straight spine ~ jack pine

Over the next few weeks you’ll see this poster up around Charlottetown:The poster—for the July 14, 2026 edition of Jack Pine Folk Club—is a reproduction of an original lino reduction print by Lisa, the result of weeks of research, planning, carving, and printing. It’s a visual tour de force, and it captures the craggy essence of the jack pine so well.Jack Pine Folk Club is a Shane Pendergast project, one that “channels the spirit of a 1960s folk coffeehouse.” Hosted at the Trailside, it’s an evening we’ve become quite fond of, and so when the opportunity came up to collaborate with Brandon Hood, who manages the visual language of the project, we jumped at it. Brandon took Lisa’s image and wrapped it in a lovely rich orange, with Futura typography, for the poster.The rendering of the jack pine, which Lisa titled straight spine ~ jack pine, started in April with a recon trip to East Bideford, reputed to host the Island’s largest concentration of the trees. And jack pines we found.We…