CreateTWO is a design and letterpress studio in my hometown, Auburn, AL. The owner is Kevin Smith, and Auburn University graduate. One of the most exciting and unique things that CreateTWO is doing with their shop is combining offset lithography and screen printing with their letterpressed works. I love their willingness to do an excessive number of runs to get overlapping effects and use as many colors as possible. The Round ...

SlowPrint Press is a letterpress studio that has printing facilities in Dubuque, Iowa, and design studios in Galena, Illinois. The founder, Peter Fraterdeus, has a great portfolio of thoughtful and finely printed designs. No details in the production process are skimmed over in their work. They have an excellent portfolio of business cards, stationery, and more. Their flickr page shows off some more of Mr. Fraterdeus’s work. Check out their website, ...

Mr. Bob Pointkowski emailed me yesterday and pointed me to the lovely work of Mrs. Jennifer Farrell’s Starshaped Press, located in Chicago. When I was first looking through the site, I assumed some of the work was photopolymer plates, because of the large vareity in typefaces. However, I was pleasantly surprised to read the process page, where they reveal that all of the type is either wood or metal. Incredible! ...

Inky Lips is a Dallas letterpress shop run out of Casey McGarr’s garage. Their work makes wonderful use of hand carved illustrations. Giving letterpress work expression and personality is a talent, and Inky Lips has that in spades. I really enjoy the one off, monoprint style that a lot of their posters have. The invitations show a different side of the letterpress spectrum, with some great clean and simple designs. Their ...