Author Archives: bryan
New Pin Templates!
We’ve just posted a revised template for you to submit your own Portland Pins designs on. Print out as many of the sheets as you like and leave the completed designs at one of our drop boxes in Portland!
Pecha Kucha At SPACE Gallery Tonight
We know this is late notice, but we wanted to tell you that we (Bryan and Kris) will be doing a Portland Pins presentation at the Pecha Kucha Portland event at SPACE Gallery tonight! Doors open at 6:30 pm and … Continue reading
PICNIC! + We’re In The Papers
We’ll be at the PICNIC Holiday Sale today with a table, where we’ll have the pin machine, as well as our own photo and illustration prints and pins for sale. Come say hi! We were excited to open up a … Continue reading
Find Us At Find!
Have you been looking for the Portland Pins machine that’s been moving around town? It started out at Coast City Comics before moving on to SPACE Gallery (and a few other special events, including PICNIC and MECA events), and now … Continue reading
Vintage Pins Seen This Weekend
This weekend I came across some interesting vintage 1″ pins. At the Big Chicken Barn I found a huge selection of pins (both 1″ and otherwise) including those pictured below (oddly placed on a hat covering a Phrenology bust) as … Continue reading
Portland Pins in Maine Magazine
The debut issue of The Maine Magazine includes a nice mention of Portland Pins on page 34. Check it out in the online version (archived here) or pick it up and admire the shiny new publication in person (we like … Continue reading
Woah, Pins.
As you may have noticed, there’s been a stream of posts on here with scanned templates of pins that we’ve received through this project. The titles of the posts are the artists’ names, and when available, the image links to … Continue reading
August Update!
We decided to change plans a bit. Please keep those location suggestions coming, as we’ll need to pick a new location eventually, but for now we’ve removed the Portland Pins machine from Coast City Comics / The Fun Box Monster … Continue reading
Who Wants To Host Portland Pins?
As we’re heading into the third month of this art experiment, we figured it was time to let the Portland community be even more involved. After all, it is a collaborative project. It’s also random. That said, we’re offering the … Continue reading
New Pins Location: Coast City Comics / Fun Box Monster Emporium!
It’s First Friday! That means it’s time for a new location where you can get Portland Pins! We purchased a new machine for the occasion (this one works every time, no more wrestling to get your pin out) and will … Continue reading
New Location TBA Tomorrow…
Maybe you’ve figured out where the second location for the Portland Pins machine will be (or maybe we told you, because we’re terrible at keeping secrets when we’re excited about something), but we’ll announce it officially tomorrow morning. Assuming the … Continue reading
New Site, New Drop Boxes!
Welcome to the new Portland Pins website! This little project felt like it was outgrowing its former home on HillyTown.com, so we decided to give it a little more room to breathe! We’ll have the pin samples online soon, so … Continue reading
