Craftstravaganza 2011

Craftstravaganza

Saturday, April 30, 2011
9am-5pm
Free Admission
MN State Fairgrounds Fine Arts Building
Over 70 Amazing Artists
Free Workshops throughout the day
Free Swag Bags for the first 100 shoppers

Poster by our friends at Zeichen Press!

Celebrate the Repeal of Prohibition!

78 Years of Legal Beer, Wine and Booze!
April 7 1933-2011. Local brewery heroes
and masters, Summit Brewing Company,
commissioned Miss Amy Jo to design and
screenprint the Repeal Poster for 2011.
Enjoy these process pics and Enjoy your
LEGAL BEER!

Posters are available for purchase HERE.

2011 Repeal of Prohibition Poster by Amy Jo

This is what 500 posters looks likeThis is what the stack looks like 2 and 1/2 hours later
Hand Screenprinting is a S L O W process
Oh No! Dropped pizza in the ink. Luckily, this was the leftover ink.
No pizza ingredients were included in the printing of this poster.

Red Screen (cell phone skewed the colors)

First Color was a subtle shimmery mustard
Second Color was a Bold Red
(cell phone skewed the colors)

After hand-pulling 800 prints (all of the 1st color and half the 2nd color), we ran into some technical glitches. Our vacuum table burned out and the holes on the table got clogged.
Wheee... Screenprinting is fun!
Black Screen / Final ColorPrinted posters on the drying rack
(cell phone skewed colors)Sign, Number, Stamp 500 posters
Sign, Number, Stamp
Sign, Number, Stamp
Sign, Number, Stamp
Yeah for Legal Booze!