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Get ready to have your eyeballs poked by 50+ artists from all parts of the globe!
Showcard, 1/1, Chipboard 20pt. Kraft, Pantone soy-based inks

The Grass Hut presents a MEGA group show that opens this Friday, April 2 from 6-9pm at their East Burnside digs. Some of the artists are our friends, and others are strangers, but we have no doubts that this show will be RAD. Find work from APAK, Scrappers, Chris Johanson, Jill Bliss, Bwana Spoons, and our very own Brent Wick.

More on Hot off the Press: Showcards for Balls Out at the Grass Hut

Jess Hirsh, our Project Manager, lets us know what she’s up to!

Jess Hirsch, Project Manager

Favorite Pantone color 805

Favorite paper stock Environment 120# Cover Natural

Favorite Pinball print product/project Apak A2 Cards, all of them. They are so charming and even feature boston terriers.

Scout, Jess’s adorable Boston Terrier.

What brought you to Pinball Publishing and the world of printing, publishing, art and design?
I applied here on a whim. I have a background in fine art and a seriously geeky mathematic brain process which made me a good candidate for the Project Coordinator position. I was working for a health insurance broker and a law firm and wanted to get closer to the arts. Finding Pinball was the perfect fit to my desire to be near artists and designers, while still exercising my mathematic quoter brain. Now I get to crunch numbers for some of my favorite artists’ projects!

Shoulder to Shoulder, 2008

What do you do in your free time?
I am a visual artist and dabble with social practice art. I just wrapped up my first solo show at Fontanelle Gallery and am going to take a break from drawing and work on some experimental sculpture. As for social practice, I have two ongoing projects: Homeschool Art, a nomadic affordable art gallery & The Portland Healing Project, a workshop series on alternative medicine and online resource for affordable healthcare in the Portland area.

When I am not frantically being over productive, I spoil my boston terrier, Scout, and bike around.

Chakra Herb Triangle, 2009. Part of Good Herb, on display at Fontanelle Gallery until October 31.

What creative people/projects inspire you these days?
I am super inspired by a lot of our clients: Kate Bingaman-Burt, Apak, Bwana Spoons & Grasshut, Mark Menjivar, Nora Aoyagi, Emily Martin, Ian Lynam, Tara Hogan and the list goes on and on. Not to mention Brent Wick in old production, his drawings aren’t too shabby.

Outside of the Pinball Allstars there is Lauren Nassef, Jessie Rose Vala, Tahiti Pehrson, Mark Dion, Thomas Hirschhorn,  Kehinde Wiley, Tauba Auerbach….so many more.

Bags of herbs with hand-lettered labels, Jess Hirsch,  part of Good Herb.

What do you love about living in Portland?
Bike friendly living, the abundant amount of fruit trees ready for the picking, fantastic coffee, and genuinely nice people.

Amethyst Rainbow, Jess Hirsch. Part of Good Herb.

Any upcoming projects that we should keep our eyes out for?
Fontanelle will host a special Healing Skillshare Workshop at the gallery on Saturday, October 17th at 2pm.

Where can we find your work?
jesshirsch.com
deerbeard.blogspot.com
portlandhealingproject.com
homeschoolartshop.com
deerbeard.society6.com

Elephants and flowers and Scout Books, oh my!
1/0 Scout Book, Chipboard 20pt Kraft, blank interior, Pantone brown 476 soy-based ink.

Illustrated by Pinball’s very own Brent Wick, this Scout Book will be used by online boutique Burke Decor as a complementary gift for their customers! A deep brown Pantone soy ink was used to print this charming elephant onto the Scout Book’s sturdy chipboard cover. Blank interior pages make this little guy an all-purpose notebook that will fit many needs!

Sample Scout Book featuring custom cover art by Brent Wick

Have you ever wanted to release your own notebook? Now you can with Pinball’s trail-blazing Scout Book. You supply the custom cover art and this super charming, pocket-sized notebook can be yours!

FEATURES
-Fits in your pocket
-Durable chipboard cover
-32 pages – lines, grid and blank – you choose!
-18 custom ink colors – you choose!
-100% Recycled + Soy ink

Pinball’s friendly staff can also customize any order to meet your specific needs – just request a custom quote using the online Custom Quote Form.

Here’s a peak at our latest project, the designer card series. Get yours free with every order, and at select locations worldwide (let us know if you’d like a stack for your store, shop or office). Start now, so you can collect ‘em all.

Look for new designs each month, featuring fresh work from a talented team of graphic designers, illustrators, and artists, expertly printed by Pinball’s savvy production team. Sometimes the printers are also the artists around here! Case in point, the first illustration, an intricate rendering of a hare, was created by none other than Brent Wick, our fearless ink slinger.

Stay tuned for next month’s installment by Aaron Draplin

Not just a fearless ink slinger, but a talented illustrator as well, Brent is an awesome addition to the Pinball team!