My favourite letterpress printers are Eastsix, an invitation design studio based in New York City. Run by “East-Siders”, Stacey and Marina (life-long friends from the age of 6), they aim to create a unique and beautiful design that suit the clients down to a ‘T’.
You can’t help but be awed by such intricate calligraphic and baroque-style press work. Add to that the tasteful colour palettes, high-quality paper, and you’ve got some beautiful invitations for your event.
Waste Yourself, the not-at-all-waste product of the mind of Norman Hayes, is a design studio based in Nottingham. Hugely popular for his dark and edgy work, Norm also does letterpress work in his garage, of all places. Not bad, if you ask me.
NB: The studio recently had a new addition in the form of Pone aka. Alex Fowkes, whose work I’m also a big fan of.
“Walking into our print room is like stepping back in time. The aroma of a letterpress print room is so nostalgic.”
Blush Publishing is a letterpress printing studio based in North Wales. Their oldest printing press dates back to 1893 and is ‘treadle powered’, so it uses no electricity. Each piece of paper is hand-fed, a highly tactile experience, and one which they describe as “a work of art”, and “beautiful…and mesmerising”. In short, they love what they do. And they create some highly inspiring designs as a result; just take a look at some of these:
Another US Letterpress designer – Alee & Press. Slightly less decorative than Eastsix, but still very pretty.
They’re 100% “Eco-Conscious”, only print with soy-based inks, and use 100% cotton paper (aka. “tree-free”!). They even shred their own packing material from misprints and scraps.
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Louella Press uses slightly more tongue-in-cheek, typographic based designs – even so, they’re still incredibly well put together.
Take a look at their Etsy shop for more designs.
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Paul 3 Sep 2010
I love this effect! Maybe not the frilly stuff though
Jess Gurr 3 Sep 2010
But it’s so pretty
It is a lovely effect – gives a really nice tactile feel to what otherwise might be just a flat design.
Peter Faarup 3 Sep 2010
I think I would keep one of those if I got one.
Lovely cards!
John W 3 Sep 2010
LOVE IT ! ! ! I keep wanting letterpress printing but I never do it. I need someone to give me a push I guess.
Nice stuff.
Lettings Agents 4 Sep 2010
It seem to be a mix combination of both western and eastern, really cool stuff.
Bronson 4 Sep 2010
Wow,this showcase is great – the letterpress looks super cool and the nice clean images reveal a close look at the details.
Great work & a great reference.
Tom Woodhouse 4 Sep 2010
Very nice work, close ups on some of them seem to have enhanced detail of the letterpress.
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