Here’s a project I couldn’t help but back, even though it’s already surpassed its desired funding goal. LetterMpress™ is a project created by John Bonadies that gives unprecedented digital access to the experience of letterpress. That’s right. Digital letterpress!
Letterpress printing has enjoyed a petite renaissance in recent years. Outmoded by offset during the 1950s, the fastidious craft has become vogue in today’s digital era, prized for its tactile aesthetic and superior print impression. Indeed, it was these qualities that led me to seek out a letterpress printer to produce my friend’s wedding invitations. […]
I am in love with the personable, quirky wedding invites from Keegan Meegan Press & Bindery in Portland, Or. Co-founded by Katy Meegan and Keegan Wenkman in 2007, the studio is best known for their hand-illustrated letterpress work, and you can see why! Check out Wenkman’s pen and ink drawings at One Foot In Front […]
In response to our Maker Business coverage, I got a wonderful email from Fran Shea of Zeichen Press. She wanted to tell us about her foray into the small letterpress business she started with her sister-in-law, Jen. Being a huge letterpress fanboy, how could I resist? Here’s a short interview I conducted with Fran. — […]
A chance discovery leads a letterpress printer on a journey to preserve a lost form of engraving, wood-engraved dictionary illustrations.
Rediscovering a gorgeous, short-lived Victorian-era style of letterpress printing.
Based in Portland, Oregon, Egg Press print shop has been designing and hand-printing gorgeousness since 1999. For 10 years, they’ve been cranking out quality on their vintage presses. To commemorate their anniversary, they made this neat video that gives a mesmerizing view into their workshop. (Pictured above are their Wild Things and Botanicals card collections.)
