DETROIT — The concept of being a “community letterpress shop” might be somewhat abstract, at times. Though Signal Return Press offers workshops, group tours, and community events at other locations, in addition to facilitating the creation of original letterpress works by novices, members, and visiting artists, their leadership, including print […]
Indoor kids, rejoice! Community letterpress studio Signal-Return breaks up the dog days of August with a series of youth workshops designed to introduce participants aged 7-17 to the underlying concepts of relief printing. While some kids want fun in the sun or endless visits to the pool, the seven budding […]
We may live in a post-print, digital world, but our ability to so widely distribute writing and visual ideas is due to the invention of various forms of printing. While digital technology has surpassed analogue printing techniques as the premier form of informational communication (when was the last time you […]
Hello! So excited to announce the impending release of our Essay’d in-print edition from Wayne State University Press. It’s gonna be a party, and you are invited! Check out these BEAUTIFUL posters by Lynne Avadenka, over at Signal Return. You can read my essay about Lynne here, and browse around […]
DETROIT — I’m an inveterate lover of books, so you never have to bother arguing with me about the continued relevance of print as a medium. Books are not just the sum of their words and ideas, but lovely standalone objects — a concept aptly demonstrated by two book-based shows […]
Artist: Lynne Avadenka Location: Her studio Breakfast: LA – Coffee (w/ cream) SRS – Coffee (black) You know when you meet someone who makes you feel lazy? I am often told that I am that person, for other people. So it says something that Lynne Avadenka makes me feel like […]
Tonight was the awards ceremony for the 2015 Kresge Fellowships. A lot of things were amazing. First of all, and I cannot overstate the importance of this: I think my hair looked pretty okay. Secondly, I met my two main goals, of not tripping or crying onstage. Pretty much all […]