Description
When life hands you lemons…make lemonade!
This is a hand-bound journal with a hand-pulled, letterpress cover (in fact, everything was done by hand, the hard way!). This piece is a collaboration between Chandler O’Leary of Anagram Press and Jessica Spring of Springtide Press, made from the “lemons” presented by the pitfalls of printing by hand. One hundred percent of the proceeds of this journal will be donated to the Dead Feminists Fund, which supports nonprofits that help women and girls create change in their own communities.
When we were printing our 29th Dead Feminist broadside, “Trees of Life,” featuring a quote by climate activist Wangari Maathai, we had a few prints that ended up with imperfect ink or slightly wonky registration. We couldn’t include those prints in the edition of broadsides, but since we still liked the results, we decided to crop the prints down to our favorite parts, and make “lemonade!”
This blank journal is printed in the bold, joyful colors of kitenge fabric, which Wangari Maathai wore as her personal signature. It features a baobab tree, a portrait of Maathai herself, plus a number of vulnerable and endangered Kenyan species. This pocket-sized book is ideal for making wildlife sketches or planning your next environmental campaign. Turn heads while you write, or give an inspiring gift.
You can learn more about the original Dead Feminist broadside here.
Saddle-stitch journal with rounded corners
Blank inside
Size when closed: 3.75 x 3.75 inches
Size when open: 7.5 x 3.75 inches
10 lightweight blank sheets (40 pages)
Flecked cream-colored pages inside
Note: as these are individually handmade by cutting down larger and imperfect prints, please allow for slight differences in print registration and image cropping than what is pictured here.
Cover was letterpress printed on an antique Vandercook Universal One press. Journal is made with acid-free paper and bound with saddle-stitch staples.
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This original artwork is copyright Chandler O’Leary and Jessica Spring 2019. Copyright is not transferable with the sale of this journal. The buyer is not entitled to reproduction rights.
WA state residents are subject to sales tax.
This journal will ship flat in a protective mailer, via the United States Postal Service.
