Waiting to be Served

Just because we're up to 75 participants doesn't mean I'm not waiting for more!  Here's the scoop one more time:

Prints:  14

Size:  Up to 5" x 7" - can be smaller, but NO larger please!

Cost:  $12.00

Due Date:  March 15, 2011

Contact info@wingtippress.com

It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Leftovers!

Oh yeah!  We're up to sixty some participants. Tis really the season for Leftovers and let's face it  -  we need something to look forward to over this next stretch of cold, short days and long cold nights.

And just in case you're willing to spread the word over that jar of spiced peach halves, here are the details again:

Prints:  14

Size:  Up to 5" x 7" - can be smaller, but NO larger please! (USE YOUR LEFTOVERS!)

Cost:  $12.00

Due Date:  March 15, 2011

So, my dear friends, think ink, prefer paper, love life and make art all day long!

Amy

Wingtip Press

We Want Your Leftovers

During the wars -  WWI and WWII - the US Food Administration had an ongoing campaign to remind people to save food.  Talk about recycling! This was a time when it was patriotic to reduce, reuse and recycle.   We had a common goal.   

Makes me think it's time for more posters to remind of us how we are all in this together.  Too bad it took a World War to remind us to be conscious of waste.

Posthumous Participant

I would be remiss if I failed to include Giuseppe Archimboldo as an Honorary Leftover Participant.  Now here's a guy who could win the Iron Chef, have his work hung in the 

Kunsthistorisches Museum and be the private portrait artist to the Holy Roman Emperor without blinking an onion, I mean eye.

If you're reading this with your laptop, turn it upside down,  If you're on a desktop, stand on your head!  Is this guy versatile, or what?

Oh, btw, if you're reading this blog for the first time - scroll on down a few posts to find the details for becoming our next Leftover Participant.  

Thirty Nine Steps

was the title of a famous 1935 Hitchcock film.  And I'll use a frame from that classic to announce we are 39 steps closer to breaking 100 participants in this year's

 Leftovers exchange!

Unlike Madeleine Caroll's character here, feel free to spread the word!

Do Your Part!

Reduce Methane! Join the Leftover Brigade!  

When paper rots or is composted it emits methane gas which is 25 times more toxic than CO2.

Source: International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED),

founded in 1971, was commissioned by the World Business Council for

Sustainable Development to do the study. “A Changing Future for Paper:

A summary of the study “Towards a Sustainable Paper Cycle”.

In case you've forgotten, here are the details:

Leftovers

Serving Size:  Up to 5” x 7” – Can be smaller but NO larger (USE YOUR LEFTOVER PAPER SCRAPS)
Servings:   14 prints

Process:   Your choice - as long as it’s hand-pulled

Cost:    $12.00 -  (You receive a dozen Leftovers) 

Commitment Date:   January 15, 2011     
Expiration (due) Date:  March 15, 2011  

Spread the word, tell a friend! We'd love to exceed 100 participants this year.

Mind your P's and Q's

I would if I could, but I have none.  P's and Q's that is.  We're up to 35 Leftover Lovers now, but not one of you have a name that begins with P nor Q.  I realized that when I alphabetized the list earlier tonight.  And since we're all printmakers, I thought I might remind you of what is believed to be the origin of this phrase.   Mirror images - need I say more?  Typographer apprentices were cautioned to mind their p's and q's when setting type because they are mirror images and easy to confuse.  Now, I always thought it had to do with the keyboard.  Left little finger types the q and right little finger types the p.

Artist J Golden

But back to our exchange, surely there must be some printmakers out there named Pamela, Paul, Paris or Quentin, Quincy and Quinn!

Gonna Let Andy and Marilyn Help Me Announce . . .

we are up to 25  Leftovers as of today!

In case you've forgotten, here are the details:

Leftovers

Serving Size:  Up to 5” x 7” – Can be smaller but NO larger (USE YOUR LEFTOVER PAPER SCRAPS)
Servings:   14 prints

Process:   Your choice - as long as it’s hand-pulled

Cost:    $12.00 -  (You receive a dozen Leftovers) 

Commitment Date:   January 15, 2011     
Expiration (due) Date:  March 15, 2011  

Spread the word, tell a friend! We'd love to exceed 100 participants this year.

Thanks, Andy!

Thanks, Marilyn!