tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81532506309543885122024-03-13T12:27:49.275-07:00Bruno PressBruno Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14537772840885114082noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8153250630954388512.post-59314184724256395122017-01-04T18:04:00.003-08:002017-01-05T14:06:57.268-08:00#Kidcollab<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Let me explain how the #Kidcollab project began.</div>
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This was the very first #kidcollab I did, it was with my good pal Nico who lives in Los Angeles, California. I went out to visit Nico and his parents I brought with me a 5"x 6" linoleum block and a Sharpie marker. I asked Nico to draw me a picture of some of the "octo-nauts" and "whale sharks" he would talk about and he did. I brought the block back to the shop with me and set it up in the Vandercook press along with type that spelled out Nico and the year it was made. </div>
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I print the first color with just the blank block and the type, then I take the block out and begin to carve, add a darker color ink, and print the second color. The silhouette of the image is usually where things get started. </div>
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Then three, then four, then the final darkest color is most likely the outline and the process is complete. I love watching the reduction block images come to life!</div>
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Me and the man, Nico (age 5 at the time) with our big goofy smiles. </div>
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The next #Kidcollab was during a visit to one of my BFFs place in Portland, Oregon where I went to spend time with Olivia (age 8) and Joshua (age 6) and their folks.<br />
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The most recent were Theron (age 6) and Nora Rose (age 7), I keep the colors different every time, although Nora's mother told me that yellow was her favorite color. </div>
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So stoked about these!</div>
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Hopefully you get the gist of this series and want to take part. The ultimate finale is that I plan to have a gallery show of all the #kidcollabs, with all the kids head shots! </div>
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To see them all together is already spectacular, but after I have done 25?</div>
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<br />Bruno Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14537772840885114082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8153250630954388512.post-28772417451589208002015-02-18T09:52:00.000-08:002015-02-18T09:52:26.808-08:00Makin' Mountains out of Mole Hills <div dir="ltr">
I sorta feel like the kid in the neighborhood that was the first to get a microwave/cell phone/Atari, something, well nothing that cool but none-the-less, the first in my hood. With that comes a bunch of things, like fuckin' some shit up and wishin' I would have <i>known more going in</i>. I am the one workin' out the kinks so that I can pass the wisdom I have gathered along the way onto you dear reader. It's like my public service announcement, if/when any of you women/men are put into a similar situation you will have more information than I did. First thing ta do, call me, then refer back to my written words here, I am not leaving much out. <br />
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Ya know how it's okay for you to call your brother an asshole but if someone else were to mutter those words you would beat the shit out've em? <i>I</i> can down-play things to make it easier for myself and others to digest. <i>I</i> can make certain unpleasant things seem tolerable since I have a guilt complex that I got off "easy" in comparison to a shit ton of others. BUT, <i>when others</i> do that for me, I get bucky.<br />
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I am going to take one final time to talk about my cancer. I got breast cancer and I took preventative measures to make sure that it does not come back. In two major areas, (after testing positive for the BRCA gene) I underwent pretty brutal surgeries that involved removing seemingly (a.) healthy breasts and (b.) ovaries and fallopian tubes. That was a huge and terrifying decision to be faced with but given the statistics I went with my gut and have no regrets. I did however want to go through the reconstruction process, I wanted to feel like a "normal" (loose use of the word
normal) woman again so I had the brilliant doctors and nurses LITERALLY
make fuckin MOUNTAINS OUT OF MOLE HILLS. (I have been waiting to use that line, thanks Marie).<br />
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During the 8 month reconstruction of my breasts, that were completely removed, I had expanders put inside my chest, think Reebok Pump shoes. That was basically the theory behind it, the doctors put these balloons inside my chest under my pec muscles where my boobs used to be and I would go see my wonderful plastic surgeon every few weeks and he would fill 'em up. I did have the misfortune of one of my expanders getting infected, which
was taken out the day before my big benefit party. I was thrown, I had been
marching forward all along and now suddenly was set back about 4 months
and I had to be ol "one tit mcgee" for over 3 months. I wish
that I would've paid more attention to the exception to the rule, i.e.
"if things do not go according to plan". Then maybe that would not have
been such a major blow. I played it well and I am proud of myself that I
really did it right out in front of everyone and I don't think many
people even knew. When you are small chested, no one is looking so no
one really noticed. As weeks went by we were still fillin' up the expanders, and they grew to be like giant softballs inside my chest, which was a total pain in the ass, they made sleep impossible and bras pointless so I finally decided I wanted to be done. I wish I would have figured out exactly what size breasts I wanted and told them that straight out as opposed to trying to figure it out as I went. </div>
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It was time to start the process of finishing up. Let us not forget that this journey of double mastectomy followed by expander reconstruction started in July, it is now February. Now we are back at the plastic surgeons office and the nurses are prepping me for my 6th surgery (holy shitballs) which was to remove the expanders that had been working at getting my skin and muscle stretched enough to fit a silicone implant in. Not my first rodeo, they asked me my name and birth date a million times, which I answer with all the patience I can muster and then ask: "so Mary, what size implants do you want today?" I made it abundantly clear that I do not want globes, I want a certain amount of hang-age and bounce, I mean I have seen my share of fakes and they always seem so hard and set in their ways. But alas, I knew I was in good hands so I relaxed into my anesthesia and went to sleep. </div>
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The one thing I never stopped squawking about from day one of this whole "rebuilding project" was the subject of nipples. I mean, don't construct me a beautiful new foot if you are going to leave off the toes. That shit is just plain weird yo. I was sorta told that nipples don't really work, and they don't really last, but I didn't care. This was my non-negotiable. I'll tell ya, my guy origami-ed me some nipples. It is truly amazing. They are a bit obscene right now but he tells me they will shrink, thank god, cause these fuckers could direct traffic.</div>
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Unfortunately cancer is a growing trend, it is prevalent and seems to be gaining momentum. I went through a scary thing, I played it down and took it like a man (well, like a woman, but that is not how the saying goes) and now I have big boobs. <i>That </i>is most certainly <i>not</i> the point, it's over and for that I am grateful but it's a weird way to end the journey. I am happy because I am healthy and I can go bra shopping and bikini shopping now and I no longer have gross drains or expanders, or concave scars, I have a body back. When ya think about saying how "lucky" I am that I got big boobs now ya might wanna just go ahead and think about what lucky means to you. My best pal Ann (who went through major cancer complete with chemo and radiation) only further reinforced this when after her double mastectomy, her breasts were reconstructed from fat deposits from her belly, and people would say to her:
"at least you got a tummy tuck out it." I
understand that people want to point out the "silver lining" I think the silver lining is that we are healthy and alive, nuff said.<br />
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Suddenly it has dawned on me, I am a flat chested girl with big
breasts now. Holy crap, this is going to take some getting used to. I won't be pissed if ya look. It really is fine work. <br />
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Okay, this is the last you will hear about me and my cancer story. Let's move on already. </div>
Bruno Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14537772840885114082noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8153250630954388512.post-23184553014575591962015-02-04T09:03:00.000-08:002017-12-13T19:07:46.356-08:00Sunny with no chance of childrenSo,<br />
as the second part of my ongoing aggressive proactive attack on the cancer that has attacked me, I got my ovaries and fallopian tubes removed. First of all, it has been like my fourth surgery and it really does not bother me other than it takes a lot of time and I have to repeat my birthday and name like 487 times at the doctor which is a giant test of strength. It went well, I got full color photos of all of my inner organs which were all pretty in pink, and I returned home that day with nothing more than 3 bandages on 3 spots on my abdomen. Holy shit, technology is really something. I mean if I would've went through this like even 5 years ago I think I would have been splayed open, all "Game of Thrones" style from belly down. I had some cramping and bloating and I went home with a new prescription of Percocet.<br />
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It was kind of weird though, I never really seriously considered having kids of my own. I mean I did but I didn't. I thought I would make a kickass mother but I have yet to find that sperm donor that I could jive with. I spend a lot of time with kids and I have a thing with them. I cannot explain it but if you saw it in action you would be impressed. It does not happen immediately with all kids and with some it takes a minute but then it happens and they are hooked.<br />
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After having this surgery, besides the fact that I am 41 and have no prospects of love even on the far reaches of the horizon, I was sad. It is so definite. I don't like absolutes, I like wiggle room and grey areas. This was harder than I thought it was going to be. I am the crazy aunt, the funny friend, and the awesome teacher. Was I honestly ever considering pushing an actual baby out of my body? I don't know and I guess I will never know. At this point it is just the afterthought of not having a choice and wondering about it.<br />
It is interesting though as now I am tits deep in menopause (I don't feel any different), I am acutely aware of my friends with their kids; their interactions, relationships, the love and frustration, all of it. I think of the relationship I had with my dad, and the one I have with my mom. I talk to my girlfriends on the phone about their kids. I think it is amazing how insightful I can be about kids, motherhood, and all this shit even though these are things I dare not have an opinion on. Afterall, I only have a dog, I consider her my kid, but I would never say that to my parent friends.<br />
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The standards that "we" or "society" put on moms is almost as fucked up as the standards we put on women in general. Gotta look perfect, gotta act perfect, gotta talk perfect. Moms? I think they might actually have it worse right now. Everyone is telling them what their child is supposed to act like, at what level they are supposed to function at and that it is all something that is wonderful all the time and will come naturally to any "real" mother. We are shown extreme cases of "bad moms" like that chubby little girl on the reality series, what is her name again? The mom that serves her kids cheese puffs and soda pop for breakfast? Oh yeah, Honey Boo Boo. Jesus, help us all, that woman is a mother and her kids will inevitably be mothers too, probably as teenagers.<br />
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I think when moms in reality see shit like that they over compensate and think that anything even close to junk food will ruin their kids. They get bombarded by what is absoulty WRONG and HORRIBLE to do to your kids, they hear that any sort of discipline is mean and will wreck their kids. I mean it goes on and on. I talk to these lovely, smart, sensible, kind, generous, nurturing, and wonderful women telling me how hard it is. How thankless and exhausting, and how after all of it, they still wonder if they are doing a good job.<br />
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Wow, I think. I wonder if any of them have watched that documentary about babies where the mom in Mongolia leaves her baby tethered in the house while she goes out and gets the work done. The baby lives, and thrives, I think they may have left the dog in charge. I understand that in our world people would go to jail for that sort of thing but the bottom line is is that kids are hard to ruin, they really just need a good daily dose of love and all the rest is survival. Is everything they eat organic? How about some of it. Is everything they put in their mouth sanitized, c'mon! Is every emotion shown in their presence in control and laid out according to Dr. Spock? Nah, screw that.<br />
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Ladies, breathe. Then cut yourselves some fucking slack. Take it from a gal that missed that boat, you are doing an amazing job, you are strong and resilient and impressive and amazing to watch. Give them cheese balls every once in a while, get a babysitter and go get drunk and dance yer face off. Your standards are too damn high, your kids are going to be fine and if anything they should eat more dirt, fall down more and talk to a few strangers, chill out. If your kid is fed and sorta dressed and decently clean the rest is extra expectations of being a "perfect mom" and it will really truly kill you. You know that if you did suck at it I would be the first to tell you, I got opinions for days. <br />
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Everything happens for a reason and I am a happy person, I do not regret any of my decisions, well a few but mostly involving too many shots after midnight. I am going to be that cool adult that yer kids love and that is going to be enough. Bruno Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14537772840885114082noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8153250630954388512.post-35474779122750879892014-11-25T12:41:00.001-08:002014-11-25T13:16:47.021-08:00Holy Shit! What happened to 2014?I just looked back to see when the last time I blogged was and I will be damned, it was July of 2013. That is over a year ago and I got the sweetest email request from an unknown party that requested that I get off my ass and get back into blogging, apparently, someone was enjoying it.<br />
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The overwhelming feeling of <i>"where the fuck do I begin?"</i> has been a bit of a road block for me but today I decided to get it out of the way so that I can get past it. Jesus, in the last year and a half quite a shit load of things have transpired.<br />
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I am going to lead back into BP blogging with a "year in pictures" sorta thing so that I can get caught up without making it a freakin novel.<br />
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So,<br />
I sold my Saab. Oh the horror, that car had balls for days. <br />
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I started working at the Middy on the weekends for extra cash and an attempt at some socializing. Started making these super extreme hilarious signs that are now my trademark at the bar. <br />
#middysigns<br />
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I taught a residency at the<br />
Hillside school and worked on my first wicked huge print which was the featured piece in my<br />
SOLO EXHIBITION<br />
at the Paramount Gallery on<br />
St. Germaine. (March 2014)<br />
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I ran a half marathon<br />
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Lori Bukowski on<br />
St. Pattys day, then<br />
we drank a bunch of<br />
Irish whiskey. (March 2014)<br />
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I also painted a bigass mural<br />
at Granite City Crossfit, where<br />
I try to work my ass off,<br />
literally.<br />
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Got to print posters for my pal Shaun at Fan HQ and Tommy Dehler, the King of Vinyl. It was super cool to meet Bud Grant and Kent Hrbek!<br />
(March 2014)<br />
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I was there when my<br />
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St. Cloud closed down.<br />
That was a sad day and<br />
the end of an era.<br />
Electric Fetus was the<br />
first local store to carry<br />
Bruno Press cards!<br />
Me, Hazzy, and Andy Valenty at the Fetus. <br />
(May 2014) <br />
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Me, Pauly, and Sam went back to New York for the 2014 Stationery Show and really rocked it. Got myself two great new reps in Chicago that have been killin it with BP ever since. (May 2014)<br />
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big bad cancer. Had<br />
a lumpectomy, then<br />
found the gene then<br />
had a double<br />
masectomy and still<br />
I have more shit to<br />
chop off and remove.<br />
What a fuckin pain<br />
in my ass.<br />
HOWEVER, that benefit was one of the greatest days of my life.<br />
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And jis so ya know, I also take time out to totally fuck off. My brother, and coolest most hilarious guy on the planet, likes to get out all his super rad guns and team up with some Tannerite and blow shit up. We get some cold beers, bug spray, and offerings to the Great and powerful Steve Stock, then we just set up things to blow up with high powered weapons. Sometimes it's just good to be a gangsta.<br />
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Was asked to be the cancer spokesperson for the remainder of 2014. Did a ton of speaking which typically cripples me with fear and flop sweat, but the more I did it the better I got! I even have a few speaking engagements set up for next year! Did the Strides Walk with team "Bruno's Hooters"!<br />
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Even got to speak and be a part of the Breast Cancer/Fire Fighters Calendar project, hubba hubba!<br />
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Was a featured speaker at an Advertising Federation Conference in Brainerd, MN. Even brought a press and printed posters for er'body!<br />
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Started working with Jeff and Jesse Johnson on broadsides for visiting Poet's to the Central Lakes College; Verse Like Water series. I get to print and design homes for world renowned poets poems. So much fun working with Jesse, then I get to meet the poets and have dinner with them! <br />
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Had some fun with make up on Halloween (left) and then with some ink (right) for an ad campaign for Visual Art Minnesota. Really makes me wanna start a nice big sleeve tattoo. <br />
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That brings us to the present, right now I am trying to get some custom work done for the Boys & Girls Club, Fan HQ, steve diamond elements, and Modern Gypsy Photography. Not to mention that my big end of the year Holiday Art Sale is happening in less than two weeks. This is the debut of<br />
the "Cool MN Hometowns" Calendars!Hope you all come out to St. Joe to pick one up for yourself!<br />
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Until next time, which I have promised myself to keep up with now! Lot's of shit coming up so stay tuned! Bye BYE!
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Before I can tell you the story of my time in France I have to include one short visit to Stockholm, Sweden. Gota wanted to introduce me to a few more printers that were making wonderful things. One was Thomas Hallon Hallbert, who currently resides in the South of France but was going to be in Stockholm. We got to chat a bit about what he was working on and we also swapped work.<br />
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So, here I am, in far distant lands, leaving one wonderful destination about to embark on another printers dream. I packed my bag, my really, really, really, large bag that I borrowed from my mom. I took that really, really, really large bag because I brought a ton of stuff that I wanted to give, sell, leave behind, share, and explain. I left about half of it in Sweden and I had some left to bring to my new friends in France. </div>
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I got off the flight from Stockholm to Paris and I was standing in this ginormous airport, alone, with the biggest bag known to mankind and not speaking the native tongue. I also really had to go to the bathroom. I started to look around and by god if there was not pictograms left there for me, Jonny Q American, to use to figure things out like, "where the hell is the bathroom, where do I catch the train outta town, can I get WIFI anywhere around here, and where can I charge my iPhone?" These became essential questions for me wherever I was. The point is, I got to the bathroom, charged my phone and sent some texts, and got me and my giant bag on the right train- destination Nimes, France. I was proud of myself. </div>
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I was off to spend a week at the home of Robert Lobet, a printer that lived in Nimes and had a friend in common with me. Sort of like how the story of how I came to print with Gota, was the story of how I came to print with Robert. A year ago, a friend of mine, Philippe Costaglioli, a professor of film at St. Cloud State University, had come to visit me at my printshop one sunny afternoon. Philippe went way back, back to being a close friend of my dad's. In fact the two of them had collaborated on an amazing book right before my father passed away. It was Philippe's poetry with my dads silk screen, letterpress, and book making skills. Anyways, that day he came by, he brought with him a lovely young french woman who spoke wonderful English and thought I was the <i>Cat's Pajama's!</i> She took one look at the work I was doing and she was drooling and giggling! It was awesome. Needless to say we became friends which turned into penpals. Turns out she was interning for this really great, awesome, printer (who Philippe said reminded him SO MUCH of my dad) named Robert. So Robert and I began emailing, as much as we could understand one another, and eventually sending our work to each other. </div>
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The first thing was they showed me to my accommodations. Just like at Tryckkamaren, I was instantly welcomed into the family space and treated like they had been waiting for me to arrive for a long while. It was a small, perfect little apartment that had everything a person would need to stay here and print or write for as long as it would take. The only thing that took some getting used to was the bathroom. Without giving a ton of detail, there are not really pipes and all the new fan-dangled plumbing that young countries like ours are born with, so I had a sweet little bucket partnered with another bucket of sawdust. Huh. I can do this. I grew up camping in the Boundary Waters fer chrissakes!<br />
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As I walked up to the shop, which was off of the house in his garage, I smelled that smell that I smell everytime I walk into <i>my</i> printshop. The same smell, I was home again. How freakin weird. </div>
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I met Cookie, the family dog and started carving linoleum right out of the gate. They wanted to see what could do and I felt like I needed to earn my keep er something. So I got busy. Just like at Tryckkammaren, we were up and working everyday after our coffee. It was how it went, and it was good, so was the coffee. We worked hard and talked about what they were doing and what I was doing and what was the same and what was different. We always stopped for lunch and more coffee, everyone needs coffee.<br />
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As we were talking and laughing and getting to know each other, they shared with me that they enjoyed reading my blog and they would laugh until they would cry at the style in which I talk. You know that style, the style that makes me me but also cannot be changed. It is both an endearing quality as well as a repellant to some people. I have come to mostly accept that I am what I am and the folks that cannot stand my style of communication have no business communicating with me anyways.<br />
The point is, they really liked the slang that I employ, and they wanted to hear MORE.<br />
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We came up with the idea to produce a book of popular english slang along side the most closely related version in french. It was god damned brilliant and I was guessing I was going to be pretty good at this. We began by writting down a bunch of options, this was always followed by gales and I mean streaming tears of laughter. I don't care who you are this shit is funny.<br />
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I carved with fury and I carved with hilarity, Robert printed like a rockstar and together we pulled this book together, like it was something we were born to do. Setting type, carving, printing, laughing and crying and drinking coffee and making wonderful, quality things that would impact our lives forever. </div>
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I think I got as much of a charge out of Robert as he did of me, he would write down the things I would say, he was mystified at how I could shove swear words <i>inside </i>words. He would write them down and walk around saying them and laughing hysterically. Oh, but to be appreciated I tell ya. </div>
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Bruno Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14537772840885114082noreply@blogger.com1Nimes, France43.836699 4.36005399999999143.653428000000005 4.0373304999999906 44.01997 4.6827774999999914tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8153250630954388512.post-81388464235750436092013-07-02T11:38:00.001-07:002013-07-02T11:47:01.822-07:00European Tour 2013 (Part 1)Travel has always been a burning passion of mine. Before I knew I was a printer or a designer, I knew that I was a traveller. Being transplants in Minnesota from the East Coast, I used to love taking the family road trip back to Pennsylvannia. It was cool when I got to sit in the front seat with my dad and he would teach me all this cool stuff, like stuff about the truckers, stuff he just knew. Stuff about taking the less populated roads, visiting the places that few knew about, seeing the sights that many overlooked, the real important stuff, the stuff that made me the traveller I am today.<br />
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I just returned from a trip that changed me in many ways.<br />
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I found my people, I find them in the darnedest places. They are never where I think they should be, they are usually the last place I look. Sometimes they are in Gordo, AL (<a href="http://www.kennedyprints.com/" target="_blank">Kennedy Prints!</a>), or Nevada City, CA (<a href="http://www.full-circle-press.com/contact.html" target="_blank">Full Circle Press</a>), if I keep my head out of my ass I can even find some right here in St. freakin Joseph, MN. This time they were in distant lands, places I have never been but always wanted to go.<br />
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I am not even sure why this time I decided to follow through with applying for a grant but I really wanted this to happen so I applied through the Central Minnesota Arts Board, I think I got in it <i>hours</i> before the deadline, with the help of my intern, Katherine, since at the time I was visiting a friend in Florida. A month went by and I prepared myself for the reality that it very well may not come through. So the night when I got a call from Heather Allen, of <a href="http://www.centralmnartsboard.org/" target="_blank">CMAB</a>, I was expecting a "nice try kiddo, but maybe next time", so when she said you got it, I about shit my pants. I received the Established Artist Award, which was a pretty awesome chunk of money that I could use towards my artistic endeavor. When I got the check the first thing I did was Skyped my friend Gota in Sweden and told her I was coming, picked the dates, and booked the ticket! As soon as I was entering the numbers from my credit card I knew there was no turning back and I better make this fucking epic.<br />
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My first stop was Tallasen, Sweden, to a small printshop called <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tryckkammaren/143476360325?fref=ts" target="_blank">Tryckkammaren</a> ran by a woman named Gota. I met Gota a year ago when I curated a kick-ass broadside exchange called "End of Times". She was invited in by another printer, who also has inspired and impacted my life in many ways (APKj). We got to know each other through the very social media that sometimes makes me want to bash my head against a wall, yes, Facebook. We became friends via the interwebs and I knew there was something about this woman, there was something that already connected us, you know those poeple, they are instantly family. Gota is a extraordinary printer and began telling me that I simply <i>had</i> to get myself to her printshop to co-teach a workshop with her. "Sure" I said, "I'll get right on that" I said, thinking the whole time, when in the hell am I going to have the kind of money to get over there??<br />
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Everyday began with a nice pot of coffee and soft boiled eggs, then we made our way to the printshop and just started, whatever it was, and everyone was so focused. I learned how to make polymer plates (which I will be doing at my own printshop now!) and I taught them how to make pressure prints!<br />
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We worked in the printshop from morning, stopped for lunch, which was always amazing, then worked until it was time to go to bed. These folks were serious, it was awesome. I was carving like mad, did a new small animal print for my series, made a goofy self portrait, a broadside for the portfolio, three really cool books and finally a huge Thank You poster for my amazing hosts.<br />
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Besides the whirlwind of printing and learning and teaching, one of my favorite things was heading to the sauna. Holy shitballs. I am tellin ya USA, this simply <i>is </i>the key to longevity. We would walk to the community sauna, heat that mofo to about 1,000,000 degrees and get naked then when we were just about to lose consciousness we would run and jump into a freezing cold spring fed lake. You heard me, I got naked. With strange Swedes. I knew you wouldn't believe me so I asked my pal Gota to take a few naked pictures! Yeah, I know, I am a titch nuts but i'm jis sayin, when in Rome, er Sweden, ya gots to DO. </div>
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I made some serious friends on this trip, I got out of my comfort zone, I went on the path less travelled and I am a better person for it. I was inspired by people that, even though they are on the other side of the earth, are not so different from me. I found my people, I sorta thought they might be hiding in Sweden. </div>
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<br />Bruno Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14537772840885114082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8153250630954388512.post-68201824995576877702013-05-27T12:45:00.002-07:002013-06-01T20:19:44.713-07:00New York Freakin' City<div style="text-align: center;">
I just returned from an epic journey.<br />
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I re-fell in love with humanity in a place known for its rude and asshole-ish people. I will tell you what, not a one single bad apple fell across my path. Well, maybe a few, but I was so filled up with<br />
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NEW YORK FUCKIN' CITY. </div>
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I went to the National Stationery Show for the second time.<br />
(P.S. I misspelled the word Stationery on my mailer. Freakin classic.)<br />
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This year was different than last in a few major ways. The first was that I decided after a hilarious conversation with my pal <a href="http://www.kennedyprints.com/" target="_blank">Amos Paul Kennedy Jr</a>, that I was NOT going to try to keep up with the proverbial "Johnson's" this year. It is out of my league ($$ wise) and totally NOT my style. I decided that I gave exactly zero shits if anyone blogged about the beauty of my booth design and how a family of seven could comfortably live there. I am not into tissue paper flowers, I get nauseated if I am surrounded my pastel for too long and I am a dirty, inky, down to earth printer.<br />
Don't look at my floor (jackass) look at MY CARDS!</div>
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Setting up took us literally under 2 hours, like way under 2 hours. It looked legit and it was about showcasing the cards, which it did wonderfully. You may recall from my last blog, the brilliance of Brother Marty, well this time his wife (my sis-in-law) Jill, was a large part of this brilliance. They took an idea I had and turned it into collapsable metal card hangers for which I would use magnets to hang the cards! I don't need no stickin walls! They were perfect! </div>
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The next thing I wanted to make perfectly god damned clear was that I am a freakin letterpress printer. People have it in their heads that the definition of letterpress is smashing the shit out of a polymer plate so that the indent can be seen from 15 feet away. I ain't gunna lie, it looks cool, but just because my shit did not look like every other printer there people would ask me, "oh, this is lovely, do you ever think about letterpress printing it?" I would have to count to 10 to stop myself from lunging at them and attempting to shake some sense into them. </div>
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I asked a great and talented friend from <a href="http://sdelements.smugmug.com/" target="_blank">Steve Diamond Elements</a>, who is a wonderful photograher, to take some badass pictures of the shop, my presses, and my handset type, that may help folks understand.</div>
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Then I had the help of another local business rock star, Kevin, from <a href="http://www.44signcompany.com/" target="_blank">44 Sign Company</a>. He took the super sexy pictures of old schooldom and printed them out nice and huge on canvas!<br />
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Oh yeah, the other cool ass thing I decided to do was to bring a linoleum block and actually, gasp!, carve it there right before the peoples eyes!!! How insane am I? It worked like a charm. People were curious and I am going to print them and send them out as Thank Yous!<br />
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I hung out with so many GD wonderful people: <a href="http://www.benchpressed.net/" target="_blank">Bench Pressed</a>,<a href="http://pepperpress.com/" target="_blank"> Pepper Press</a>, <a href="http://www.morematter.com/" target="_blank">Rick Griffith</a>, <a href="http://www.kelpdesigns.com/" target="_blank">Kelp Designs</a>, <a href="http://www.happycactusdesigns.com/" target="_blank">HappyCactus Press</a>, <a href="http://www.shoplettercdesign.com/" target="_blank">Letter C Design</a>, <a href="http://www.fiskandfern.com/" target="_blank">Fisk & Fern</a>, <a href="http://www.baldguygreetings.com/" target="_blank">Bald Guy Designs</a> and I reconnected with my wicked awesome pals from <a href="http://www.saltydogpublishing.com/" target="_blank">Salty Dog</a>, <a href="http://www.blackbirdletterpress.com/%E2%80%8E" target="_blank">Blackbird Press</a>, <a href="http://www.pistachiopress.com/" target="_blank">Pistacio Press</a>, <a href="http://www.oldtomfoolery.com/%E2%80%8E" target="_blank">Old Tom Foolery</a>, <a href="http://www.studioonfire.com/%E2%80%8E" target="_blank">Studio On Fire</a>, <a href="http://powerandlightpress.com/%E2%80%8E" target="_blank">Power & Light Press</a>, <a href="http://pixiesandporcupines.com/" target="_blank">Pixies & Porcupines</a>, <a href="http://www.wildinkpress.com/" target="_blank">Wild Ink Press</a>, <a href="http://iglooletterpress.com/" target="_blank">Igloo Letterpress</a>. I learned a lot from these people as I will continue to do. </div>
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One of the best things was seeing store buyers that ordered last year, strong clients relationships and wonderful feedback are key. They came back, which means my cards are good sellers!</div>
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My BFF Paul came with this year, he has been doing shows since he was like 14. He was an absolute asset, and somehow made the entire show seamless. Also brought the best sandwiches from the greatest Italians on 8th Avenue, I believe I was so enthralled with my sandwich I may have said something along the lines of... "this sandwich is so good I would not stop eating it if there was dog shit on it". </div>
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Who knows why I say such things, I did however discover that in NYC, I (normally a social anomaly) had an overwhelmingly warm sense of home. A "free to be me" sorta thing. Like I did not have to be more or less ME, people really liked me being just being natural me. You have to know me to know what that means but it was truly wonderful, and being back in Minnesota "Nice" (bullshit by the by), I miss that. </div>
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Bruno Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14537772840885114082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8153250630954388512.post-42979336802239858042013-04-03T18:57:00.002-07:002013-04-03T19:05:47.971-07:00Makin shit is cool. So I would like to share something that I am pretty sure I invented.<br />
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If you are a printer and you have typecases, yer gunna wanna read all about this great thing that I brought to life, well, okay my brother Marty brought it to life but I was there.<br />
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So, I have aquired a new wonderful and beautiful case of type. I love getting new type, and I especially love new donated type, that is truely a great and wonderous thing. The Bruno Press shop no longer has room for much of anything. Luckily I have the otherside of the garage, however, parking a car on this side is a valid request. That means that things can be added on that side but there must still be, at the end of the day, room for a parked car. The other hurdle is that, this is a garage, and cars with snow come into it and the floor sometimes gets wet. In addition to all that, sometimes things need to be moved around or someone needs to get into the attic.<br />
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With all of these things on the proverbial table, I had myself a situation to ponder. When I have those, I often call upon my brother Marty. My (genius) brother designs machines in high tech cad drafting programs that cut granite. On his off time he builds, from scratch, things like 14' trailers that have hydraulic lifts and wood splitters that can be maneuvered by a skid loader. So, I told him I wanted something that could get my type cases off the floor and make them easier to move round, anyone that has ever had to move a type case knows, this is a bitch of a task.<br />
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So it began. We took measurments and brother Marty was off to buy metal. I had to get wheels, paint and bolts.<br />
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<br />Bruno Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14537772840885114082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8153250630954388512.post-54683650262543841172013-03-01T18:55:00.002-08:002013-03-01T18:55:19.803-08:00Measuring shit. Here we are, it's just another day, or is it? Well, for me, there is this thing that has been happening since my last birthday. This sort of pillow over my face with a decent amount of pressure kind of a self induced shortness of breath. This is a thing I do to myself that is sort of bullshit and sort of a reminder to stay the course, especially when I want to quit.<br />
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I am coming close to a milestone-y type age. An age where most people, society, judge-y bastards, nuclear family, would say that a person must grow up. I am sort of panicked, because I think that there is some validity to that and I also think that there are plenty of adult style adults and not enough kid style adults.<br />
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That being said: I am not married. I do not have kids. I do not own a home. I do not have a retirement plan. I have no limits to how much I will drink, and I make poor decisions when it comes to men.<br />
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However: I am a hard ass worker. I am a crossfitter. I am healthy. I am fun to be around. I like kids. I am good to my friends. I have great friends. I have no limits to how much I will drink, and I make courageous decisions when it comes to my life.<br />
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Maybe I should cut myself a little bit of slack. Maybe I should "watch my own bobber" as an old friend used to tell me, and stop comparing myself to others. Maybe it ain't so bad being broke as fuck, so long as yer happy as shit.<br />
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I just returned from Hamilton Wood Type in Two rivers, Wisconsin. I badgered my printer posse gals to rally with me to keep the trip within a nice sized budget and to keep the 7 hour drive more entertaining. So Lisa Beth Robinson came from North Carolina, Kimberly Tschida Petters came from St. Paul, and Rachel Melis was a repeat offender that joined me from St. Cloud. It was the perfect combo of women, and women can be tricky. This was the most low maintenance group of chics I have ever had the fortune to travel with, it was awesome. <br />
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The trip itself was incredibly insightful, we talked about what chics talk about, guys, lack of good guys, the good guys, and sex or lack thereof. Serious bonding to say the least.<br />
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Pulling into T'Rivers is an exciting thing, it is a small dinky town that seems lackluster until you pull onto Jefferson Street and you behold the Hamilton building. It can take your breath away, that 250 ft tall smokestack (I learned that from Wood Type Trivia).<br />
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Walking in is a mix of anxiety and a total thrill. First you smell the ink, the type, the paper, and the anticipation. Then you start to scan the faces for someone you recognize. I am lucky, I know a lot of the heavy hitters. I get hugs, kisses, high fives, and chucks on the shoulders from the likes of Bill Moran, Jim Moran, Amos Paul Kennedy Jr, Jim Sherraden, Brad Vetter, Tracy Honn, and Rory Sparks. I am not normally a name dropper, but shit, that is impressive and I really truely love those people. I am one lucky sonovabitch and I know this.<br />
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<br />The really cool thing is what happens next, people start to come up to me and introduce themselves and I have heard of them and I am interested in what they have to say and vice freakin versa. This is not your typical conference. This is amped up and laid back all at the same time. It is old school and supportive and curious and friendly. <br />
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I learned a lot this go around about everything from printing tips from the old geezers (which are worth millions I tell you!), that Hamilton Wood Type needs our help or it will not survive, and production is preservation (which feels good to be a part of). Turns out doing what you love attracts others that do what <i>they </i>love which puts a bunch of people together that love what they do and love to talk about it and love other people that are doing what they love, and on and freakin on.<br />
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This, I believe is what they call the circle of life, and I am happy to be marching along the parameter. Bruno Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14537772840885114082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8153250630954388512.post-17133255288229038142012-10-25T13:56:00.000-07:002012-10-25T14:28:58.822-07:00My Time as a Letterpress Teacher at Elk River High SchoolWell, it always starts the same. I get asked to do something that I know I can do, it’s not like people are asking me to give lectures on Polynomial functions, they are asking me to teach letterpress and talk about me and my business. Simple right? How could I possibly mess that up? Well, I can’t but I still get wicked nervous and I strain and fret to get everything together for an awesome time. I think high schoolers are a tough crowd, or they get a rap for being such, even if they are not.<br />
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So I prepped and prepped with my old intern Nikki in the shop, packed everything up, ran through it and saddled up. I got there and I had no choice but to take charge and tell some kids that this is going to rock. They totally bought it, they did not know why but they were intrigued. Letterpress is a strange thing for young people, mostly what they know at this point in their artist careers is how to control things like drawing, painting, and clay. What they do not know is how to let go a little bit and lay ink on paper and make beautiful things that they have little control of. It is liberating and wonderful and I passed on this virus to 4 classrooms of kids. It was stupendous.<br />
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As I talked about my story, which is pretty damn interesting, I included many visual aids, and slowly but surely all eyes were on me. You cannot deny the stunning effect of a good letterpress printed poster, print, broadside, or card. You simply cannot. Well, unless you are a taste deficient moron. <br />
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The second day the ideas and thumbnails started to come to life and the ink was already flyin’, I of course had it across my forehead, on my earlobes, and from fingertip to forearm. I think they thought that was interesting, not many teachers actually get in there, up to their eyeballs in it. These kids want to stay clean, and I could give a shit.<br />
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On the second day they worked getting further and further sucked into the small poster press I borrowed from St. Bens Art Department. I also graced these oh-so-lucky kids with 2 full drawers of wood type. They also understood quickly that I love my wood type, love like the kid I never had, and they were to respect said type or all bets were off.</div>
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The level one class worked on something very different but with fantastic results! They did monoprints! These self portraits are haunting, hilarious, and like nothing I have seen before. At more than one point in the 53 minute class, the teacher and I noticed near silence and we all know what that means, getting 33 high school kids to concentrate on a project is a ginormous success. <br />
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Check out these pictures from some really talented kids…<br />
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Thank you students and teachers for a truly awesome experience, I would come back anytime and I hope you are proud of what you accomplished and please come visit me at Bruno Press anytime you find yourselves in St. Joseph!</div>
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I had heard many times that I need to get my cards into <a href="https://www.facebook.com/GypsyLeas?fref=ts">Gypsy Lea's in Sauk Rapids</a>. This is an easy enough thing to do, I go there with a catalog and some samples of my stuff and meet the gal. Well it remained on my to do list for almost a year. Things sometimes go like that for me no matter what my intentions are, sometimes the time is just not right.</div>
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Anyway........ Mary is an artist who uses Letterpress Printing to create outrageous Greeting Cards, Postcards, Posters, Art Prints, Broadsides and Invitations. Letterpress Printing was invented by Johannes Gutenberg circa 1440 (Yeah, over 500 years ago). Letterpress art is crisper than offset litho because its' impression on paper gives greater visual definition to both the type and the artwork. Letterpress Printing requires a high degree of craftsmanship. It excels at fine typography, resulting in artful and textured product. <br />
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Mary's Art is beautiful. It is also sometimes outrageous. She calls herself "an equal opportunity offender". If you are easily offended, DO NOT visit her website.</div>
Bruno Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14537772840885114082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8153250630954388512.post-68910467052196949032012-07-18T09:05:00.000-07:002012-10-02T09:56:44.363-07:00This Girl is Crafty... And she's just my Type (Get it? Type?)So, past intern Nick S contacted me to inquire about printing some wedding invites for his sister Jaime. I seys, sure dude, lets do this. This is the complete process of printing some nice simple invites for a nice simple girl that turned those invites into something GD beautiful. I tell ya, I had some opinions about those scrapbooker folk, after today, the things I saw, the things I learned... they are a creative forse to be reckoned!!!!!<br />
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About a 2 weeks ago, a local business woman came to the shop and wanted to inquire about a project she wanted me to do. Turns out she wanted really cool bookmarks to commemorate a celebration at The Order of the Sisters of Saint Benedict. She pulls out a beautifully simple and elegant broadside that she wanted to use. I immediately recognized it, it was a piece called Three Things, and my dad had done the original. How freakin cool is that? I asked if she knew that my dad had printed it and she said they picked it first and found out second.<br />
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I was stoked to do this so AJ (my summer intern) and I started settng type and ordering paper and mixing ink to match the original.<br />
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Bruno Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14537772840885114082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8153250630954388512.post-23575310172556440542012-06-18T09:01:00.000-07:002012-10-02T09:01:46.436-07:00The Letterpress Lock-InSo, last week I got to take part in the Northern Spark in Minneapolis, MN. I cannot really tell you what it was all about but I can tell you that I got invited to print, all night, at Lunalux! Lunalux is a wonderdul little letterpress printshop off of Loring Park in downtown Minneapolis. I brought my trusty intern AJ to be part of "Team Bruno Press".<br />
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So we started, turned out the booth got beat up pretty bad in the shipping, and we should have used chipboard in between instead of cardboard cause it stuck really bad. Good thing we brought touch up paint and brushes. Nikki and I were there before most people (thank god) cause in order to put that monster up we needed the space on all sides. Turns out, that was great. </div>
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So, set up at home was seamless, set up in NY was a bitch. Sucked with only two people but we got it up there and just could not get the last few screws in, thanks to GLEN, who worked for UPC, he drilled us some new holes and we got it together. </div>
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The next horrifying headache was the pergo flooring, I'll never ever ever use that crap again in my life. I guess you do get what you pay for. Granted we did not really know what we were doing but it kept popping up and finally I gave Nikki the go ahead to tape that shit down. Then we laid the rug and taped that down as well. Who is going to look at the floor anyways right?</div>
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Next day we came back to set up all the easy stuff, it was fun and went really well. We were way ahead of the game compared to our neighbors. Next year we will come in early again, just takes away some of the stress. </div>
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Then to really try to get the "old school" across, I had some awesome pictures printed out on this really durable vinyl paperish stuff at Copies Plus in St. Cloud (Thanks Alli!!!) and of course the pictures were beautiful, taken by professional picture taker Damien Husen. We also got a lot of compliments on that. </div>
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Also, the table set up and placement was brilliant (again Derek), it was a great place for us to stand and greet passers by and people really responded to the posters and the magazine article, they loved it! I also put up the prints since most people had nothing like my stuff, it just pulled me even further away from the crowd.</div>
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It was SOO COOOOOL for people to ask why they had not seen me before, that buyers and other exhibitors were surprised to hear that it was my first year at the NYSS. That is HUUUUGE!</div>
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I was so proud of the booth, of the best travel partner ever, NIKKI, and of my product, that did not look like anybody else's stuff. It was truely incredible!</div>
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My things are packed, I checked and rechecked, so I am feeling good about that. There is a ton of crap that should have been on the palette but that is what tiny carry ons are for. Gotta run to Kinko's to print some order forms and other random stuff for the booth. This is it, atleast we got some cool t shirts printed for the show and will look legit, even if we are fakin it!</div>
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So, just as I am trying to get all my printed ducks in a row, I am also trying to finish up a giant new order from Patina! This is good news with very crappy timing. I am scoring 1000s of cards when I should be packing. Oh well, I can do this and down to the wire is how us Bruno's kick er down. </div>
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Then my BFF went into the hospital and and another friend informed me that he will not be coming with to the show as planned. This is a giant test of strength. I want to spend time with Pauly at the hospital and I want to fimly believe that Nikki and I can kick this monster of a show without anyone else's help, but I'll tell ya, I am a bit stressed. </div>
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Now we are working on how to display the cards and get stuff on the walls. Derek and I picked up some stainless steel sheets and some magnets. We shall see how that goes. </div>
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Bruno Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14537772840885114082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8153250630954388512.post-39349763406846917622012-03-25T08:22:00.000-07:002012-10-02T08:38:48.154-07:00Goodbye Old Friend<br />
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So, today was an emotional day. First of all, I am hungover from drinking too many PBR's last night. Second, I officially handed over the keys to the 1978 Volkswagon Camper Van to it's new owner. </div>
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When my father brought this ray of sunshine to our home back sometime when I was in highschool I think, I saw a love in his eyes I had never seen before. I saw a man dedicated to the health and well being, the future condition, the current comfort, the absolute investment and safety of, and the beautification of something, and it was most certainly not me. It was a 1978, schoolbus orange, VW camper van. I could hardly blame him, I was head over heels in love too. We all were. It was and is still today impossible to be around this vehicle and feel anything short of glee, joy, pure gag-me-out happiness. I was forbidden to drive it, end of discussion, I am walking away, sort of thing which made me so freakin mad. If people, ya know my friends, could see me behind the wheel of this thing I am SURE it would up my street cred. My dad would not budge. I could not even take it around the block and he got a real kick out of enforcing it. My brother was not as smittin with the van as I was, I don't think my mom was either, but me and my dad were on the same page with the van, and dammit, he loved that thing more than me. </div>
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We went camping in it all the time, it was awesome. It was like a mini RV and it had all the comforts like a stove, a sink, a refridgerator, closets, a breakfast nook, an awesome circus like tent that attached to it and even electricity, we could plug in a toaster! We were the family that had toast when we camped, I'll be damned. When we were not camping in it my dad was polishing it, working on it, or modifying it in some small cool way. When my nieces came along, they too had an incessant love and longing to be around it . We played in it, slept in it, took pictures in it and talked on and on about it. They officially named it The Puffer Belly, I think after the Puffer fish or maybe it was a train thing, I don't recall, and it stuck</div>
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Then there came a day when out of nowhere, my dad handed me the keys and said go take it for a spin. I was well into college by now and I have no idea, to this day what sparked the change of heart but I knew better then to ask questions, I grabbed the keys and was off. It was as wonderfully magical to drive as I had ever dreamed it would be, no power steering, strange quirks on how to shift, no heat, and if you had the misfortune of a wind of any kind, you better have some upper body strenght to keep this baby on the road. It really did up my street cred, I knew it would, people thought I was really an interesting and fantastically happy person. As I would drive down the road people would wave wildly, honk their horns, smile like they had never smiled before, point, mouth gaping open at this bizzare sight. Kids would chase after me on their bikes, like I was the freakin ice cream man, "no kid, I don't have any candy!" It was not possible for you to drive the puffer in a foul mood becuase it was sort of your job to smile the entire time, people expected it, and you can't disappoint the people. </div>
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Well, after my dad passed away, the puffer was like our connection to him. I knew that when I was driving it or washing it or generally being good to it, he was happy, in the "looking down from heaven" sort of a way. I took it on several memorable camping trips, the best being to outdoor weekend concerts, it was <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">the place to be</em>. I did not have to do anything but simply pull up, turn it off and open the door and the people, like bees to honey, would start to arrive. The puffer was the "Field of Dreams" of vehicles, if you drive it, they will come. </div>
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Over time though, the Puffer sat more than it went, whether it was in storage, where mice would snack on it, or baking in the sun in the driveway. Ya know the story of "The Giving Tree" right? Well it was like the tree, it was sad and lonely and I was always too busy, the nieces were too and it was aging. Like a beautiful dog in a kennel, I was determined to set it free, find some crazy hippie in California to live it in. Enter Amy, good bless her, the very hippie I had been searching for. She wanted to get rid of much of her eathly possessions and become part of the Puffer. She started referring to it as the Bliss Portal, which I quickly shot down. Never, NEVER call the Puffer the Bliss Portal, ever, not in my presence or out of my presence. I think I may have gotten my point across, I should have written a contract or something up to make it official, but I trust her to do the right thing. </div>
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As I sit here and write this, I wonder what Don Bruno is thinking, in that: "looking down from heaven" sort of a way. Is he rolling over in his proverbial grave, or is he gasping at how much money I got for it. Though I don't really want to know what may or may not happen in the "Bliss Portal" I want to say goodbye to a very special old friend, Thank you for the times Puffer Belly, and God Speed. </div>
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So first of all I started the day off at Granite City Crossfit, which I do almost everyday, the difference was today I did 150 wall balls and 170 single jumpropes. It was the official Crossfit Games Open workout of the week for the crazy mofo's that are trying to place among the real elite, magical, crossfitters out there. Well, it was hard as hell and I can't even do double unders yet, so I am still green in comparisson, but getting through the 150 wall balls was a great accomplishment and I am sure that I will be crippled when I try to get out of bed tomorrow morning. </div>
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Then I came out to the shop to clean up and get ready for a group of college students from CSB/SJU that are in an E scholars program that streamlines a path to starting your own business. It is exciting to be in a room full of excited, motivated, hungry for success types. I would say about 12 of them filed in and found a spot to stand as I fired up my schpiel about how I got to where I am today. Actually, it is a really great talk, it's a killer story. When I have to make an outline of the things i have done in my life up until now, holy crap, there is a ton of cool shit. I have been to a lot of places. I know a TON of people. I am what I like to call a master networker. I had to go back in time a bit to explain how all this letterpress got started with us Bruno's and I gotta talk about how I came up with my kickass logo. I touch on all the work I have made and how the cards started. I weave in and out of the card making process and where I come up with my brilliant card ideas (mostly when I am drinking), and then to all the custom work I have produced. I talk about all the places I have printed and the things I have accomplished on my own. The shows I have been in, the panels I have spoken on, and the people I have printed with. When I really stop to think about the people that have (cheesy) touched my life, I really get choked up. I truely may not get rich, but dammit, I will be happy and proud. <img original-height="389" original-width="652" src="http://static.wix.com/media/661a24_2d2bdccfe9f44574403d407d32ead5a4.jpg" style="border: 0px none; display: inline; height: 389px; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; width: 652px;" /></div>
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I talk about the lessons I have learned, like how not everyone is going to love what I make, I can hardly understand why or what may possibly be wrong with those people, but I have come to accept this fact. I have further come to see that if people are hatin' on me, atleast they are talking about me and what I am doing and you know what they say, any publicity is good freakin publicity. I showed off the most recent stuff that is hot off the press and how I am working towards going to the New York Stationary show in May of this year. </div>
Bruno Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14537772840885114082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8153250630954388512.post-88184618410011042222012-03-09T08:20:00.000-08:002012-10-02T08:20:38.110-07:00CHECKIN' IN ON THE THE KIDDIES.<br />
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Hard to believe or imagine if you don't know me and even if you do, that before I went fulltime with Bruno Press in November of 2011, I taught preschool. For two whole years I was eyeballs deep in crazy, hilarious, interesting, wonderful, whiney, intelligent 3 and 4 year olds. When I was in the thick of it, I thought sometimes I would walk outside to my car never to return. With a good nights sleep I always came back excited to see them, all of them. Things that had happened the day before were totally forgotten, I like that about kids, they do not hold grudges. If they were bucky and crabby the day before and I had to sit them in the peace corner, by the next day, they were tripping over themselves to get at me to hug me good morning. That is a nice way to start the day. Even when they never stop talking or saying my name, not even for a second, it was such a wonderful thing to hear. "MISS MARY"S HERE!!!!" is what I would hear from 15 kids the second I walked in the classroom. </div>
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I still get to go back and bring new books that I find to read to them, or be the extra chapperone when they go on outtings. Yesterday, I got to go with to see The Lorax. They get <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">so jacked </em>to ride on the bus, couple that with a unannounced cameo by ME and they were freaking out. It was awesome! I had to make sure I hugged everyone <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">atleast </em>once, and mostly that was not enough. They had SO MUCH TO TELL ME and they all talk at the same time. I tried to slow them down and listen to each one but it was touch and go. I felt such extreme love for these kids I wondered how I could have ever left work annoyed and frazzeled. This is an example of absense making the heart grow fonder. I was so patient, I was so chill and mellow whilst they were all coming at me at the same time and talking and screaming and crying and pushing and shoving and basic mass hyteria. Slowly they started to calm down and then we started singing <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Row, Row, Row your boat </em>in animals noices. That always gets them quiet, it is the darnedest thing. We got on the bus and everyone wanted to sit by me and obviosly that is not possible, so again, more crying, I took turns with as many different seats as I could in the time it took to drive to the theatre. We talked about where they live (the pointed), what they ate for snack, and how much they loved going to movies. </div>
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Once there it was just counting and recounting the kids until we get them into their seats and can finally relax a bit with the movie. Before the movie even started two kids were crying and wanted to go home. Awe man, what do you do with that? I walked one out to the bathroom, he proceeded to show me the Lightning McQueen underpants he had on, we washed our hands, talking about how cold the water was then we made our way over to a bench in the lobby for a little Miss Mary "break down of what's going to happen" talk. I said, okay pal, member when I asked you if you really wanted to go to the movies and you told me yes? "yes" Okay, well, there is no crying, the bus is gone and we need to stay here until the bus comes back to pick us up. Your Mom and Dad told me that you were a big guy and you would love to come to the movie. So, we are going to head back in there and you are going to hang out, you can sit on my lap if you want, you can even take a little nap if you want, but we are going back in there and you have nothing to be crying about, kay? "okay"</div>
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We headed back in the movie started, it was good and happy and colorful and I sat and talked to him about the movie the whole time. It was going great, then he started to lose it and I handed him my phone and set up an easy game called <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Fruit Slice. </em>He was all about it and we could safely get through the end of the movie with no more wailing. It was great. </div>
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Funny though, cause through all of that, guess who lost it like a little baby at the end? Me, I am a giant sap and I left with cryface. </div>
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Okay, so if you are a saavy blog reader then you surely noticed that I have not blogged in like 2 years. That could be seen as not being on the ball. Well I have been freakin' busy man. Like really, really busy. I have been building up to this point for about a year and a half. That is really about when I started the big website update, and JUST TODAY that bee-atch went live. That is stick-to-it-ivness my friends. I could have tweaked that thing forever too but alas, get it into the hands of the people! So that is what I did. Now, finally, I feel like I can sit down and write about what has been happening and what is going to be goin' down at Bruno Press. Was just in a very sweet and awesome blog, actually mentioned in two. This one here: </div>
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is quite awesome. I am so honored to be part of the blog. Was not long ago I had to have my smart computer friends explain to me what a blog even was. Now look at me. I get it, this is social media man, this is the game. Get good or get left behind. </div>
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The thing with me (re)starting this blog is I don't even know where to start. There is so much and so much has happened in just the last 3 months! Bruno Press is growing like a weed. Like a silly, spitfire toddler, the one that everytime you see, you hardly recognize. You wonder what they are feeding it, sort of thing. </div>
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Today, my stand in boyfriend, Derek, and I really tackled the shop. We turned that place upside down. I am a bit anxious about the whole thing because I have a lot going on and there is never a good time to have things in dissarry. However, it is darkest before the dawn I tell ya. This fung shui attack feel cathartic. I don't think I really know what that word means but I am using it in the way that I am making the space work for me and what my goals are and letting go of the way it has been since it's conception at the hands of my father, Don Bruno. Change is tough, but dammit, it is mostly always real, real good. I will post the before and after shots soon, hopefully very soon infact. </div>
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It is good, and Derek is a wonderful friend. When a gal is dadless and "real" boyfriendless, it is sometimes hard to get the big shit done. So, bless you my friend. You are such a trooper. I hope someday I can afford to pay you what you are worth. </div>
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