There is a printing craft that has taking a beating from Laserprinters, digital presses, direct to plate and inkjet imaging-it’s the old school, hot type letterpress studio.
When I was in Paris a few years ago- I stumbled into an old shop that still was composing type by hand- and it was a joy to look at ink pressed into paper.
I just found a site that is a guide to letterpress shops- and thought I would share:
D*S Letterpress Guide
Welcome- what you’ll find here is a working guide to some of the best letterpress studios in the country (as well as a few abroad).The guide is meant to be searched by the following categories: State, City, E-commerce Enabled, Custom Work and Pre-Made work. You’re more than welcome to read down the center column as you would with a blog but the list is much more useful when organized by search results.
If you know of any letterpress printers around Dayton OH- please add them to the letterpress guide- and drop a comment on this site.
Unbelievably, the Letterpress guide makes no reference to Hatch Show Print, the coolest place for band posters this side of Mars.
I’m looking for someone in DAYTON, OH to provide some letterpress training on Heidelberg Windmill presses. Training would be for die-cutting only. Please let me know. Thanks.
Found these people in St. Louis
http://www.firecrackerpress.com
Found a silk screen poster shop that looks interesting as well: http://prideofgumbo.com/
I’ve been searching for a letterpress place in Paris for ages! Can you tell me whereabouts you found the shop (if you can remember of course).
Thanks!
It was on a side street- in central Paris. I was walking- it was a long time ago. I’d look up wedding invitation printers- since that’s primarily what he did.