Movement Crush: Lead & Roses Letterpress Printed Card
YOU’RE MY MOVEMENT CRUSH!
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
Do you have movement organizations or groups you follow that are just so badass that you kind of have a crush on them? That’s what this card is for! I mean, sure, it could also be from one person to another, but collective crushes are cute too. And there had to be at least one cheeky card in this series, so here you are! Go forth and crush (with consent)!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!
