Letterpress Made Simple or Diminished?

The craft of letterpress has a long history and has gained popularity as it’s equipment has been hard to find and creates a quality like no other for printing projects. Recently a company called Lifestyle Crafts has released the L Letterpress Combo Kit that allows anyone to have a letterpress-effect on stationery. I saw it with my own eyes in AC Moore yesterday which led to this post, the effect looks nice but what about the letterpress industry? While... Read More

Typeface

Typeface is a documentary bringing perseverance to the forefront for the printing industry. It focuses on a midwestern museum and print shop where artists meet craftsmen and modern design meets traditional technique. The film is brought to you be Kartemquin Films Justine Nagan and features The Hamilton Wood Type Museum in Wisconsin that houses over 1.5 million wood letterforms (heaven!!!). All of that inspiration inside of one building, I can’t... Read More

Meet Your Printmaker

Printmaker I stumbled upon a site last night called Meet Your Printmaker that is a directory of commercial and independent printers and printmakers from all over the world. The goal of the site is to become a resource for artists and designers looking to work with or locate unique printers. Too often, especially in the design world, printers are uncredited and behind the scenes. We would like to bring them forward. If you’re a printer, go on... Read More