https://ladiesofletterpress.com/members/renvasiliev/activity/ Activity feed for Ren Vasiliev. Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:31:01 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 efbab871d5891ed2d7c6f5ef6c39657c https://ladiesofletterpress.com/activity/p/17186/ Fri, 09 Mar 2018 21:44:31 -0500 0 e16f9fda1b1013e5fdc5cfe0687c2289 https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/letterpress-coasters/#post-4379 Sun, 18 Sep 2016 23:31:54 -0400 I haven’t done any deep impressions, so don’t know about the cracking. They do absorb water, much like the coasters at a bar. But, if you spray them with an automotive enamel (both sides) then they last much longer. I found a triple-thick auto glaze that is like a resin surface, so there’s always that. The auto finishes are better and more stable…[Read more]

]]> 8483027f3bc4a893802d984f58956831 https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/letterpress-coasters/#post-4380 Sun, 18 Sep 2016 23:27:40 -0400 I buy from Katz America, especially square coasters and 4×6 postcards out of the same coaster stock. Have always had a good experience.

]]> 468a74d491431d98973d37cb7a706437 https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/it-s-time-for-another-letterpress-swap/#post-4282 Thu, 29 Oct 2015 16:21:52 -0400 Great ideas, Jessica. Reads like you’ve done this before :-)Ren

]]> 39fcba421effb04faa2784a681c82466 https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/it-s-time-for-another-letterpress-swap/#post-4292 Mon, 26 Oct 2015 19:40:06 -0400 Depending on the deadline, I would be interested.And in answer to someone below who can’t diecut coasters, you can buy them precut, if you want.Ren

]]> ec20fbc6cae0c11a86906f65cf69407e https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/any-one-want-to-do-a-swap/#post-3756 Mon, 28 Apr 2014 19:07:29 -0400 I love this idea but I cannot get them done by June 1. How about August 1? Anyone who can get them done early could, but maybe more than just me needs some more time?If the deadline can be extended, then I am in.Ren

]]> f9d2a34e7087853f459f74a66840ab31 https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/any-one-want-to-do-a-swap/#post-3750 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 23:34:26 -0400 I vote for note cards with matching gift tags, no particular holiday for the group.Ren

]]> e2affb1bb17b973809d0930a1a34a792 https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/vanson-acrylic-ink/#post-3771 Sat, 05 Apr 2014 02:00:39 -0400 Thanks Jon!I bought a can, used it yesterday overprinting on an inkjet print. It worked really well and dried in two hours instead of two days or more on a similar project.Now I need to find someone to take the rubber-based stuff off my hands. Anyone interested?Ren

]]> a407037baa11c6e5e4fb7d834360b518 https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/any-one-want-to-do-a-swap/#post-3744 Sun, 30 Mar 2014 16:38:52 -0400 Drink coasters would be great!Note cards would be cool if there were no rules except that they had to come with an envelope :-)But I’m interested in anything.Ren

]]> 9ea36e5beb5a40aaff54813aef91019a https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/any-one-want-to-do-a-swap/#post-3742 Tue, 18 Mar 2014 01:42:22 -0400 I would be happy to do more than one letter, too.

]]> 34207a496c83c82e72400b0d1597e3c6 https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/any-one-want-to-do-a-swap/#post-3741 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 21:57:16 -0400 I would love to do another alphabet swap. I’ll take whatever letter no one else wants, although I have X ready to go anytime from the last swap.So, count me in!Ren

]]> df71fb06b84264e1603514897bcaf022 https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/birthday-card-swap/#post-3339 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:39:41 -0400 Angela,This is a good email to use.Thanks!ren@renvasiliev.comRenThe Make Things Workshop

]]> f023bd3693cad7e59b2be8116bb54a61 https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/hamilton-printer-cabinet-full-of-type/#post-3480 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 18:40:28 -0500 Where are you?Try John Barrett at Letterpressthings.com

]]> 459ab83075e18014cdc3f82f55b466d8 https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/birthday-card-swap/#post-3299 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 14:23:54 -0500 I’m almost done. One more color. I should be able to ship them early next week.Looking forward to seeing everyone’s!

]]> e41ffe0b35bf13acf8e79fba3a9bf2bf https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/type-high-linoleum-blocks/#post-3449 Sat, 10 Nov 2012 19:04:25 -0500 Just got my blocks from Graphic Chemical. They are exactly the same Speedball brand blocks as can be found anywhere, 7/8″ high, not type high. Crap.

]]> 901d8dfe244fcc6e409151c47243db62 https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/type-high-linoleum-blocks/#post-3450 Sun, 04 Nov 2012 13:32:26 -0500 Didn’t know it! Thanks!

]]> 497e5cf7d5fd992ca10e602dc6773e6c https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/replacement-chase-bed-for-kelsey-5x8/#post-3417 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 11:37:57 -0400 Also try John Barrett at Letterpress Things, Chicopee, MA. He has Kelseys for sale and he has sold me chases for my 5×8.http://www.letterpressthings.com

]]> a6cb58361982e4076860177c7e2cecc4 https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/birthday-card-swap/#post-3289 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 11:52:38 -0400 I’m planning on printing only one design for everyone. And I expect to be getting as many different designs as there are participants, 3 of each design.

]]> d23cc0bee45d2fe7e3b6ad0466e86dd0 https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/legion-lettra-15-discount/#post-3228 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 11:37:02 -0400 Thanks!

]]> ad3b6401a16a198f26098234fdbd2694 https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/birthday-card-swap/#post-3279 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 16:19:33 -0400 I’m in.Ren

]]> db70799aece14707df9bff3eb28b4f65 https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/birthday-card-swap/#post-3014 Tue, 28 Aug 2012 20:11:51 -0400 End of September as deadline for signing up is great. Are we aiming for finished cards by end of January? Looking forward to it! Yippee!

]]> 0aae6cc3cdc0825264be6b5789bde9f0 https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/birthday-card-swap/#post-3012 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 22:00:04 -0400 So, folks. Are we up for this birthday card swap? Do we need an organizer? I’ll be happy to do that, unless someone else wants to do it. We can set a date a couple of weeks from now as the end of the sign-up and go from there.What do you all think?

]]> fb6fb066b88cbc02db8aa869c743bebb https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/birthday-card-swap/#post-3001 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 14:53:25 -0400 I’m fine with January and with waiting on shipping costs.Where will we be sending these? Remind me.I’m looking forward to this!Thanks!

]]> 0148287a23559129fb35f114cade2b0b https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/birthday-card-swap/#post-2998 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 14:07:22 -0400 Cool! I would like 2 or 3 of each card, too. Right now, I expect to print either postcards or A6 cards with envelopes. Did we agree on a due date? Late January, maybe?Thanks!Ren

]]> 438f43568c5d7ac1770c86d629e82b1c https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/birthday-card-swap/#post-3000 Sun, 12 Aug 2012 23:53:28 -0400 We could leave the size up to each of us; that way we can use what we have. I don’t expect that anyone would go poster-size :-)Envelopes: hmm. What if we provide envelopes that coordinate somehow with the card. Companion print? Or not. We can leave that to the printer. Maybe some of us would want to print Birthday postcards. . .?I would prefer…[Read more]

]]> 57f6ed6fe9fe5e3c90bcae7e485e2096 https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/birthday-card-swap/#post-2999 Sun, 12 Aug 2012 11:01:05 -0400 Yes, I would like to be in this swap! Could the due date is sometime in late winter or early spring?Ren

]]> 1a2c6f1fdb5486703b0879c2d34cc394 https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/selling-off-a-bunch-of-letterpress-items-i-have-to-move-and-have-too-much-stuff/#post-3033 Mon, 02 Jan 2012 13:07:25 -0500 Jamie,I would like to buy the wood type. Do you use Paypal? Let’s talk: ren.vasiliev@gmail.comRen

]]> a078691eb0175eca233217751b05ee5b https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/what-are-you-packing-how-are-you-wiping/#post-3021 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:47:08 -0500 For clean-up, I roll as much ink as possible off onto newsprint—put newsprint on the ink disk and let the rollers roll over that; change newsprint and do it again and again, until there is very little ink left to use a solvent on. I use mineral spirits on the press, but I use concentrated CitraSolv on my hands in the sink. That works very well.

]]> 718b1011c0faef619ced8c648aca4baf https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/another-letterpress-swap-anyone/#post-2796 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 22:44:59 -0500 Ok, you let me know! 

]]> f9b9f83410f17008b5ef423dfb8ddd96 https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/another-letterpress-swap-anyone/#post-2797 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:55:40 -0500 Yes, sending two sets would be more expensive. How much more would you need? I’ll get a check out to you right away. Ren

]]> 33b778e4b83195ccc482915fcc21a04b https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/another-letterpress-swap-anyone/#post-2791 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 23:58:36 -0500 Oh good! I got busy with stuff and then yesterday wondered if they had gotten there. You must be a mind reader to have let me know today :-)I hope that you and everyone else likes them.Ren 

]]> fcd959d6810a1310844c12b53fd9925d https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/another-letterpress-swap-anyone/#post-2783 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:54:30 -0400 I’m done. I sent them out and you should have them on Monday.Let me know if anyone is dropping out; I’ll be able to do another one fairly quickly.This was great fun!Thanks.Ren

]]> fcb9abdaa55661a3a9c5853b4f27583d https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/another-letterpress-swap-anyone/#post-2758 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:44:48 -0400 Orientation: Want to do them all horizontally? Or, if no one else responds, then we can do them however we want.

]]> 35066bc4a89c2dee56094a651f08be89 https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/another-letterpress-swap-anyone/#post-2769 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 10:42:34 -0400 Yes, let’s divy them up. I’ll take March and I think then all the months are accounted for? Thanks Angela!

]]> 5376a1d4dc05ee8848ec0ac478631e14 https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/another-letterpress-swap-anyone/#post-2762 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 19:43:33 -0400 I’ll do a second one, too, if needed. Any month that needs doing is fine.The Make Things Workshop

]]> 93b7798f46fb55bd40a0aedb2cc25f45 https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/another-letterpress-swap-anyone/#post-2745 Thu, 08 Sep 2011 10:35:59 -0400 We could leave the covers up to us, so that each of us could make whatever we want for the cover. This way, too, we could bind or not bind our calendars because each of us is finishing ours. We would, of course, put some sort of statement saying that this was all a result of Ladies of Letterpress. Am I making sense? What do you all think?

]]> d7fd54d3db84988bdd397d3d8794d9b9 https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/another-letterpress-swap-anyone/#post-2742 Thu, 08 Sep 2011 00:14:55 -0400 Let’s do enough for 3 sets each.

]]> ec18c621e24cc69fd6ae7656f40745e7 https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/another-letterpress-swap-anyone/#post-2747 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 17:15:37 -0400 I would love to do August! Please?!Ren, The Make Things Workshop

]]> 91ba9fd1f22950e361d4bf6c40feaae1 https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/another-letterpress-swap-anyone/#post-2541 Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:45:39 -0400 We could do postcards and print them on whatever stock works for us, rather than doing postcard coasters (although those of us who might want to print postcard coasters could still do so).

]]> 89f2f5e2f045c4f3c3d8627360df3045 https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/another-letterpress-swap-anyone/#post-2532 Fri, 15 Jul 2011 17:40:21 -0400 I might actually want half a case for future projects, too, which is why I’m also interested in where you get them.

]]> 304cc24099e3f1ac8cd4ba792adbaa28 https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/another-letterpress-swap-anyone/#post-2535 Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:08:43 -0400 Cool! I’m in for postcard coasters. Where do you get the blank stock? 

]]> 3f79800ace19303c1c1d5bfcb3127fcc https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/another-letterpress-swap-anyone/#post-2531 Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:36:33 -0400 Ah, I get it about postcard coasters. Yes, I would be interested in doing them.I was first thinking that these would be 4x6ish coaster-paper with rounded corners. . .still drinking coffee 🙂

]]> f123a1460f0cb41d4417f95dcec896ec https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/another-letterpress-swap-anyone/#post-2530 Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:34:14 -0400 Maybe, depending on what you would like to do.How would you do a calendar?And what are postcard coasters? Where do you get them?Basically, I’m interested!Ren

]]> 5d9e0c72944b05f5b19fe1a4119363af https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/what-color-is-the-sky-in-your-world/#post-2331 Fri, 25 Feb 2011 11:41:18 -0500 I got a 19. I’m not very good in the greens and blues on the monitor. I wonder how we would do with printed color chips? And thanks for the link to ink mixing. It is a good answer to a discussion question I had posted last week (?) (time flies).

]]> 248c769209c87baac132c19292dc6a2c https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/mixing-pantone-inks/#post-2304 Wed, 16 Feb 2011 22:54:24 -0500 Hello all,Thanks for your answers, especially about the scales/balances. Do you use a scoop or freezer paper on the scale or just clean the scale off when done? I understand the proportions and thank you for the refresher course on that. This is why I love Ladies of Letterpress!Ren

]]> bdd99089faf6221ddf4df377618a583a https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/hamilton-wood-type-museum-wayzgoose/#post-2224 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 23:21:46 -0400 Aw! It’s the same weekend as the Book Arts thing in Silver Spring, MD!!!Too bad.

]]> cfeca7164fd9b9cbf2b330e69c91a1b7 https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/rubber-based-ink/#post-2177 Fri, 08 Oct 2010 11:31:47 -0400 Thank you everyone. I think what happened was that I had sections of my paper covered with another ink and it was those sections on which the Vanson wasn’t drying because it couldn’t get absorbed into the paper. So, here’s another question: when doing two- or more-color work, what inks do you all use?

]]> 4de91723867f321bbcc9f9e93c2e2a4e https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/letterpress-swap/#post-2604 Sun, 01 Aug 2010 13:04:09 -0400 Hi, all.I decided to try Lettra on this project; haven’t used it before, and it seemed good for a two-sided thing. We’ll see how the experiment goes :-)Ren

]]> 56b4b8b9df24bb8d540740131225feb8 https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/mixing-wood-and-metal-type/#post-2125 Sat, 17 Jul 2010 13:09:00 -0400 Thanks to both of you for your help. I’ve run some proofs on my Nolan successfully. Then the form is going into my little Kelsey and I’ll see how much building up I’ll have to do, if any.

]]> 2976b7972725272f51ea14526379db3f https://ladiesofletterpress.com/activity/p/193/ Sat, 10 Jul 2010 16:16:58 -0400 @pilarnadal Hey, there! I sent you an email through this site and am wondering if you received it?

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