The Isle of Printing is a print shop located in Nashville, Tennessee. Their work features some outstanding linoleum cut illustrations. The artwork gives their work a distinct personality that is really playful. I especially love the invitations on their website, they are each unique and a lot of fun. Check out their website to see more of their fantastic work! I love this illustration and how the typography fits in. This is ...

BirdDog Press is a great collaborative design studio and collaborative print shop headed by Allie Bozeman based out of Lyons, Colorado. They have some great examples of business cards and posters, but I really love their cards. I love the ones where she uses eyelets to accentuate the design. The letterpress process has on form of dimensionality, and those add another! Don’t miss browsing through their website, shop and flickr ...

Roll & Tumble Press is based out of Little Rock, Arkansas, and they have some excellent work featuring huge type, which I am a sucker for. They have several series of posters that combine color, images and clever phrases which are really great. I love the variety of typeface that they use, and the fact that they don’t shy away from using lots of color. It’s a great mix of ...

It’s impossible to talk about letterpress in Alabama without mentioning Mr. Amos Kennedy of Gordo, Alabama. I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Kennedy at a demonstration he did at Auburn while his work was featured in the June Collins Smith museum. He brought one of his Vandercook Sp-15’s, and showed the students how type should be locked up, how the inking process works and let everyone run a print ...