Ladies of Letterpress

dedicated to the proposition that a woman's place is in the print shop

Welcome to Ladies of Letterpress

Hi All! Welcome to the Ladies of Letterpress community, a place where you can read about our adventures in commercial, fine-press, and zine printing, ask for advice and learn from other printers, share resources, and get inspiration for your own business and work--all for the love of letterpress. Our mission is to promote the art and craft of letterpress printing, encourage the voice and vision of women printers, and to stimulate discourse within this community. We strive to maintain the cultural legacy of fine press printing, advance letterpress as a living, contemporary art form as well as a viable commercial printing method. Anyone is welcome to join, and membership is 100% free.

There is a lot to do here: using the tabs above, you can make your own page for other Ladies of Letterpress to see, start your own blog, ask questions or post topics in the forum, and post videos and photos of your own work.

In addition to building this community, we plan on attending book and craft fairs, having meetups and collaborative projects, and finding ways to help others through letterpress printing and the book arts. If you would like to be a guest blogger, contact us with your idea; posts will appear here and on the non-ning site, ladiesofletterpress.blogspot.com.

Who are we? Jessica is an MA and MFA holder in printmaking from the University of Iowa, and proprietor of Heroes and Criminals Press. Kseniya is the owner of Thomas-Printers, a commercial letterpress and design shop, and YonderYest, a letterpress wedding stationery company.

Questions or ideas? Let us know!

Members

  • Lauren Fasnacht
  • Jill Broadhacker
  • Mandolin Brassaw
  • rachelleann
  • Sara Wrzesinski
  • Marlene Yuen
  • Granny Artemis
  • Amy Thompson
  • Sachkia Barnes
  • Suzanne Vilmain
  • La Guillotina
  • Kara Peterson
  • Jeryl Jones
  • Shelby Montross
  • Elizabeth Witt Walters
  • Tanya Madoff
  • Jessica Pressley
  • Rebecca Chamlee
  • Tara Bryan
  • Patricia Valdez

Links

Briar Press

NA Graphics

Vandercookpress.info

Women's Studio Workshop

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Blog Posts

J. Elizabeth

Help save a letterpress collection!

This shop, located in Chicago, has been idle for years, and I've been trying to get it into the hands of fellow printers for the last few years. The owner is elderly, his wife is in a rest home and the bills are mounting. He is moving out of his space, and selling the whole collection. Here's a very short list of what we have to sell:

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Posted by J. Elizabeth on November 5, 2009 at 1:30pm — 2 Comments

kseniya

The Riverside Press: 1917



How sweet is this baby-faced printer-in-training? Note the wedge quoins in the chases, the row of platens, the pressman remarking on something, the sleeve garters. The caption reads: "New York, February 1917. "Horace Lindfors, 14-year-old printer's helper, sizing up leads for the Riverside Press, First Avenue… Continue

Posted by kseniya on November 5, 2009 at 8:30am

kseniya

Tin Eye for the I-Spy



This past weekend, a friend told me about Tin Eye--a search engine that lets you search by image, rather than by words. From the site, tineye.com:

"TinEye is a reverse image search engine. You can submit an image to TinEye to find out where it came from, how it is being used, if modified versions of the imag… Continue

Posted by kseniya on November 4, 2009 at 7:30am

SeeSaw Designs

frank lloyd wright letterpress print.





A new 5x7" letterpres… Continue

Posted by SeeSaw Designs on November 3, 2009 at 1:31pm

kseniya

Mrs Eaves finally has her Mr

The perpetual type favorite Mrs Eaves, designed by Zuzana Licko for Emigre, has a new companion type, Mr Eaves Sans!



It's gorgeous, of course, and reminds me a lot of Johnston Sans, the famous type used in the London underground:… Continue

Posted by kseniya on November 3, 2009 at 7:30am

Latest Activity

J. Elizabeth commented on J. Elizabeth's blog post 'Help save a letterpress collection!'
The shop is on Chicago's Northwest side, its easy to get to from just about any where in the midwest.
on Friday
Robin Beth commented on J. Elizabeth's blog post 'Help save a letterpress collection!'
Jenny, could you tell us where this shop is located?
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Emily Martin and Maggie Campbell are now friends
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kseniya added a video
Abigail Uhteg at the Women's Studio Workshop
This excellent video was made by Abby Uhteg of Presse Janvier during her residency at the Women's Studio Workshop. 3000 photos!
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Lauren Fasnacht is now a member of Ladies of Letterpress
Welcome Them!
on Thursday
J. Elizabeth added a blog post
This shop has been idle for years, and I've been trying to get it into the hands of fellow printers for the last few years. The owner is elderly, his wife is in a rest home and the bills are mounting. He is moving out of his space, and selling the...
on Thursday
kseniya added a blog post
How sweet is this baby-faced printer-in-training? Note the wedge quoins in the chases, the row of platens, the pressman remarking on something, the sleeve garters. The caption reads: "New York, February 1917. "Horace Lindfors, 14-year-old printe...
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Rebecca Gilbert posted the link Day Five [Monocle]
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