Howdy! Julie Belcher of Pioneer House will be at the BIG CRAFTY in Asheville, NC for 2 days only for holiday shopping - hand printed holiday cards, art monoprints, stocking stuffers and great art home decor gifts including encaustic & mixed media paintings.

Group Show of Knoxville Artists. Opening Reception is Friday November 10, 6-9pm - Cara & Julie of Pioneer House are both participating. Hope to see you at the opening or come by to see the work of 25 local printmakers.

BJ Alumbaugh, Stacia Baldwin, Gabrielle Barnhart, Julie Belcher, Holly Briggs, Carl Gombert, Jace Hermanto, Jake Ingram, Chance Losher, Ashton Ludden, Elysia Mann, Ashlee Mays, Mary O'neill, Rebeca Ortiz, Cara Pfenningwerth, Tatiana Potts, Adam Rowe, Kelly Sullivan, Sarah Shebaro, Baxter Stults, Logan Szymanowski, Rick Turner, Jessie Van der Laan, Nkem Warner, Cali York

We are moving our Knoxville studio and store after 25 years downtown on Gay Street and would like to invite you all to come to the last SUPER SALE at our old location - downtown - 413 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902

Sale goes from September 2 until September 17 , from Noon-6pm - everything must go. Bring a truck for great deals on letterpress type cabinets. (We are moving to a smaller space a mile away - which will open later this year) If you want to order something on our “letterpress for sale” equipment page it must be prepaid and picked up by September 16 at 5pm if possible. No Refunds

HANDPRINTED PAPER

We are having a massive paper goods sale, prints, posters, greeting cards, blanks, envelopes and other goodies, all at rock bottom prices. This will be the last chance for some of these relics. ART

LETTERPRESS TYPE

Literally tons of antique cabinets, typography (wood and metal), leading, antique blocks, plates and cuts, for a peek at some of those items click black button below. I will have much more than pictured but will update as I get more out and priced. ***If you want to set up a printshop - talk to me, I can help you***

VINTAGE

Vintage western wear and Native American jewelry 30-50% off on select items. We will not have boots or fancy suits on sale. Cowboy Phil gathering good stuff, pix to come. All baseball jerseys will be on sale for all you vintage baseball fans! Some sneak peeks to come.

THANK YOU

I want to thank a few of the important printers patrons along my journey of reviving a lost art, letterpress hand set type and hand printing - These folks helped me find the most desirable, unique and rare type, cuts and equipment and answered countless questions. I am not closing my shop - I will continue to have my Pioneer House Press but this is a chance for me to pass along my knowledge and treasures to other printmakers.

Nelson Nidifer, Printers Products, Huntington, WV

Lloyd Morgan, Morgan Press and Typographers, Hastings on Hudson, NY

Holland Ingram, Stubley Knox Litho, South Knoxville, TN

Les Fellers, Chicago Printing Museum, Chicago, IL

Bill Bailey, Southern Poster, Atlanta, GA

Dave & Charlene Churchman, Indianapolis, IN

Jerry Spurlock, SOS Linotype, Goodlettsville, TN

Visit our gallery during Big Ears Festival for encaustic mixed media paintings by Peggy Hambright and Julie Belcher - the KNOXVILLE GIRLS - on display at Pioneer House. Also we will be offering live letterpress printmaking demos in our on site studio. We have been making monoprints, greeting cards, posters and more, all by hand on our antique printing presses for over 25 years. Don’t forget to join us at the Cattywampus Puppet Parade and Second Line with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band too!

If you have been interested in learning encaustic techniques we offer individual (or up to 3 people) private instruction in Knoxville, TN. Please email julie@pioneer-house.com to inquire about a 1 or 2 day intensive workshop - all materials and equipment included to learn about mixed media and collage with melted beeswax paint. Encaustic paint, hake brushes and wooden canvases offered at a discount if you want to take materials home for your own practice. The art supplies are always available at Pioneer House brick and mortar. For online art supply sales see link below.

We will be at this HOLIDAY SHOW with handmade Christmas cards, letterpress gifts, mixed media paintings and stocking stuffers. Come see us at the BIG CRAFTY in Asheville, NC for all the goodies.

Hi Folks,

***The workshop is SOLD OUT but they may add more spots hopefully as Covid gets better under control, Call Arrowmont to get on a waiting list or to check on availability***

Julie Belcher will be teaching a workshop this year at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, in Gatlinburg, TN. Applications open February 1 , 2021 so put it on your calendar if you want to learn some quick printmaking with typography and combining paper with encaustic beeswax. Class capacity is small and Covid safety protocols will be in place. Read all about the class and safety at the link. Thanks

This workshop will feature guerrilla printmaking techniques to create original monoprints on paper that students will encase and layer in luxurious translucent and pigmented beeswax. Participants will work with typography, letterforms as words; but also, as pattern and texture on various papers that they can paint, tear, collage and then fuse the layers of imagery with melted wax on a wooden canvas. This unique combination of impressions on paper and wax will make for great experimentation and provide plenty of techniques to take home and apply to your own practice. Open to all skill levels.

Howdee World!

How are you? We are allowing 3-4 people into the store at a time, via pre-arranged appointment or knock if you are passing by. To schedule a Covid safe - MASK REQUIRED - distanced visit, please email Julie@Pioneer-House.com We are not available every day but will do our best to meet up with you. Thanks for your support of Pioneer House Letterpress and Design.

Hello Friends and Neighbors - We are sorry to be missing all of you this spring and summer at various music events and art happenings but all events have been either cancelled or postponed and until we know otherwise we don’t have anything to announce for 2020 at this time. Mail order if you see something you like or ask us if you can’t find what you are looking for. xoxo

Hey Hey friends - Hillary Justin is including some Pioneer House Vintage in her El Cosmico Trans Pecos Festival Pop Up at FREDA. Come on!!!

If you are in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana or heading over to Festival Acadiens in Lafayette peek into Tante Marie to see encaustic mixed media and monoprint work by Julie Belcher August-October. Bright colors, cutouts, oil paint, letterpress on paper and mixed media on wood pieces on display. To purchase contact julie@pioneer-house.com or Emolyn Liden via Tante Marie.

Howdee Podners,

Get ready for the greatest vintage western wear weekend at the Nashville Boogie. Get all gussied up for some great live music, car show, record fair and wonderful vintage dealers will be set up in the ballroom. Link for tickets to the festival but the VINTAGE MARKET is FREE to the public. If you love vintage cowboy hats, cowgirl boots, western Nudie suits, snap shirts, rhinestones, chain stitching, and fancy cowboy couture - Manuel, Nathan Turk, Fay Ward, H Bar C, Vaquero? - this is the weekend for you. Come visit Pioneer House’s Cowboy Phil & Miss Julie in May at Opryland in May!

Friday & Saturday ONLY: May 24 & 25, 2019, noon to 10pm

Hello New Orleans - It’s that time again - JAZZ FEST Time - so if you live in New Orleans or if you are visiting for French Quarter Fest, Bayou Boogaloo or either weekend of Jazz Fest 50th Anniversary come see new mixed media work by Julie Belcher and wonderful woodcuts by former New Orleanian Sean Starwars. The show is going up in April with a Second Saturday St. Claude Artwalk on April 13, 6-9 and Meet &Greet with the artists April 25, 6-9. Show will be up thru June 8. All work is for sale to take home with you. Show location is at the new Anchor and Arrow Dry Goods - Vintage, Art & Music - in the Bywater at the corner of Dauphine and Congress.

JULIE BELCHER & SEAN STARWARS - Reception for these 2 artists - Live In Person in New Orleans for 1 night only. Yes it’s Jazz Fest Day 1 - so come after your fun music filled day for a fun art filled evening, or come see the art anytime - show is up until June 8, 2019.

Come meet the artists of our current show at Anchor & Arrow Dry Goods. Outlaw printmaker, Sean Starwars, has been making woodcuts for over 25 years, currently from his studio in Laurel, Mississippi. His bold plywood carvings of pop culture, music and of course Starwars icons are hand printed onto brightly colored papers and on display at this new Bywater shop. Julie Belcher shares a letterpress printmaking background and is showing some new mixed media paintings which layer her linocut prints with encaustic beeswax, tissue paper drawings and incised lines on wood. Both artists have a great collaborative history in printmaking & showing work in Louisiana - Sean as a former LSU student and New Orleans resident and Julie as a current resident and long time Contemporary Crafts artist at Jazz Fest. Come visit the shop and these artists and see their work which will be on view and for sale thru June 8. Meet and greet is Thursday, April 25, 6-9pm

Same day, April 25 as the artist reception but from 2-6pm there will be a LOVE [Louisiana Original Vintage Eyewear] trunk show with Miss Karen - Browse never-worn vintage eyeglass frames from the 50s to the 90s! Teardrop, horn rim, cat eye, Lucite, metal - all sizes, and all from the same collection! SEE you there!!! Anchor & Arrow Dry Goods

It’s that time of year - Ollie Belle is bringing her wonderful selection of sterling silver jewelry collected from far & wide back to the Pioneer House. 4 DAYS ONLY. And give her a big Happy Birthday on December 6. All sorts of bolo ties, rings, bracelets, necklaces, pendants, pins, earrings and more available for special gift giving.