{"product_id":"animal-pairs","title":"Animal Pairs","description":"We’re back with four(!) new handmade letterpress prints featuring the legendary work of Dutch artist \u003cstrong\u003eSamuel Jessurun de Mesquita\u003c\/strong\u003e (1868-1944). We teamed up once again with Daniel Gardiner Morris from The Arm Letterpress in Brooklyn to revamp these historical gems in richly textured letterpress form.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWe’ve revived four of de Mesquita’s Animal Pairs—\u003cem\u003eSea Lions\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCows\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGazelles\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003ePigeons\u003c\/em\u003e—in delightfully distinct 5.25”x10” prints, each with their own unique imprint and form. Using a deep charcoal ink on creamy warm paper, these letterpress lovelies are a modern spin on traditional methods.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWe first collaborated with Daniel Gardiner Morris on our letterpress remake of \u003cstrong\u003eAlbrecht Dürer\u003c\/strong\u003e’s \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSix Studies of Pillows\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e. While Dürer’s sketches were originally produced as a copper engraving, de Mesquita worked in woodcuts. Ink is applied to the raised areas of the carving in the former and to the recessed areas in the latter. Hundreds of years later, both styles of printmaking are still very much in use, albeit with a few modern conveniences. To produce our modern reimaginings, Morris creates a digital vector of the original image, outputs the negative image to film, and exposes a photopolymer plate. This plate can then be washed out to create the relief artwork from which a print can be made. He then inks the plate and creates letterpress prints using a hand-fed 1960s Vandercook press.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e","brand":"Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita","offers":[{"title":"Pigeons","offer_id":50493761323117,"sku":"mzo1790056132714","price":14.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Cows","offer_id":50493761355885,"sku":"fyl1790056132715","price":12.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Gazelles","offer_id":50493761388653,"sku":"lgx1790056132716","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Sea lions","offer_id":50493761421421,"sku":"pps1790056132717","price":14.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Set of 4","offer_id":50493761454189,"sku":"mnl1790056132718","price":41.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0711\/9532\/8621\/files\/animal-pairs_1.png?v=1790056147","url":"https:\/\/coffeescale.shop\/products\/animal-pairs","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}