Created by New Hampshire's Dan James, "Playlandia" is the second in our Tiny Letterpress series of prints.
The letterpress series is an ongoing project featuring artwork by our favorite silkscreen artists, poster designers, and multi-layered color separation masters. Each piece from the letterpress collection is an original design that was created for the project and hand-printed in limited quantities.
Providence letterpress artist Dan Wood of DWRI Letterpress hand-pressed each layer of this print into Tosa Washi oragami paper. The 80gsm archival paper contains a mixture of traditional Japanese gampi, kozo and mitsumata fibers.
Dan has chosen the This American Life as his print's charity. This American Life has described itself as "a documentary show for people who normally hate documentaries. A public radio show for people who don't necessarily care for public radio." It is an absolutely incredible show, broadcast on close to 500 radio stations throughout the US. If you haven't given it a listen, you are missing out. If you are already a fan, you'll be happy to know that $250 from the sale of Dan's artwork will go towards keeping their streaming web archives free.
Each of the one hundred copies of Dan's "Playlandia" is signed and numbered by the artist. With roughly a half inch border around the print, the prints measure just about 9 inches wide by 7 inches high. They will be available for sale on July 18 at 7:30pm EST.
