Letterpress

Raw Wine is an international two-day wine fair that takes place in the cities of LA, London, Berlin and New York. It was founded by Deborah Lambert and Isabelle Legeron MW, France’s only female master of wine, and provides an opportunity for growers, makers and buyers to get together. Raw Wine is also a celebration of ...

Letterpress Printmaking Art from Julia Humfress. Using vintage wood type and traditional letterpress techniques.

Have you ever picked up a printed work and taken a minute to admire the feel of it? You hold the paper and get a feel for the thickness and texture while noting the impressions of each letter? That is the beauty of letterpress. This style of printing presses the image into the paper in [&h...

Wood type is growing branches all over the country. Frank Baseman, proprietor of Base Press, is “channeling my inner Ben Franklin,” he says. Why? Because “I live just outside of Philadelphia; my first name is Frank; Ben was a very accomplished printer; and several of the quotes I have been using were from witty ole Ben.” His recent series of letterpress posters is the physical manifestation. His rebus quotes will be on view at the Rouse Gallery of the Stuckeman School at The

I love how letterpress looks so I really wanted to try making my own letterpress wedding invitatio...

Sharing the letterpress stationery designers I love, from the colorful and maximalist to elegant and timeless.

How to Make Affordable DIY Letterpress Wedding Invitations: I think the simplicity of letterpress is beautiful. I am in love with the debossed effect, the solid colours and all the endless variations caused by handcrafting each piece. Letterpress is all very enchanting, which is why I wanted letterpress wedd…

DIY Letterpress Archives - Boxcar Press

This is a poster I did for an event at Red Square Agency featuring letter press revivalist Amos Kennedy. Scanned wood block textures and wood type were used for the elements. If you don't know who Amos Kennedy is, check out his work at kennedyprints.com.