{"id":2458761,"date":"2020-05-22T14:20:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T20:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=326036"},"modified":"2020-05-22T14:20:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T20:20:00","slug":"high-country-add-cannabis-inspired-wanderlust-to-your-walls-with-goldleafs-travel-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/high-country-add-cannabis-inspired-wanderlust-to-your-walls-with-goldleafs-travel-series\/","title":{"rendered":"High Country: Add Cannabis-Inspired Wanderlust To Your Walls With Goldleaf\u2019s Travel Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/IMAGE_1-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/IMAGE_1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/IMAGE_1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/IMAGE_1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/IMAGE_1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/IMAGE_1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p><figcaption><strong>Goldleaf\u2019s Colorado piece from their &#8220;Cannabis Travel Art Print Series&#8221;<\/strong><br \/><em>Courtesy Goldleaf<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>With summer travel plans in jeopardy and more time at home staring at your walls than ever, adding new artwork is one way to find a fresh perspective. Enter Goldleaf, a boutique printing company for the cannabis community known for its thoughtfully designed patient journals,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/katieshapiro\/2019\/11\/22\/holiday-gift-guide-2019-the-best-cannabis-kitchen-essentials\/#4290127415db\" class>recipe cards<\/a>, grow planners and graphic prints.<\/p>\n<p>Founder Charles McElroy has unveiled Goldleaf\u2019s debut \u201cCannabis Travel Art Print Series\u201d<em>&nbsp;<\/em>\u2014 a collaboration with award-winning artists Nicholas Moegly, Eugenia Mello and John Vogl \u2014 to showcase the myriad of cannabis attributes, microclimates, grow styles and cultures within the United States.<\/p>\n<p>McElroy commissioned each designer to visualize their own take on five regions: Colorado for its embrace of technological innovation; Oregon for its removal of barriers to entry for individual growers; Northern California for its environmentally-sensitive cannabis production methods; and Southern California for its inclusive industry practices and promotion of social justice within the cannabis space.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was really inspired by the vintage lithographic style travel prints that were popular in the early to middle 20th century,\u201d McElroy shared with me via email. \u201cBeing a Cincinnati native, I would frequent the Taft Museum of Art, which has an amazing&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/taftmuseum.org\/art\/exhibitions\/cincinnati-posters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">permanent collection<\/a>&nbsp;of this type of work [most of the lithographic prints from the late 1800s to mid-1900s were produced in Cincinnati]. I wanted to find artists who were accomplished in this style and could not only make something beautiful, but integrate cannabis in a subtle and tasteful way.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\" readability=\"6\">\n<div class=\"row at-donation at-donation-mobile p-0\" readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/AT-logo-white.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/AT-logo-white.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\" onclick=\"handleDonationButtonClickMidArticle()\">Donate<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Still based in Cincinnati, McElroy founded&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/shopgoldleaf.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Goldleaf<\/a>&nbsp;in 2016, \u201cwith a goal to normalize the subject of cannabis, and create helpful tools for people who wanted to better understand the plant,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>After stepping away from an organic clothing company he helped create, McElroy maintained his minimalistic aesthetic \u2014 influenced by Danish modern design \u2014 and translated it to cannabis.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had never seen anything in cannabis associated with that sort of look. I thought that by presenting our work in a way that married design and mature content, it would make the topic [of cannabis] more accessible to people who might have reservations,\u201d added McElroy. \u201cThe subject can be polarizing, especially in places like the Midwest, so presenting our work with a science-forward voice and digestible design principles was a disarming way to highlight the world of cannabis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Each edition is printed on uncoated, Forest Stewardship Council-<a href=\"https:\/\/us.fsc.org\/en-us\/certification\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">certified<\/a>&nbsp;archival paper and is available in two sizes (18 x 24\u201d and 24 x 36\u201d) with the option of adding on handmade Goldleaf hanging rails in walnut or maple. Goldleaf has also created four limited-edition, signed versions that are being donated to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lastprisonerproject.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Last Prisoner Project<\/a>&nbsp;for auction, while 10% of all \u201cCannabis Travel Art Print Series\u201d proceeds go to the nonprofit organization, which fights cannabis criminal injustice.<\/p>\n<p>Also a longtime cannabis activist vocal for veteran access to medical cannabis, McElroy first learned about the history of marijuana in high school, admittedly \u201ctrying it a few years later\u201d during his time studying engineering technology at Ohio University. He has since dedicated thousands of volunteer hours to organizations from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/norml.org\/states\/oh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ohio NORML<\/a>&nbsp;to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mpp.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marijuana Policy Project<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy work with those organizations was modest and entry level, and I remember feeling frustrated that I couldn\u2019t do more. It took some time, but I eventually found a way I could uniquely help move the needle in a positive direction. That was Goldleaf,\u201d said McElroy.<\/p>\n<p><em>Katie Shapiro can be reached at&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"mailto:katie@katieshapiromedia.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">katie@katieshapiromedia.com<\/a><em>&nbsp;and followed on Twitter&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bykatieshapiro\" class><em>@bykatieshapiro<\/em><\/a><em>.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/high-country-add-cannabis-inspired-wanderlust-to-your-walls-with-goldleafs-travel-series\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Goldleaf\u2019s Colorado piece from their &#8220;Cannabis Travel Art Print Series&#8221;Courtesy Goldleaf With summer travel plans in jeopardy and more time at home staring at your walls than ever, adding new artwork is one way to find a fresh perspective. Enter Goldleaf, a boutique printing company for the cannabis community known for its thoughtfully designed patient [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2458761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-17 09:34:00","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2458761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2458761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2458761\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2458761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2458761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2458761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}