Letterpress Today

  • Sexy Beast

    After months of troubleshooting, the new-to-me Heidelberg 10×15 Windmill is in the studio and running. Eventually, I will get a post together to detail the winding path that got it here, but for now, let’s just watch it do its thing for a spell.

  • Chicago Letterpress Maintenance Workshop

    Midwest Vandercook and letterpress enthusiasts should check this out! CHICAGO LETTERPRESS MAINTENANCE WORKSHOP Instructor: Paul Moxon This is an essential workshop for serious letterpress printer/artists with the top expert in the field. Paul Moxon is a studio letterpress printer, itinerant teacher and author of Vandercook Presses: Maintenance, History and Resources. He is also website editor-in-chief […]

  • High Tech, Low Tech

    When Bendyworks asked me to print their holiday cards at the end of the year I had no idea it would involve a video camera. But it did. And now, despite my serious aversion to being photographed/filmed, I’m sharing it with you.

  • Letterpress Goes Folk

    Okay, sure, letterpress probably already fell into some version of the “folk” genre, but Gillian Welch has made it official again on Tuesday when she released her new album, The Harrow & The Harvest. The beautiful cover illustration by John Dyer Baizley was letterpress printed at Aardvark Letterpress in California. Taking it one step further, […]