Letterpress is the most beautiful way to put ink on paper, stamping the ink into the surface leaving a stunning impression and tactility. Letterpress is the oldest of the traditional printing techniques and remained the only. The book design is a gating item at the moment, to get plates made for printing, which will push the keepsake design finalization and printing back into late may or possibly into june. Letterpress prints product categories drawn the road again. Letterpress vintage style illustrated happy puppy dog bookplate labels. Get nice letterpress plates and polymer plates boxcar press. May 26, 2011 this is a great book as it has collected, im not sure how, a group of designers who are all clearly excellent print makers too.
We perform letterpress printing for a variety of business and personal needs, including personalized letterpress stationery, custom printed envelopes, custom letterpress business cards, custom invitations, and more. Designer and printer, rebecca kutys, is passionate about her work and takes pride in the quality of every finished project that leaves the studio. Each packet contains 20 gummed adhesive bookplates that measure 2. A manual for modern fine press printers by paul maravelas. This produces 8 cards per sheet in a process called a workandturn. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. His other book linoleum block printing is helpful, but not as applicable for letterpress. The grange ellesmere offers letterpress printing courses using its albion, adana, eagle and arab presses. Hand printed letterpress invitations on deckled edge handmade paper. Bookplate ink antioch bookplates ex libris for home, schools and.
Copper letterpress printing, plates for letterpress. A short video to distinguish our letterpress print process from screen print and hot foil printing. Since they are powered either by foottreadle or by motor, these presses can pose a safety risk of having a finger or hand crushed in between the moving parts of the press. Lets make you some really nice letterpress plates back in 2001, when we started making letterpress plates for other shops, we were in our windowless basement, washing out polymer plates by hand for about 5 other letterpress printers that we knew. Letterpress is a design and print service specializing in handset compositions and custom paper goods to meet your every need. Printed on high quality, acidfree, selfadhesive paper. We include some of our recent sketches painting, drawing or writing along with a few words of wisdom, letterpress printed for you to enjoy. We stock antique letterpress prints as well as reprints of vintage letterpress using traditional printing processes. A worker composes and locks movable type into the bed or chase of a press, inks it, and presses paper against it to. An illustrated guide to letterpress printing is a printing instruction book from the 1960s. We are after press, a letterpress studio in birmingham, alabama.
This one of a kind letterpress printed original poster was designed by brad vetter and codirector erin beckloff exclusively for the film. Our press room is specially designed to facilitate tuition and you will be learning in small groups from experienced tutors who embrace modern thinking as well as enjoying the traditional skills. They were easily printed upon with a laser printer and adhered to the inside of. Some of the technologies we use are necessary for critical functions like security and site integrity, account authentication, security and privacy preferences, internal site usage and maintenance data, and to make the site work correctly for browsing and transactions. In addition to custom stationary and letterpress business cards, printing services we. Bookplates can be personalized with the text and font of your choice. Foiling is a very similar process that uses heat to stamp the foil onto the paper, leaving a very eyecatching metallic shine. Once we have finalised the artwork, we then create polymer plates. Letterpress cat ex libris bookplates acid free made in the usa. Vintage letterpress printed bookplates, personalized with a name in your choice the bookplate is printed in black ink on 100% cotton archivalquality paper. This allows us flexibility through the design process, to easily make any revisions before going to print. There is a bookplate for every book, in colour or black and white, large, medium or. Learn we offer regular workshops in letterpress printing and bookbinding.
There is a nice emphasis on safety, tools and care of presses and helpful glossaries. The book centers around the private press with useful chapters on troubleshooting prints, paper types, rollers and packing. Love through letterpress creates unique letterpress stationery, greeting cards, art prints, stickers, wedding invitations and other fine paper goods. If you want to print bookplates for books you are giving to a library, we have. Born out of the hearts and minds of many, we are of artists and designers, of writers and handletterers, of painters and sculptors, of creators and creatives. Letterpress printing is a technique of relief printing using a printing press, a process by which many copies are produced by repeated direct impression of an inked, raised surface against sheets or a continuous roll of paper.
Printable bookplates for donated books with images book gifts. A unique gift for book lovers with a big impact for a young readers library. Vintage letterpress bookshelf library cat ex libris bookplate labels. Geralyn will demonstrate five fun techniques for printing with letterpress plates for your layouts, cards, and pocket pages. This plate prints an area half the size of the sheet. This class offers an indepth look at how geralyn sy incorporates letterpress into her creative process, from start to finish. The information is geared toward setting lead type and printing on platen presses. Free printable bookplates for book donations and books youre giving as gifts.
Join facebook to connect with rick harden and others you may know. Whether youre a designer, bride, wedding planner or business owner were here to help you get the printed piece you want. Practical printinga handbook of the art of typography by john southward. Moontree letterpress is a small letterpress studio located in durham, pennsylvania, situated next to the delaware river in beautiful bucks county. You will receive a response within 48 hours to set up a consultation about your project, in person if youre local, or via phone, skype, or email whichever works best for you. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the. After press a letterpress studio in birmingham, alabama. We work to give life to good, thoughtful design as ink meets paper.
She is the cofounder of the ladies of letterpress, a vibrant online community of approximately 1,500 members worldwide. Printed this section includes publications by temporary services, half letter press, public collectors, breakdown break down press, and many of our friends and allies. My only complaint, and it may seem minor, is that there seems to have been little or no editing of the texts. We use hand operated, antique printing presses, movable type, and photo polymer printing plates to craft beautiful letterpress printing. New listing hamilton wood type complete alphabet numbers characters letterpress 2 12 tall. Each job is printed with care and attention that will leave an impression. Letterpress prints for sale at new zealand fine prints. Letterpress printing, in commercial printing, process by which many copies of an image are produced by repeated direct impression of an inked, raised surface against sheets or a continuous roll of paper. A bookplate also known as exlibris is a printed or decorative label pasted into a book, often on the front endpaper, to indicate ownership. These book plates were purchased for the school library book donation program. The poster is a combination of old and new technologies. Peel off each label and attach to the inside front cover of the book. Letterpress books, how to letterpress boxcar press.
Custom design shed letterpress is happy to design a business card, announcement, or invitation just for you. The sheet of paper is handfed through the press twice, once from each end of the paper. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Bookplates in general have been around likely as long as home libraries and are usually pasted to the inside. Check out our printable bookplates selection for the very best in unique or custom, handmade pieces from our digital prints shops. Hand printed on acid free parchment paper by artisans in a small studio on swan island, maine. After getting more and more work we decided we could use another more automated press.
The l letterpress was designed to use the kf152 deep relief plastic backed photopolymer plates. Kids bookplate labels by ink tree press with images bookplate. It covers just about everything one needs to know about printing with handset moveable type on a platen press. The southern letterpress handcrafted printing in the southeast. We print our invitations one at a time on antique presses, feeding each piece of. I really believe that it is very good to start instilling good. The 220 lb crane lettra paper, double than the standard 110 lb weight and more than twice the cost, allows for a. Quickutz l letterpress letterpress plates a photopolymer. Since opening in 2005, quality letterpress has become the place for letterpress in san diego. A classic book on the subject, and one that my folks use constantly is polks practice of printing. Distinguish copies made using a transfer process and bound in a letterpress book from inkonpaper works made using a letterpress 1. Letterpress printing as an art form in itself exquisite editions at the national print museum showcases the best fine print books sat, mar 21, 2015, 11. You can select a name to be printed in the lower box in your choice of color shown in the attached picture. While it doesnt address photopolymer, it does bring up a lot of great instruction on letterpress in general.
Nibu letterpress is a sustainable letterpress printing studio committed to creating your dreams on paper our respect for traditional printing processes lead us to offer artisanal products, from the cutting of the paper to the mixing of the ink and from setting up of our antique presses to the manual inspection of each and every one of our products. We are now fully equipped to get to work on even more custom letterpress pieces and are excited to see what the future holds for noteworthy letterpress. Setup and registration is super easy with the plastic grid base of the press and the adhesive backing that the plates come with. Printing glenn fleishman writes words about things. Representing the land of the free and the home of the brave. These plates can be ordered directly from our website. Almost every print we create begins on the screen, as vector files. Kids who are learning how to write love this gift, and learn the joy of sending and receiving real mail through the good old united states postal system. Perfect for donating a book to the library or for giving a book to someone you. A wonderful resource for ideas, and for the technical reader too. Books on letterpress printing in need of suggestions. Letterpress prints product categories chandler oleary. The oldest form of printing, letterpress is a relief printing technique in which a raised plate is inked and then pressed into the paper for a deep tactile impression.