Sunday, October 17, 2010

Baltimore Print Studios Opening

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We made it down to the Baltimore Print Studios Grand Opening!
The most pleasing and distinctive thing was Baltimore's own National Bohemian beer.
Also of note was a 4'6" tiny and angry girl with a printing press tattoo on the back of her twig-like thigh. The tattooist must have been good with miniatures, like the guy that can make the Declaration of Independence on the head of a pin... Her fly like movements avoided a good capture of the miniaturists work. However we were able to snap a quick shot of a lunging Mondo Bizzaro.
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A pencil thin creature with a wild bushy hairdo and coonskin cap with horn rimmed glasses, black dress oxfords, no socks, and a buffalo plaid shirt. Not to mention it was at least a head taller than everyone in the room... I heard it mention "I live off cheese..."

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There was an abundant supply of polite gallery food, such as chips, salsa, humus, dips, celery, carrots, crackers- the usual fare, and cheese! (much to Mondo Bizzaro's delight...)

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Printing demonstrations.

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Letterpress and silkscreen

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A turntable played music nobody could hear (we only noticed it on our way out)

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The disc of choice.

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All and all a clean and well run operation. Very printerly, no smudges, no drips, clean lines.

(I'd love to make a Chick Likes Meatball letterpress print, hmm
may have to investigate their winter courses!)

1 comment:

iseeyoubrightly said...

Ah! I wish I would've seen this little person you wrote of! Anyway, I linked you!
http://alwaysspreadlove.blogspot.com/2010/10/baltimore-print-studio.html