We sure love paper here! Here’s some of our cotton and bamboo papers. We have 1-ply, 2-ply, ivory, white and other kinds too. Becky is in the background. She does stand behind her work.
by Carrie Valenzuela, letterpress printer. 2:30 p.m.
Letterpress printer Mike has a special attachment to Bella Figura’s Charmed NY design! If you could hear the man speak you’d know that’s his hometown. Viva New York!
by Carrie Valenzuela, letterpress printer. 2:13 p.m.
Here is an example of beautiful letterpress blind deboss! The plate is printed with no ink leaving only an impression that is pressed deeply to create an interplay of shadow and paper.
by Carrie Valenzuela, letterpress printer. 1:59 p.m.
Here is another one of our presses that does flat printing AKA offset printing. It is a printing method where the inked plate presses against a rubber blanket that then offsets the ink onto the paper.
Tony (an offset printer) has printed 2 different patterned backings in tangerine and aubergine.
by Carrie Valenzuela, letterpress printer. 12:14 p.m.
July 1st was our monthly Boxcar potluck where we cook for each other and talk with those we don’t see too often. We feasted, we laughed, we cried (with laughter), we were serenaded by printer Dave, a true renaissance man. Not only is he a letterpress printer, he’s also a carpenter, a motorcyclist, a glass etcher, good joke teller, and as we were lucky enough to find out, a talented crooner, guitarist, & harmonica player- all at the same time! Kudos to you, Dave!
by Carrie Valenzuela, letterpress printer. 1:30 p.m.
No matter what color is chosen for a job, we most likely can find it here on our ink shelf. Go ahead, ask us for any color!
by Carrie Valenzuela, letterpress printer. 12:14 p.m.
Meet our beautiful, wonderful, shiny new Original Heidelberg “S” Press. She can run a sheet size of 22 1/2″ x 32 1/2″ and has a splendid array of rollers to do her might letterpress work. What a hunk of love!
by Carrie Valenzuela, letterpress printer. 2:30 p.m.
This fella has been following us for years from the last space to where we are now. Guarding our ink wall steadily, she has officially earned mascot status!
by Carrie Valenzuela, letterpress printer. 2:29 p.m.
Chris, Stan, Dave & Jim are a mighty force running their Heidelberg Windmill letterpress machines.
by Carrie Valenzuela, letterpress printer. 12:55 p.m.
Mike is trimming his photopolymer plate so it can be lined up easily on the handy dandy Boxcar Base. Once in position, the plate is inked up for letterpress love!
by Carrie Valenzuela, letterpress printer. 10:22 a.m.