Here is the email if you’d like to reach out to the Hamilton board directly:

hamiltonboard@woodtype.org

11/🧵

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Here are the Black printers’ handles who have been vocal & speaking out:

IBé Crawley @ibecreative
Jenn Graves @jenngraves
Amos Kennedy @kennedyprints/ @kennedyprints.bsky.social
Ben Blount @blountben / @blountben.bsky.social

& so many I haven’t listed. 10/🧵

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If you feel so inclined, I urge you to write to Hamilton’s board to speak out against their actions and call for change. Head to IG for IBé’s full story, and to show your support to her and all other Black printers speaking out against Hamilton. 9/🧵

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Hamilton put iut a very feeble apology. There was minimal accountability if at all. They didn’t give any additional info, and the comments are off on both their last two posts. This isn’t how you begin to work towards repairing this error. At all. 8/🧵

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valid, and deserves our undivided attention, support and care in this time.

I will not be attending Hamilton’s annual Wayzgoose. I am hopeful there is another collective space that we can find together that will support the entire letterpress community. 7/🧵

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I challenge you to give your empathy to IBé, and all other BIWOC/BIPOC printers who have experienced the same thing. Trauma-informed care is at the center of my creative practice, my pedagogy and my life. The trauma felt by our fellow printers is real, 6/🧵

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It is inexcusably hypocritical for other printers/shops who claim to be advocates for marginalized people groups to be complacent as this unfolds. If that resonates with you, I urge you to reflect and find that feeling’s origin. And then 5/🧵

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Hamilton’s annual Wayzgoose was a place for us to reconvene, gather, share and celebrate the art and practice we all cherish. If one of our community members doesn’t feel safe, I cannot ignore her and continue to attend. 4/🧵

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suddenly. IBé asked to instead pay the day rate ($100) to come and complete her work. Hamilton denied her request, again with no reason. The letterpress print community is outraged at the injustice against IBé and all our other fellow BIWOC/BIPOC printers. 3/🧵

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IBé Crawley was selected to be an artist-in-residence at Hamilton and had her residency cancelled the week before it began with no notice. She was not allowed to speak to the board for further clarification or reasoning as to why this happened so 2/🧵

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I broke my IG hiatus to speak out about the injustice Hamilton Wood Type Museum has done to IBé Crawley. I wanted to bring this over to bsky because this is now my primary platform, and the typography/print sky communities need to be made aware. 1/🧵

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I’ll be showcasing folio prints from our summer student residency program, and other student projects from past courses.

It’s bound to be a good time! Early, but I promise you’ll enjoy seeing historic wood type & lovely student work 💌 2/🧵

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SECAC SECAC is excited to host its annual conference in Cincinnati, OH! Conference dates are 22-25, 2025. Join us as we explore the concept of flux as a constant state of potential change and transformation, whereas flow can evoke the continuity and sequence of a river or the march of time.

I’m speaking at SECAC Cincinnati in the panel, “Printed Matter: American Printmaking After the Material Turn” on the integration of our Rob Roy Kelly American Wood Type Collection in my graphic design courses. 1/🧵

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Definitely going to update my lecture on modular type and include this example! My type students will love this. Thanks for sharing, @typofonderie.com !

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The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech's Hype and Create the Future We Want How to Fight Big Tech's Hype and Create the Future We Want

📣plugging my new read from @alexhanna.bsky.social and @emilymbender.bsky.social ‘s new book, “The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want”.

Thank you Drs Alex & Emily for your efforts on this incredible book!

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Attn: job opening!

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A hand holding a mini Gutenberg press that is a pencil sharpener

A hand holding the mini Gutenberg press pencil sharpener from the back, where underneath the press bed is the pencil sharpener.

A close up of the forme on the mini Gutenberg press pencil sharpener

Keeping with the theme of my last set of posts, allow me to introduce my favorite pencil sharpener to you! The print and block slides like in real life ≧◡≦ !!!!!

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There isn’t something that Paul writes/puts out into the world that I don’t learn something from! Excited to keep learning from Paul’s writings.

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Another fantastic tool for artists to protect their work from LLMs and generative AI: @theglazeproject.bsky.social. Currently working on running my website images through to protect my works further.

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Can’t find Pierre Pané-Farré or Pantograph on bsky, but using this post to post to send heaps of thanks to them for sending it to the Design Lab here at UT Austin!

@19cwt-obscura.bsky.social shout out! Hope to see you in the lab again soon!

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What a wonderful time hosting @soulellis.bsky.social in the design department at UT Austin last week! We were thrilled, and everyone left feeling motivated and energized. Thank you for your efforts and presence, Paul!

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I think the worst part of my day was finding out the typeface I’ve used since 2016 in all my teaching materials—project sheets, syllabi, schedules, handouts, etc—is the same exact typeface used for body text of project 2025 🫠

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‘Artificial Typography’ Design for an exploratory typography and art book imagined by AI.

Pentagram continues to make embarrassingly irresponsible decisions with generative ai + graphic design/typography, as shown in this “artificial typography” art book. So that’s, “fake typography”? Got it.

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flipping typical: preview text & compare your fonts easily A typography/design tool. Type in some words and they instantly display in the typefaces you have installed. Compare your fonts to make sure you choose the right one.

Thank you #typophiles for answering my font choice Q. See http://www.flippingtypical.com to compare all fonts on your machine #NACIS2014