Press
  • Pinch Points: Is the Customer Always Right? (Customer service problems and solutions discussed by experts!)
  • Urban Letterpress Legends (Tales of excitement and experience from letterpress veterans)
  • The Brow Situation: High Brow Meets Low Brow
  • and more!

In addition to fun and informative panel discussions, this year’s conference will include extra festivities! Among them:

  • A tour of local print shops and studios
  • Sports and diversions
  • An expanded Printers’ Fair
  • And a dance party!

We hope to see you there!

*REGISTER NOW FOR THE EARLY-BIRD RATE!*

www.letterpressconference.com || @ladiesofltrprs || #LOLPCON || ladiesofltrprs@gmail.com

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WTH Con Appearance.

Super excited to say I’ve just been asked and am on the guest list for the 2012 edition of WTHcon at Guilford College in Greensboro. WTHcon runs from Feb 10th-12th. I will only be in attendance on Saturday the 11th from 10-8, but other than an artists panel from 3-4pm I should be manning my table for most of that day. I went to this con last year and loved it. It’s free to attend so if you want a chance to talk in person or see other awesome artists and stuff for free come on out Saturday Feb 11th and say hi!

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Illogicon Schedule

I’ve got my schedule for Illogicon

Ill be in Artist Alley both Saturday and Sunday during the day and on the following panels.

Saturday the 14th
Iron Artist – 1 hour challenge to make one piece of art.€ Artists could donate their pieces to the charity auction. Saturday, 2:00 PM, Lincoln.
Panelists: Rich Sigfrit (host), Scott Smith, Charlie Harper, Jason Strutz

Sunday the 15th
Letterpress Demo – Come learn how to operate an old-school printing press. Sunday, 10:00 AM, Lincoln.
Panelists: Scott Smith, Jessica C. White

Sci-Fi On Screen — Roundtable discussion of the current crop of TV and movies. Sunday, 1:00 PM, Washington.
Panelists: Rich Sigfrit(M), Scott Smith, Angela Pritchett, John Kessel, one of the Firetower crew

Convention Stories – Most of us have been to a few of these things before, but even then, some of the things that happen at cons can be tough to believe. Hear our panel of veterans recount some of the wildest and wackiest things they’ve seen at cons. Sunday, 3:00 PM, Lincoln.
Panelists: Scott Smith(M), Davey Beauchamp, Allegra Torres, Brittney Chiki Fisher, Angela Pritchett

The entire schedule can be seen on Illogicon website. See you there!

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Illogicon Programming is up.

You can see a draft of Illogicon’s programming here. I can tell you that some things will be moving as I know our Letterpress demo is actually Sunday morning at 10am.

You can find me all weekend in Artists Alley and on these panels.

Saturday Jan 14th, 200pm. Iron Artist Challenge
Sunday Jan 15th, 10am. Demo with Jessica on Letterpress printing.
Sunday Jan 15th 1pm. Scifi on Screen Panelist.

Looking forward to my first convention of 2012.

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