Building Alternatives: Lead & Roses Letterpress Printed Card
BUILDING ALTERNATIVES TO SYSTEMS OF EXTRACTION & CONTROL IS DIFFICULT & HEARTBREAKING & ALSO POWERFUL & TOTALLY WORTH IT.
4.25 x 5.5in (A2) letterpress printed folded card with white cotton envelope.
How it’s Printed
Letterpress printed using hand-set antique lead type & vintage cuts (printing blocks) of flowers. Card backs are printed with photopolymer plates.
About this Design
We know that the work of collective liberation doesn’t only mean tearing down the systems of white supremacy, racial capitalism, imperialism, & extraction—it also means creating meaningful alternatives, and building the world(s) we want. This card is a reminder that in spite of the challenges of envisioning & growing those alternatives, that work is both sacred and also crucial to our collective survival.About Lead & Roses
The phrase “bread and roses” is usually attributed to the 1912 Lawrence, Massachusetts textile strike & originated in a James Oppenheim poem:“Our lives shall not be sweated
from birth until life closes;
Hearts starve as well as bodies:
give us bread, but give us roses!”Bread & Roses has been used in many social movement contexts as a metaphor for the importance of art, beauty, & rest as critical forms of sustenance. Lead & roses gives this phrase a letterpress pun: much of the type used in hand-setting & printing these cards is made of lead.
These are cards to bolster the hearts of organizers so that they remain deeply invested in working for collective liberation for as long as it takes.
For more information about Lead & Roses, visit: https://www.radicalemprints.com/leadandroses
Interested in a wholesale order? Reach out to nicole@radicalemprints.com. Thank you!
BUILDING ALTERNATIVES TO SYSTEMS OF EXTRACTION & CONTROL IS DIFFICULT & HEARTBREAKING & ALSO POWERFUL & TOTALLY WORTH IT.
4.25 x 5.5in (A2) letterpress printed folded card with white cotton envelope.
How it’s Printed
Letterpress printed using hand-set antique lead type & vintage cuts (printing blocks) of flowers. Card backs are printed with photopolymer plates.
About this Design
We know that the work of collective liberation doesn’t only mean tearing down the systems of white supremacy, racial capitalism, imperialism, & extraction—it also means creating meaningful alternatives, and building the world(s) we want. This card is a reminder that in spite of the challenges of envisioning & growing those alternatives, that work is both sacred and also crucial to our collective survival.About Lead & Roses
The phrase “bread and roses” is usually attributed to the 1912 Lawrence, Massachusetts textile strike & originated in a James Oppenheim poem:“Our lives shall not be sweated
from birth until life closes;
Hearts starve as well as bodies:
give us bread, but give us roses!”Bread & Roses has been used in many social movement contexts as a metaphor for the importance of art, beauty, & rest as critical forms of sustenance. Lead & roses gives this phrase a letterpress pun: much of the type used in hand-setting & printing these cards is made of lead.
These are cards to bolster the hearts of organizers so that they remain deeply invested in working for collective liberation for as long as it takes.
For more information about Lead & Roses, visit: https://www.radicalemprints.com/leadandroses
Interested in a wholesale order? Reach out to nicole@radicalemprints.com. Thank you!
BUILDING ALTERNATIVES TO SYSTEMS OF EXTRACTION & CONTROL IS DIFFICULT & HEARTBREAKING & ALSO POWERFUL & TOTALLY WORTH IT.
4.25 x 5.5in (A2) letterpress printed folded card with white cotton envelope.
How it’s Printed
Letterpress printed using hand-set antique lead type & vintage cuts (printing blocks) of flowers. Card backs are printed with photopolymer plates.
About this Design
We know that the work of collective liberation doesn’t only mean tearing down the systems of white supremacy, racial capitalism, imperialism, & extraction—it also means creating meaningful alternatives, and building the world(s) we want. This card is a reminder that in spite of the challenges of envisioning & growing those alternatives, that work is both sacred and also crucial to our collective survival.About Lead & Roses
The phrase “bread and roses” is usually attributed to the 1912 Lawrence, Massachusetts textile strike & originated in a James Oppenheim poem:“Our lives shall not be sweated
from birth until life closes;
Hearts starve as well as bodies:
give us bread, but give us roses!”Bread & Roses has been used in many social movement contexts as a metaphor for the importance of art, beauty, & rest as critical forms of sustenance. Lead & roses gives this phrase a letterpress pun: much of the type used in hand-setting & printing these cards is made of lead.
These are cards to bolster the hearts of organizers so that they remain deeply invested in working for collective liberation for as long as it takes.
For more information about Lead & Roses, visit: https://www.radicalemprints.com/leadandroses
Interested in a wholesale order? Reach out to nicole@radicalemprints.com. Thank you!
