Hi. I'm Amanda Buck, a graphic designer
and letterpress artist in Chicago, Illinois.

 

Letterpress

LETTERPRESS

Gumbo

A choose-your-own-recipe adventure for Gumbo! This classic New Orleans’ dish is a great example of the mixture of cultures in the historic city. The poster itself illustrates the possibilities, as well as the limits, of letterpress printing. Printed in a 40-poster-series at Studio 150 (now The Southern Letterpress) in Alabama using 7 colors and 10 print runs. It was printed on Crane’s Lettra Letterpress paper, using hand-cut polymer, hand-set metal type, wood type, and photo polymer.

 

Eating Alabama 

Poster of a quote from the film Eating Alabama by Andrew Grace. 

Home Is...

Printed on chip board at a workshop at Hamilton Wood Type Museum.

     

    PieLab Merchandise

    Designed and printed with other PieLab designers 

    Letterpress-printed tote bags and posters made to sell in PieLab.  Printed at Kennedy Prints in Gordo, Alabama.

     

    We the People

    A participatory letterpress poster in which I asked 27 designers to draw selected words from the Preamble of the United States Constitution. These drawing styles are as eclectic and diverse as the people of this country. Printed in a 50-poster series at Evanston Print & Paper in Chicago, IL in 7 print runs on Crane’s Lettra Letterpress paper.

     

    Yes We Can

    Created to inspire the country to re-elect our President, Barack Obama. Printed in a 45-poster series at Evanston Print & Paper in Evanston, IL, in 3 print runs on 12" x 18" ultra-thick chip board.

     

    Eating Rainbow

    Featuring classic metal type, this poster shows a list of fruits and vegetables rendered in the colors nature made them. Printed in a 40-poster series at Studio 150 (now The Southern Letterpress) in Alabama using 8 colors on Crane’s Lettra Letterpress paper.