Contrary to yesterday's video of 1 woman operation, Lucy Print; Australian print shop, The Distillery is a full fledged retail operation with a clean storefront, a reception desk and multiple presses running at once. It's really a wonder to behold. If the shop wasn't cool enough, the work is stellar as well. … [Read more...]
The Distillery is By Far the Cleanest Letterpress Operation I’ve Seen
August 16, 2012 by Leave a Comment
All in the Process: Lucy Print
August 15, 2012 by 2 Comments
Cool process video from Lucy Print, a letterpress shop out of Miami. … [Read more...]
The Two Sisters of Two Tone Press are Too Good
August 3, 2012 by 2 Comments
Ah, how I love wordplay... Anyway, so are you in the mood for some killer, yet unpredictable letterpress work? That's good because I'm shoving Two Two Press down your throat for the moment, but I promise, it will taste delicious. Two Tone is a letterpress shop out of Kansas City, started by Michelle Dreher in 2005. Things were going so well, they broke up open doors and knocked down walls on a new space in 2010. In 2011, Dreher convinced her sister Angie to join forces. I met both ladies at Renegade LA, and despite the country-wide travelling from show to show, and weeks away from home, they both had really bright smiles and eager to talk to me about the work. I'm a big fan now, and in retrospect, I'm a bit disappointed in myself for not buying something from them because the work is right up my alley. There is an Etsy shop too, so I'll probably give that a go very soon. Cheers, ladies! … [Read more...]
Julie Dasher, Laurie DeMartino and Studio on Fire Make Letterpress Magic Together
July 19, 2012 by Leave a Comment
I snatched this one off of Beast Pieces, the in-house blog of Studio on Fire, a letterpress and design shop based in Minneapolis. The cards were designed by Laurie DeMartino for Julie Dasher Rugs and it's fair to say the collaboration created a seriously epic result. If you've ever researched a letterpress project, you'll know exactly how incredibly detailed, arduous and expensive this job was to print. All photos by Studio on Fire … [Read more...]
Is the Last Bastion of Hope Lost?
July 12, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Even though print seems to be flourishing in some areas, it is dying in others, as is the case with Aardvark Letterpress and McManus & Morgan Paper in downtown Los Angeles. Their business is drying up and they aren't sure how long they will be able to hold out, but hold out they will until there is nothing left to holdout for. There are some key arguments made in this video about why their businesses are not doing well anymore, and they have few illusions about their fate, but they carry on regardless. … [Read more...]
