2014 — WeMake

FALL 2014

Featured

Dec 7, 2014

Yvonne Perez Emerson

RECAP—Zine Workshop with Kate Bingaman-Burt at IPRC

Dec 7, 2014

Yvonne Perez Emerson

Dec 7, 2014

Yvonne Perez Emerson

Nov 3, 2014

Guest Contributor

Discovery Workshop—Making Zines with Kate Bingaman-Burt & IPRC

Nov 3, 2014

Guest Contributor

Nov 3, 2014

Guest Contributor

Oct 23, 2014

WeMake

RECAP—sXc with Dan Christofferson aka Beeteeth

Oct 23, 2014

WeMake

Oct 23, 2014

WeMake

Oct 23, 2014

WeMake

RECAP—sXc with Pizza Friday

Oct 23, 2014

WeMake

Oct 23, 2014

WeMake

Oct 17, 2014

WeMake

Make Believing with WeMake Celebrates and Put A Bird In It

Oct 17, 2014

WeMake

Oct 17, 2014

WeMake

Oct 6, 2014

WeMake

Put A Bird In It for Arts & Music Education—The Line up

Oct 6, 2014

WeMake

Oct 6, 2014

WeMake

Oct 6, 2014

Guest Contributor

Put A Bird In It—Featured Maker, Justin "Scrappers" Morrison

Oct 6, 2014

Guest Contributor

Oct 6, 2014

Guest Contributor

Sep 29, 2014

Guest Contributor

Put A Bird In It—Featured Maker, Maryanna Hoggatt

Sep 29, 2014

Guest Contributor

Sep 29, 2014

Guest Contributor

Sep 24, 2014

WeMake

Put A Bird In It—Featured Maker, Ezra Cimino-Hurt of Case of Bass

Sep 24, 2014

WeMake

Sep 24, 2014

WeMake

Sep 19, 2014

WeMake

A Journey from the Heart—sketchXchange with Lisa Congdon

Sep 19, 2014

WeMake

Sep 19, 2014

WeMake

Sep 18, 2014

Guest Contributor

Put A Bird In It—Featured Maker, Kinoko Evans

Sep 18, 2014

Guest Contributor

Sep 18, 2014

Guest Contributor

Sep 12, 2014

WeMake

Put A Bird In It—Featured Maker, Bowen Ames

Sep 12, 2014

WeMake

Sep 12, 2014

WeMake

Sep 9, 2014

Guest Contributor

Put A Bird In It—Featured Maker, Leland Duck of Revive Upholstery & Design

Sep 9, 2014

Guest Contributor

Sep 9, 2014

Guest Contributor

Sep 4, 2014

Guest Contributor

Hive Five, An Interview with Craig Opfer—Put A Bird In It Featured Maker

Sep 4, 2014

Guest Contributor

Sep 4, 2014

Guest Contributor

Sep 3, 2014

WeMake

RECAP—sXc with Keegan Wenkman

Sep 3, 2014

WeMake

Sep 3, 2014

WeMake

SUMMER 2014

Featured

Aug 29, 2014

Guest Contributor

Recap—Workshop with Scout Books

Aug 29, 2014

Guest Contributor

Aug 29, 2014

Guest Contributor

Aug 25, 2014

Yvonne Perez Emerson

Crafting the Story—An Interview with Dan "BeeTeeth" Christofferson

Aug 25, 2014

Yvonne Perez Emerson

Aug 25, 2014

Yvonne Perez Emerson

Aug 22, 2014

WeMake

RECAP—sXc with Jessica Hische

Aug 22, 2014

WeMake

Aug 22, 2014

WeMake

Jul 22, 2014

WeMake

A Mover and a Maker—An Interview with Paul Anders

Jul 22, 2014

WeMake

Jul 22, 2014

WeMake

Jul 21, 2014

WeMake

WeMake 2014 Put A Bird In It Makers + WeMake Celebrates

Jul 21, 2014

WeMake

Jul 21, 2014

WeMake

Jul 6, 2014

Emily Oliva

Recap—sXc with Illustrator and Poster Designer Dan Stiles

Jul 6, 2014

Emily Oliva

Jul 6, 2014

Emily Oliva

Jun 30, 2014

WeMake

Pizza Friday—An Interview with Tom O'Toole & Thomas Bradley

Jun 30, 2014

WeMake

Jun 30, 2014

WeMake

Jun 2, 2014

Guest Contributor

Ink, Paper & Magic—An interview with Pinball Publishing founders Laura and Austin Whipple

Jun 2, 2014

Guest Contributor

Jun 2, 2014

Guest Contributor

SPRING 2014

Featured

May 27, 2014

Jessica Caldwell

Dig Deeper—An Interview with Keegan Wenkman

May 27, 2014

Jessica Caldwell

May 27, 2014

Jessica Caldwell

May 19, 2014

Emily Oliva

Emily Katz—Workshop Recap

May 19, 2014

Emily Oliva

May 19, 2014

Emily Oliva

Apr 7, 2014

WeMake

Book Release & Workshop with Mary Kate McDevitt

Apr 7, 2014

WeMake

Apr 7, 2014

WeMake

Apr 3, 2014

WeMake

RECAP—March sXc with Blaine Fontana

Apr 3, 2014

WeMake

Apr 3, 2014

WeMake

Apr 2, 2014

WeMake

Drop Cap Girl— sXc with Jessica Hische

Apr 2, 2014

WeMake

Apr 2, 2014

WeMake

Mar 26, 2014

WeMake

Punk Rock Modern—An Interview with Dan Stiles

Mar 26, 2014

WeMake

Mar 26, 2014

WeMake

Mar 17, 2014

Guest Contributor

Macramé Workshop with Emily Katz

Mar 17, 2014

Guest Contributor

Mar 17, 2014

Guest Contributor

Mar 12, 2014

WeMake

Book Release with Best Selling Author Austin Kleon

Mar 12, 2014

WeMake

Mar 12, 2014

WeMake

Mar 11, 2014

WeMake

Recap—Vance Feldman sXc

Mar 11, 2014

WeMake

Mar 11, 2014

WeMake

WINTER 2014

Featured

Feb 26, 2014

WeMake

Balancing Act—An Interview with Blaine Fontana

Feb 26, 2014

WeMake

Feb 26, 2014

WeMake

Feb 19, 2014

WeMake

RECAP—Discovery Workshop with Jessica Swift

Feb 19, 2014

WeMake

Feb 19, 2014

WeMake

Jan 28, 2014

Jessica Caldwell

February sketchXchange—Vance Feldman

Jan 28, 2014

Jessica Caldwell

Jan 28, 2014

Jessica Caldwell

Jan 14, 2014

WeMake

RECAP—January sketchXchange with Maryanna Hoggatt

Jan 14, 2014

WeMake

Jan 14, 2014

WeMake

Jan 13, 2014

WeMake

Surface Pattern Design Workshop with Jessica Swift

Jan 13, 2014

WeMake

Jan 13, 2014

WeMake

Dec 23, 2013

WeMake

Little Wolf and the Animal Battle—An Interview with Maryanna Hoggatt

Dec 23, 2013

WeMake

Dec 23, 2013

WeMake

WeMake is a non-profit 501(c)(3) that helps to foster art and design in Portland's creative community through hands-on experiences, creative dialogue, and design in action initiatives. Come make it happen.

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Our 26 Lettering Show is over, but you can grab your print now! Sales benefit arts education. We had some amazing d… https://t.co/HIlxKRI5sj
about a day ago

FOR SALE! Missed the 26 Lettering Show? Grab your prints in our shop today! These are limited edition silkscreened prints. Proceeds go towards arts education!
Featuring artists:
@brettpstenson @jessicahische @nickmisani @tobiashall @kkade_schwarzmaler @_craigblack @dani_loureiro @jordan_metcalf @erikmarinovich @markcaneso @masgrimes @shaunaparmesan @marykatemcdevitt @piesbrand @mrseaves101 @alessio_joseph @joshwhiggins @borrowed_times_pdx @zachumz @thomascbradley @martinaflor @magicmaia @annadrivis @bryantodd @coltbowden @monogramproject
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#wemakepdx #dwpdx #forartssake #pdxdesign #thisisculture

FOR SALE SOON! If you missed the 26 Lettering Show and you want a print, we have some left!! They will be up online by this Monday! Plus you can see them in person and purchase at @tillamookst M-F from 9-5. The show will be up for a few weeks!
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#wemakepdx #dwpdx #pdxart #silkscreenprint

Meet Travis Wheeler aka @borrowed_times_pdx Travis is a sign painter that paints everything by hand. He’s old school and does not use a computer or projector to create his work. It was great to have Travis in the 26 show tonight!
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#wemakepdx #dwpdx #wemakefriends

All our friends are out tonight. .
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#wemakepdx #dwpdx #wemakefriends

Jessica Hische dropped so much lettering magic tonight! Thank you to everyone who came out, and a HUGE THANK YOU to @jessicahische for the enlightenment 🤩 Fun sketches by the attendees-
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#wemakepdx #dwpdx #lettering #pdxdesign #thisisculture

The workshop today will be inspired by the psychedelic era of lettering. Thanks for already blowing our minds @jessicahische ✨💓🌈✨
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#wemakepdx #dwpdx #lettering #psychedelic #pdxdesign

Getting ready to kick off our Lettering Workshop with @jessicahische see you soon attendees! .
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#wemakepdx #dwpdx #lettering #pdxdesign

Thank you to everyone who made it out to see @jordan_metcalf talk about process and design! A huge Thank You to the @portlandartmuseum for supporting WeMake three years in a row as our host venue, we love it! And Thank You @erikmarinovich for being such a clever moderator!
Of course our events wouldn’t be possible without the many volunteers and the WeMake team to make it happen!! We’ve got two more days of our lettering exploration, hope to see you there!
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#wemakepdx #dwpdx #pdxdesign #designcommunity #sketchxchange #thisisculture

“Letter boys” ? Ha ha

Kicking off Design Week in style. ,
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#wemakepdx #dwpdx #sketchXchange #thisisculture

Remembering the first year of @designweekpdx we were unofficially the closing party and our pal @draplin was our sketchXchange guest. It was also our first year of WeMake Celebrates and we brought a whole new meaning to Birdhouse Design. Time flies when your having fun.

Join us tonight for a special DWPDX sketchXchange with @jordan_metcalf & @erikmarinovich as we kick off our celebration with three days of Lettering love ✨🖤✨
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#wemakepdx #dwpdx #putabirdinit #pdxdesign #sketchxchange

Our Lettering Exploration begins tomorrow with sketchXchange featuring @jordan_metcalf and @erikmarinovich at the @portlandartmuseum .
On Wednesday we have a sold out workshop with lettering artist and author Jessica Hische. We are excited to welcome @jessicahische back in town. She’s also a participating artist in 26–A Lettering Show happening in our HQ @tillamookst on 4/19. Come on by and grab a print, they’re only $20!
We’ll also have live silk screening and tacos on a bike with @tacopedalerpdx

Tickets are still available for sketchXchange, grab them in our link.

Funds raised from these three events goes towards arts education here in Portland! Yay! .
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#wemakepdx #pdxart #pdxedu #dwpdx #forartsake #sketchxchange

Thinking back on the very first Design Week and our little project Put A Bird In It. We named it that to poke fun at Portlandia. Designers and artists are much smarter than just putting birds on things, and these bird houses really showcased that. Put A Bird In It had a five year run, and raised about $50k, and each year we had 100 birdhouses submitted. Since then we’ve done a Pin Show and now this year a Lettering Show to celebrate @designweekpdx We can’t thank the community enough for their support in helping us raise money for arts education. We hope to see you out at an event next week! To see more birdhouses check out our Flickr via our site.
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#wemakepdx #putabirdinit #dwpdx #pdxdesign #pdxcommunity

‪#tbt to last years @designweekpdx with #pinthatshit We’ll be bringing it again this year with a lettering show, and we hope to see you there!‬
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. ‪#wemakepdx ‬#pdxdesign #pingamestrong #designforgood

Next week we are hosting three events on the exploration of lettering. Two of our events are sold out, with the third one almost there! This is our third year hosting at the @portlandartmuseum , which is rad. The first year @draplin and @joshwhiggins dropped F bombs and talked about punk rock. The second year @tuesdaybassen and @lisacongdon shared thoughts on being lady bosses and taking no shit. This year we can’t imagine what @jordan_metcalf & @erikmarinovich will get into, but whatever it is we know that it will be good, and maybe up to no good! Design is Culture Portland, grab your ticket today for arts sake. 100% goes back to arts education! 👊🏽💥 💯 .
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#wemakepdx #sketchxchange #forartssake #dwpdx #lettering

GIVEAWAY! Counting the days to @designweekpdx with our special sketchXchange at the @portlandartmuseum with designer @jordan_metcalf The event will now be moderated by San Fransisco based designer @erikmarinovich !
WIN FREE TICKETS!! We’ll be giving away 2 pairs of tickets each week until the event on 4/17. To win, tag a friend and tell us your favorite phrase you’d love to see in letters!
Winners will be announced on Friday!

#dwpdx #wemakepdx #lettering #easytiger #pdxdesign

GOOD NEWS / BAD NEWS Let’s start with the good news first!
We are excited to announce that San Fransisco designer and letterer Erik Marinovich will be moderating our DWPDX sketchXchange with Jordan Metcalf on 4/17.
What happened to Luke Choice you say? Poor Luke got stuck in Australia and won’t be able to make it home in time. Although, that might not be bad news for him, it’s a lot warmer there right now!
We will be thinking of you @velvetspectrum stranded on that island 🌴
And @erikmarinovich welcome aboard we’re stoked that you will be here to ask all the right questions to @jordan_metcalf
Grab your tickets now, this is about to be a sketchXplosion!

#wemakepdx #rollwiththepunches #dwpdx #sketchxchange #strandedonanisland

Ohhh do these look rad. Just some of the goodness that will be available at 26 4/19! .
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#wemake26 #wemakepdx #processisgolden #dwpdx #letteringlove

GIVEAWAY! We are so stoked for @designweekpdx this year and especially for our sketchXchange with @jordan_metcalf moderated by @velvetspectrum ! We want to give you tickets! We’ll be giving away 2 pairs of tickets each week until the event on 4/17. To win, tag a friend and tell us your favorite phrase you’d love to see in letters!
Winners will be announced on Friday!

#dwpdx #wemakepdx #lettering #Portland #pdxdesign

FOR SALE! Missed the 26 Lettering Show? Grab your prints in our shop today! These are limited edition silkscreened prints. Proceeds go towards arts education!
Featuring artists:
@brettpstenson @jessicahische @nickmisani @tobiashall @kkade_schwarzmaler @_craigblack @dani_loureiro @jordan_metcalf @erikmarinovich @markcaneso @masgrimes @shaunaparmesan @marykatemcdevitt @piesbrand @mrseaves101 @alessio_joseph @joshwhiggins @borrowed_times_pdx @zachumz @thomascbradley @martinaflor @magicmaia @annadrivis @bryantodd @coltbowden @monogramproject
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#wemakepdx #dwpdx #forartssake #pdxdesign #thisisculture

FOR SALE SOON! If you missed the 26 Lettering Show and you want a print, we have some left!! They will be up online by this Monday! Plus you can see them in person and purchase at @tillamookst M-F from 9-5. The show will be up for a few weeks!
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#wemakepdx #dwpdx #pdxart #silkscreenprint

Meet Travis Wheeler aka @borrowed_times_pdx Travis is a sign painter that paints everything by hand. He’s old school and does not use a computer or projector to create his work. It was great to have Travis in the 26 show tonight!
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#wemakepdx #dwpdx #wemakefriends

All our friends are out tonight. .
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#wemakepdx #dwpdx #wemakefriends

TONIGHT! Sun’s out fun’s out!
Come down to @tillamookst for one of the hottest lettering shows on the west coast! 26, features 26 lettering artists from around the world. We’ve silkscreened 40 prints from each artist and they are only $20 a piece!!!! Doors open at 5, prints go on sale at 6pm. All funds benefit arts education, what could be better than that?! We know it says sold out on the @designweekpdx site, but we’ll be letting people in all night, until 9pm. See you soon and a HUGE THANK YOU to these designers ( in no particular order) for making it happen!
@brettpstenson @jessicahische @nickmisani @tobiashall @kkade_schwarzmaler @_craigblack @dani_loureiro @jordan_metcalf @erikmarinovich @markcaneso @masgrimes @shaunaparmesan @marykatemcdevitt @piesbrand @mrseaves101 @alessio_joseph @joshwhiggins @borrowed_times_pdx @zachumz @thomascbradley @martinaflor @magicmaia @annadrivis @bryantodd @coltbowden @monogramproject .
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#wemakepdx #dwpdx #lettering #pdxdesign #sunsoutfunsout☀️

Jessica Hische dropped so much lettering magic tonight! Thank you to everyone who came out, and a HUGE THANK YOU to @jessicahische for the enlightenment 🤩 Fun sketches by the attendees-
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#wemakepdx #dwpdx #lettering #pdxdesign #thisisculture

The workshop today will be inspired by the psychedelic era of lettering. Thanks for already blowing our minds @jessicahische ✨💓🌈✨
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#wemakepdx #dwpdx #lettering #psychedelic #pdxdesign

Getting ready to kick off our Lettering Workshop with @jessicahische see you soon attendees! .
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#wemakepdx #dwpdx #lettering #pdxdesign

Thank you to everyone who made it out to see @jordan_metcalf talk about process and design! A huge Thank You to the @portlandartmuseum for supporting WeMake three years in a row as our host venue, we love it! And Thank You @erikmarinovich for being such a clever moderator!
Of course our events wouldn’t be possible without the many volunteers and the WeMake team to make it happen!! We’ve got two more days of our lettering exploration, hope to see you there!
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#wemakepdx #dwpdx #pdxdesign #designcommunity #sketchxchange #thisisculture

“Letter boys” ? Ha ha

Kicking off Design Week in style. ,
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#wemakepdx #dwpdx #sketchXchange #thisisculture

Remembering the first year of @designweekpdx we were unofficially the closing party and our pal @draplin was our sketchXchange guest. It was also our first year of WeMake Celebrates and we brought a whole new meaning to Birdhouse Design. Time flies when your having fun.

Join us tonight for a special DWPDX sketchXchange with @jordan_metcalf & @erikmarinovich as we kick off our celebration with three days of Lettering love ✨🖤✨
.
.
#wemakepdx #dwpdx #putabirdinit #pdxdesign #sketchxchange

Our Lettering Exploration begins tomorrow with sketchXchange featuring @jordan_metcalf and @erikmarinovich at the @portlandartmuseum .
On Wednesday we have a sold out workshop with lettering artist and author Jessica Hische. We are excited to welcome @jessicahische back in town. She’s also a participating artist in 26–A Lettering Show happening in our HQ @tillamookst on 4/19. Come on by and grab a print, they’re only $20!
We’ll also have live silk screening and tacos on a bike with @tacopedalerpdx

Tickets are still available for sketchXchange, grab them in our link.

Funds raised from these three events goes towards arts education here in Portland! Yay! .
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#wemakepdx #pdxart #pdxedu #dwpdx #forartsake #sketchxchange

Thinking back on the very first Design Week and our little project Put A Bird In It. We named it that to poke fun at Portlandia. Designers and artists are much smarter than just putting birds on things, and these bird houses really showcased that. Put A Bird In It had a five year run, and raised about $50k, and each year we had 100 birdhouses submitted. Since then we’ve done a Pin Show and now this year a Lettering Show to celebrate @designweekpdx We can’t thank the community enough for their support in helping us raise money for arts education. We hope to see you out at an event next week! To see more birdhouses check out our Flickr via our site.
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#wemakepdx #putabirdinit #dwpdx #pdxdesign #pdxcommunity

‪#tbt to last years @designweekpdx with #pinthatshit We’ll be bringing it again this year with a lettering show, and we hope to see you there!‬
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. ‪#wemakepdx ‬#pdxdesign #pingamestrong #designforgood

Next week we are hosting three events on the exploration of lettering. Two of our events are sold out, with the third one almost there! This is our third year hosting at the @portlandartmuseum , which is rad. The first year @draplin and @joshwhiggins dropped F bombs and talked about punk rock. The second year @tuesdaybassen and @lisacongdon shared thoughts on being lady bosses and taking no shit. This year we can’t imagine what @jordan_metcalf & @erikmarinovich will get into, but whatever it is we know that it will be good, and maybe up to no good! Design is Culture Portland, grab your ticket today for arts sake. 100% goes back to arts education! 👊🏽💥 💯 .
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#wemakepdx #sketchxchange #forartssake #dwpdx #lettering

GIVEAWAY! Counting the days to @designweekpdx with our special sketchXchange at the @portlandartmuseum with designer @jordan_metcalf The event will now be moderated by San Fransisco based designer @erikmarinovich !
WIN FREE TICKETS!! We’ll be giving away 2 pairs of tickets each week until the event on 4/17. To win, tag a friend and tell us your favorite phrase you’d love to see in letters!
Winners will be announced on Friday!

#dwpdx #wemakepdx #lettering #easytiger #pdxdesign

GOOD NEWS / BAD NEWS Let’s start with the good news first!
We are excited to announce that San Fransisco designer and letterer Erik Marinovich will be moderating our DWPDX sketchXchange with Jordan Metcalf on 4/17.
What happened to Luke Choice you say? Poor Luke got stuck in Australia and won’t be able to make it home in time. Although, that might not be bad news for him, it’s a lot warmer there right now!
We will be thinking of you @velvetspectrum stranded on that island 🌴
And @erikmarinovich welcome aboard we’re stoked that you will be here to ask all the right questions to @jordan_metcalf
Grab your tickets now, this is about to be a sketchXplosion!

#wemakepdx #rollwiththepunches #dwpdx #sketchxchange #strandedonanisland

Ohhh do these look rad. Just some of the goodness that will be available at 26 4/19! .
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#wemake26 #wemakepdx #processisgolden #dwpdx #letteringlove

GIVEAWAY! We are so stoked for @designweekpdx this year and especially for our sketchXchange with @jordan_metcalf moderated by @velvetspectrum ! We want to give you tickets! We’ll be giving away 2 pairs of tickets each week until the event on 4/17. To win, tag a friend and tell us your favorite phrase you’d love to see in letters!
Winners will be announced on Friday!

#dwpdx #wemakepdx #lettering #Portland #pdxdesign

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