by admin on December 21, 2011
“My hope and wish is that one day, formal education will pay attention to what I call “education of the heart.” Just as we take for granted the need to acquire proficiency in the basic academic subjects, I am hopeful that a time will come when we can take it for granted that children will learn, as part of the curriculum, the indispensability of inner values: love, compassion, justice, and forgiveness.”
This year’s Object Agency holiday card celebrates the vision of The Dalai Lama.
Wishing all our family, friends, and clients a happy and healthy holiday season and a new year filled with optimism, hope, generosity, humility, collaboration, knowledge, sharing, laughter, and love. — OIA
2-sided letterpress on 100% cotton board. See how we crafted it.
by admin on December 20, 2011
In a world dominated by digital imagery and special effects, the traditional craft of printmaking stands out in the crowd. Object Agency creates holiday cards (among other client letterpress projects) that are tactile, dimensional, labors of love, and objects of art.
Here’s how it’s done.
This letterpress press is at our cooperative printmaking studio, The Arm NYC, in Brooklyn.
A dimensional printing plate is produced from artwork created in Adobe Illustrator.
The rollers of the press are inked.
Ink is transferred to the plate by the roller. Then card stock is rolled over the plate to deboss the artwork and transfer the color.
Artwork is “blind” debossed by a plate without ink.
Once the card fronts are printed, turn them over and print the backs. Then trim at the crops.
by admin on December 19, 2011
Tex. Rescued in 2010 from an oil depot near active rail tracks, Marfa, TX
Object Agency is pleased to make the following contributions for 2011 as part of our ongoing mission to give back to our local, global (and feline) communities.
Charities
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA)
Avon Walk for Breast Cancer (sponsored walker)
Children International (sponsored child in Zambia)
Dream One World (funding for Uganda School Project)
Hospice Foundation of America
Arts and Cultural Organizations
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Chinati Foundation
Dia Foundation
Judd Foundation
The Kitchen
Education
Moravian College
Pratt Institute
