Building Movements For Change. Rooted in the long legacy of liberatory education, Chicago Freedom School (CFS) provides education and leadership development for young people and adult allies to create a just world.”
HOPE DOESN'T FIND US. WE MAKE HOPE THROUGH ACTION & STRUGGLE. Notebook raising funds for Chicago Freedom School
Check out more about Chicago Freedom School at https://www.chicagofreedomschool.org/
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from the Chicago Freedom School website:
“Co-empowering with Youth. Honoring The Past.
HOPE DOESN'T FIND US. WE MAKE HOPE THROUGH ACTION & STRUGGLE. Notebook raising funds for Chicago Freedom School
HOPE DOESN'T FIND US. WE MAKE HOPE THROUGH ACTION & STRUGGLE. Notebook raising funds for Chicago Freedom School
HOPE DOESN'T FIND US. WE MAKE HOPE THROUGH ACTION & STRUGGLE. Notebook raising funds for Chicago Freedom School
HOPE DOESN'T FIND US. WE MAKE HOPE THROUGH ACTION & STRUGGLE. Notebook raising funds for Chicago Freedom School
This notebook was made in partnership with Mariame Kaba @prisonculture , featuring the quote Mariame shared with us, “Hope doesn’t find us. We make HOPE through action & struggle”. Limited edition while supplies last. We will donate 50% of the sale of each notebook to Chicago Freedom School.
A notebook on a wooden tray with the cover text: "HOPE DOESN'T FIND US. WE MAKE HOPE THROUGH ACTION & STRUGGLE.
@blackbirdletterpress.com and I have partnered again on a notebook. 50% of proceeds will go to the Chicago Freedom School. I think that the notebook turned out beautifully. Limited number of copies available. www.blackbirdletterpress.com/limited-edit...
White nationalist extremists have long hoped to repeal #BirthrightCitizenship guaranteed under the #14thAmendment.
The Trump administration is trying to make that fringe idea a reality — with arguments straight out of the extremist playbook.
Survival is a collective process. We weren’t meant to do it alone, just as we weren’t meant to solve problems larger than ourselves alone. We are social beings who need each other to survive. Our courage and our potential are collective, and we will only find our way out of this together. So go to a meeting. Gather. Hold vigil. March. Talk to other people about what you do know and what you can do. Do not stop doing these things. Do not recoil and do not surrender.
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Tedious work…. But is that an ironic statement since most of this is lead type? 🤪☺️ or maybe it depends on your patience level with lead type. #iloveleadtype #letterpressforever
5) finally I mean finally we’re proofing all image cuts and putting the proofs in a binder so I actually know what I have (it took 23 years to do this…..) If you’re a letterpress peep & can use these Hamilton drawers with tall front (I don’t know term for them) give a shout, you can have them.
Works great just really loud. We put window screen over the hose. And yeah I’m keeping some 6pt & some 8pt cuz yeah I’m keeping it. note: no cabinets are being refinished, old drawers are being reused & dusted out plus cleaning out 🐁 💩, drawers are all mixed & don’t match each other, but it works!!
4) moving 10 fonts of type into other drawers BECAUSE all the Caslon I have is in drawers in a homemade cabinet that don’t fit the cabinets I’m keeping - moving the type either by hand or with this vacuum I bought that has a hepa filter and museums use that @eliselassonde told me about.
2) distributing type that’s been set in galleys for a loonnngggg time
3) pulling all spacers out of type drawers and organizing them into bins (thx @starshapedpress for the never ending letterpress inspiration for so many things)
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Letterpress image cut cabinet
As I’m preparing for the big move to North Carolina this summer, we’ve started some big long overdue type projects.
1) I donated a lot to Nichols state university via Ross Jahnketo their budding letterpress space in the printmaking studio
Reorganizing lead movable type
Reorganizing lead movable type
Letterpress Hamilton type drawers
Image cuts proofed
Rekindling my first love of letterpress type: lead type. Over 20 years ago @puddsharp flew with me to Illinois to bring a whole bunch of type back to Louisiana. The type grew to more type plus image cuts from New Iberia, LA.
• eco-friendly • recyclable and/or compostable • soy inks printed on rice paper with a non-toxic adhesive • each roll has 10M of tape, 15mm wide (33ft x .6”)
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Murder of crows washi tape! Black silhouettes of flying crows highlighted with a touch of orange on a warm yellow background. Find it online on our sticker/patches/washi tape page 🐦⬛🟡🟠🐦⬛ 🟡🟠🐦⬛ 🟡🟠🐦⬛
. @kathrynhunterart.bsky.social is teaching interactive & spinning letterpress prints at Penland this summer: penland.org/workshop/spi... & her press is @blackbirdletterpress.com
Get 25%off all inspiring women goods with code WOMEN26 on this page: https://www.blackbirdletterpress.com/inspiring-women thru the end of March
Working with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), she dedicated herself to expanding Black voter registration despite the constant threat of violence.
A notebook with an linocut of Fannie Lou Hamer by blackbird letterpress
A notebook with an linocut of Fannie Lou Hamer by blackbird letterpress
Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977) was born in Miss- issippi, the twentieth child of sharecroppers. She became a civil rights activist working with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), vigilantly working to expand voter registration. She survived brutal treatment, from forced sterilization to a vicious beating after being arrested for sitting in a "whites only" section at a bus station restaurant. Hamer co-founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party in 1964 in response to the Democratic Party's efforts to block Black participation. She worked tirelessly for civil rights, women's rights, and voters' rights. blackbirdletterpress.com
“Righteousness exalts a nation. Hate just makes people miserable.” Fannie Lou Hamer (1917–1977) Born in Mississippi as the twentieth child of sharecroppers, she rose from poverty and oppression to become one of the most powerful voices of the Civil Rights Movement.
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all online orders of $25+ will receive a FREE MYSTERY notebook. No code necessary.
We choose which notebook you receive. They may have a small tear, mark on the cover, a bent mark, a weird stitch, a glue spot, etc but every one of them will work as a fantastic notebook/journal.
Free notebook with order of $25+ thru February 28
We make a lot-a lot of notebooks in our small studio. And we have a mighty standard of high quality so…… that means we accumulate a bunch of “seconds”. Each notebook is made by hand and hands are the best, but things can get messy. So today through Feb 28,
Darkness shapes the light. A card full of animals that thrive in the winter.
Warm wishes this season
Happy Winter Solstice 🌞🌘❄️💙
Plus snacks and coffee & tea.
This will be our LAST holiday open house! Blackbird (and kathryn & Dave) are moving to WNC this summer. So come by and say hello. This event has been our favorite for so many years and we always love to see our local friends!
We’ll have special prices and NEW tshirts! And lots of goodies.
BLACKBIRD LETTERPRESS HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE Saturday 12/6, 10am-4pm 1607 main st Baton Rouge
THIS SATURDAY! Holiday Open House at Blackbird. We open our doors for one LAST holiday and will have paper goods to sell plus guest artists. Come see the 🌟 stars 🌟 of the show the printing presses! 3 presses (the oldest from 1904) will be set up and you can print souvenirs to take home.
FREE mystery NOTEBOOK WITH ORDER $50+ SUNDAY 11/30
Day 3 of shop small weekend. Free notebook with $50+ order, today only. Cards still 25% off thru Monday. Lots of other items marked down too! Shop small if you’re buying this season. ❤️ we are grateful for you.
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A whole new year of birds! I can never choose just one bird to paint, so I do 12 each year. The Cedar Waxwing might be my favorite this year.
Get a 2026 calendar here: www.bowerbox.com/product/2026...
Thanks Val!!
Blackbird letterpress notebooks, 30% off with code 30HOLLY til Sunday
Are you on our email list? Earlier this week, we sent a special code for getting 30% off notebooks today only (Saturday) - use code 30HOLLY for a couple more hours. 💚
https://www.blackbirdletterpress.com/handmade-notebooks
