Direct Action Is... - Lead & Roses Letterpress Card
DIRECT ACTION IS A PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION OF POWER, COURAGE, AND LOVE.
4.25 x 5.5in (A2) letterpress printed folded card
w/white cotton envelope
How it’s Printed
Letterpress printed using hand-set antique lead type & vintage floral letterpress borders. Card backs are printed with photopolymer plates.
About this Design
In a moment when putting our bodies on the line for the safety & liberation of our communities is ever-more crucial, I made this as a way to appreciate and acknowledge the love & power behind direct actions. From the support team to the comms team to the folks who are physically placing themselves in harm’s way to challenge state and corporate power, direct action can show us the kind of community we want to live in, and can be an important part of interrupting business as usual.
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.
Interested in a wholesale order? Visit wholesaleradical.com Thank you!
DIRECT ACTION IS A PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION OF POWER, COURAGE, AND LOVE.
4.25 x 5.5in (A2) letterpress printed folded card
w/white cotton envelope
How it’s Printed
Letterpress printed using hand-set antique lead type & vintage floral letterpress borders. Card backs are printed with photopolymer plates.
About this Design
In a moment when putting our bodies on the line for the safety & liberation of our communities is ever-more crucial, I made this as a way to appreciate and acknowledge the love & power behind direct actions. From the support team to the comms team to the folks who are physically placing themselves in harm’s way to challenge state and corporate power, direct action can show us the kind of community we want to live in, and can be an important part of interrupting business as usual.
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.
Interested in a wholesale order? Visit wholesaleradical.com Thank you!
DIRECT ACTION IS A PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION OF POWER, COURAGE, AND LOVE.
4.25 x 5.5in (A2) letterpress printed folded card
w/white cotton envelope
How it’s Printed
Letterpress printed using hand-set antique lead type & vintage floral letterpress borders. Card backs are printed with photopolymer plates.
About this Design
In a moment when putting our bodies on the line for the safety & liberation of our communities is ever-more crucial, I made this as a way to appreciate and acknowledge the love & power behind direct actions. From the support team to the comms team to the folks who are physically placing themselves in harm’s way to challenge state and corporate power, direct action can show us the kind of community we want to live in, and can be an important part of interrupting business as usual.
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.
Interested in a wholesale order? Visit wholesaleradical.com Thank you!
