This is a how to article in creating a letterpress plate from the beginning to the end. The order starts out with a design, a color chosen, and a file sent. On this order the designer created a vector art file and set a fill to pms 872 gold. The document was then exported to… Read More Creating a letterpress plate using artwork exported to pdf
Started our Christmas cards this weekend!!! It is that time of year, while giving thanks for the fridge full of delicious Thanksgiving leftovers…we shift into Christmas mode. The history of greeting cards dates back to the ancient Chinese who exchanged messages of goodwill to celebrate a New Year, and to early Egyptians who used papyrus… Read More LetterPressing Cards
Excited about our newest press…a Chandler & Price Platen Press – 12×18. Just purchased it today and can’t wait to get this press moved into our studio. The C&P was built to last, it’s not unusual to find them still operating after over 50 years of daily use. It is a hand feed press and… Read More A Proper Platten: C&P Letterpress