Patrick Barber (he/him)
@impellerpress.com
impellerpress.com
📚 union book worker. publisher. printer. sound enthusiast.
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📚 union book worker. publisher. printer. sound enthusiast.
peep yon substack @impellerpress
…queer non-binary
…land back
…can’t not set type
tres tacos al pastor y un chile toreado / El Chisme Sabroso, NW 26th & Thurman, Portland / #tacoportrait
July 7, 2025 at 2:46 PM
tres tacos al pastor y un chile toreado / El Chisme Sabroso, NW 26th & Thurman, Portland / #tacoportrait
#tacoportrait tres de carnitas y un chile toreado at rico’s burritos on N Albina, Portland
June 12, 2025 at 8:28 PM
#tacoportrait tres de carnitas y un chile toreado at rico’s burritos on N Albina, Portland
This little zine is nearly 40 years in the making — I made the photos in 1986, and a few years back decided to compile the photos into a zine.
Tom Banger wrote a wonderful essay to go along with the photos. And now, it's done, and I am happy to share it with you. Get your copy at the Impeller shop!
Tom Banger wrote a wonderful essay to go along with the photos. And now, it's done, and I am happy to share it with you. Get your copy at the Impeller shop!
May 31, 2025 at 12:25 AM
This little zine is nearly 40 years in the making — I made the photos in 1986, and a few years back decided to compile the photos into a zine.
Tom Banger wrote a wonderful essay to go along with the photos. And now, it's done, and I am happy to share it with you. Get your copy at the Impeller shop!
Tom Banger wrote a wonderful essay to go along with the photos. And now, it's done, and I am happy to share it with you. Get your copy at the Impeller shop!
Happy Advance Day to Ancestral Performance Art, the new book from Impeller Press and Alissa Schwartz. Head to shop.impellerpress.com to purchase your copy.
May 22, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Happy Advance Day to Ancestral Performance Art, the new book from Impeller Press and Alissa Schwartz. Head to shop.impellerpress.com to purchase your copy.
details of some acrylic-on-paper explorations
May 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
details of some acrylic-on-paper explorations
Last week I was looking up Maile Meloy’s short story collection “Both Ways Is The Only Way I Want It” and learned that Kelly Reichardt made a film (in 2016!) from several stories in that book. And what a cast! I watched the film and loved it, and I’m looking forward to rereading the stories.
May 11, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Last week I was looking up Maile Meloy’s short story collection “Both Ways Is The Only Way I Want It” and learned that Kelly Reichardt made a film (in 2016!) from several stories in that book. And what a cast! I watched the film and loved it, and I’m looking forward to rereading the stories.
this is a cocktail called the gravity bar. because it is giving 90s seattle juice joint. mixologized by emily scheer for the bandit bar in portland.
May 11, 2025 at 3:23 AM
this is a cocktail called the gravity bar. because it is giving 90s seattle juice joint. mixologized by emily scheer for the bandit bar in portland.
Blowhole performing at No Life Records in Los Angeles, spring 1996
April 29, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Blowhole performing at No Life Records in Los Angeles, spring 1996
Happy short-sleeve-linen-sweater season to all who celebrate
April 29, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Happy short-sleeve-linen-sweater season to all who celebrate
some new stickers in the house!
March 25, 2025 at 1:18 AM
some new stickers in the house!
2011, Pickathon. Thao and the Get Down Stay Down. Left photo is dSLR, right photo is an Olympus XA and what looks like Fuji Superia.
March 19, 2025 at 2:19 AM
2011, Pickathon. Thao and the Get Down Stay Down. Left photo is dSLR, right photo is an Olympus XA and what looks like Fuji Superia.
detroit palimpsest (architectural detail)
February 21, 2025 at 3:35 AM
detroit palimpsest (architectural detail)
I shared some work-in-progress art on my latest Substack post. open.substack.com/pub/impeller...
February 20, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I shared some work-in-progress art on my latest Substack post. open.substack.com/pub/impeller...
I make pictures for recordkeeping, their own sake, and as self-sourcing for my design work.
these are from an archival series called “architectural detail.”
these are from an archival series called “architectural detail.”
February 15, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I make pictures for recordkeeping, their own sake, and as self-sourcing for my design work.
these are from an archival series called “architectural detail.”
these are from an archival series called “architectural detail.”
brutalism is warm concrete on a cold day (architectural detail)
power center for the performing arts, ann arbor mi, 2019
power center for the performing arts, ann arbor mi, 2019
February 15, 2025 at 2:33 AM
brutalism is warm concrete on a cold day (architectural detail)
power center for the performing arts, ann arbor mi, 2019
power center for the performing arts, ann arbor mi, 2019
Up late last night having extremely good, well-considered ideas
February 8, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Up late last night having extremely good, well-considered ideas
How I found and chose the words for this letterpress poster: impellerpress.substack.com/p/improvisat...
Even free subscribers to my newsletter receive a discount code to shop.impellerpress.com. Come check it out!
Even free subscribers to my newsletter receive a discount code to shop.impellerpress.com. Come check it out!
February 4, 2025 at 6:57 PM
How I found and chose the words for this letterpress poster: impellerpress.substack.com/p/improvisat...
Even free subscribers to my newsletter receive a discount code to shop.impellerpress.com. Come check it out!
Even free subscribers to my newsletter receive a discount code to shop.impellerpress.com. Come check it out!
Thinking about the words I choose as a printer and scribe. My pieces often speak about either the creative process or liberation. Or the power of creativity to liberate.
What about you? Do you notice any themes that show up for you in your work?
What about you? Do you notice any themes that show up for you in your work?
February 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Thinking about the words I choose as a printer and scribe. My pieces often speak about either the creative process or liberation. Or the power of creativity to liberate.
What about you? Do you notice any themes that show up for you in your work?
What about you? Do you notice any themes that show up for you in your work?
I made a calligraphy
January 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I made a calligraphy
A new food cart, A Comer, is thrillingly close to my apartment and they have pambazos. i look for pambazos everywhere I go, and rarely find them. And here they are, in Portland! Delicious too. Can’t wait to try everything else on the menu. Support your local carrito!
January 8, 2025 at 12:47 AM
A new food cart, A Comer, is thrillingly close to my apartment and they have pambazos. i look for pambazos everywhere I go, and rarely find them. And here they are, in Portland! Delicious too. Can’t wait to try everything else on the menu. Support your local carrito!
chin’s chinese kitchen. for the noodles.
November 21, 2024 at 9:32 PM
chin’s chinese kitchen. for the noodles.