We are pleased to report that two prints from the on-going Rebus Quotes and Other Typographic Explorations project (“This Land is Your Land, version 1” and “Bird in Hand”) were each awarded a Certificate of Excellence in the 2018 American Graphic Design Awards Design Competition by GD USA Magazine. Continue Reading Post
The exhibition, Not Just Eye Candy, Design Work by Frank Baseman, opened at Recitation Gallery at the University of Delaware with a lecture and reception at the beginning of September, just in time for the start of the academic year. Both events were very well-attended, and the exhibition continued on display for the month of September. Continue Reading Post
A beautiful day in downtown Lancaster, PA as it turned out to be a glorious sunny day (which is a good thing, as I was fearful of rain; rain and inked paper don’t mix very well!). A good time was had by all at the 2018 Lancaster Letterpress Fair. Continue Reading Post
My very good friend, photographer extraordinaire Sam Fritch, stopped by recently to photograph a little bit of environmental atmosphere in the letterpress studio. Thanks Sammie: always a good time. Enjoy! Continue Reading Post
We are completely thrilled and excited to be preparing for another solo exhibition of the work of Baseman Design Associates and Base Press, to be held at the Recitation Hall Gallery at the University of Delaware. The kind folks in the Department of Art and Design at the University of Delaware invited us to mount this exhibition. Continue Reading Post
While doing extensive research for the Rebus Quotes project (still ongoing), of course I came across many nursery rhymes. Initially avoiding them as too obvious a place to start the overall project, I recently decided to embrace them, and print a series of five of my favorites, presented here in what I am calling a “progressive” state. That is to say, to show how each print was built. I quickly photographed each stage of the print, from beginning to end. Continue Reading Post
Letterpress printing can be a very time-consuming activity, requiring an enormous amount of patience—if not fortitude and stick-to-it-iveness. Each color on a print is printed one color at a time, slowly, methodically and patiently by hand with a letterpress. Continue Reading Post
It was a beautiful Spring day in late April at the (annual, we hope) 2018 Chesapeake Printers Fair. It was only my second time working a fair of any kind, and this ended up being a wonderful time. Continue Reading Post
Here’s to the Mommas in my life: the Mother of our two dear children—Angela Combs (shown here with Julian, age approx. one)—and my own Mother, Renee Zinman Baseman. My Momma is shown with her offspring, my brothers and I (circa mid-1960s; I am on the far right; rather ironic, as I def. don’t lean that way now!). Miss my Momma every day… Continue Reading Post
Really excited/thrilled/honored to be a part of the Design From Memory exhibition, curated by Ryan Starr of High-Res podcast fame and hosted by Shawn Hileman of Masthead Print Studio. Over thirty previous guests of the Philadelphia-based design podcast High-Res (check out episode No. 48 starring yours truly) created pieces inspired by the question, “What was your first design memory?” Continue Reading Post