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Igloo Letterpress brownstones journals illustrated by Chandler O'Leary

Allison of Igloo Letterpress and I have been doing some more cross-country collaboration lately. This time I illustrated a set of hand-bound journals featuring a pattern of Brownstones—one of my favorite types of houses, and a recurring theme in my drawings.

Igloo Letterpress brownstones journals illustrated by Chandler O'Leary

I’m so lucky to work with Allison—despite the distance, and the fact that we haven’t seen each other for two years, I feel like I we’re on the same wavelength. I love the fact that we can trust each other to make independent creative decisions, and have faith that they’ll come together into a harmonious whole. But my part of the project is finished when I send her black-and-white illustrations for printing—since I can’t exactly pop into her shop whenever I want, I really have no idea how the finished product will look until she sends it to me.

Igloo Letterpress brownstones journals illustrated by Chandler O'Leary

So imagine my delight when a package arrived containing four beautifully-bound hardcover books, with my illustration splashed on the cover in gorgeous color—

Igloo Letterpress brownstones journals illustrated by Chandler O'Leary

—and printed right onto the book cloth, no less!

I did a little hopping dance around the living room after that.

Igloo Letterpress brownstones journals illustrated by Chandler O'Leary

Here’s the best part, and a flash of Allison’s brilliance: not only do the books fit together thematically, but when they stand together on a bookshelf, the spines line up to complete the picture.

Since these are so labor-intensive to make, Allison is offering them only as a limited edition. But they’ve already been a big hit so far—which makes everything so, so satisfying.

Igloo Letterpress brownstones journals illustrated by Chandler O'Leary

 


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