I Love Letterpress

by Frank Roche on December 20, 2011

I love letterpress. If I were more talented, I’d buy a few letterpress machines and learn to love the smell of ink in the morning.

Meanwhile, there are some very talented letterpress artisans out there. One of my recent favorites is Cranky Pressman. I like their moxie. And I like their cool little rubber stamps.

{ 6 comments… read them below or add one }

howard December 20, 2011 at 2:15 pm

Hey, if you ever do invest in one of those presses, please let me be your apprentice? (Of course, if I ever land one for myself, you’d be welcome to use it too)

Frank December 21, 2011 at 9:35 am

Howard, definitely….and I’m only about 10% joking about this…I LOVE letterpress…and it would be fun to have a machine to run…we could make some fun stuff.

CraftyMoni December 20, 2011 at 4:11 pm

I love letterpress too. I would LOVE to learn how to do it but I so can’t take on another hobby. 

Frank December 21, 2011 at 9:35 am

Moni, you like textures, so it makes sense….but you do a lot…always creating…I admire that.

Albert Yee December 24, 2011 at 12:59 am

Must have!!!!!! My friend (& neighbor) has a letterpress and is gonna start to try some stuff with it soon. I’m excited to see the results.

Frank December 25, 2011 at 12:58 pm

Albert, that’s so cool…I am really serious about this…I LOVE letterpress…and would love to experiment with one!

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