I have been running End Grain for almost a year, and I think it’s time the site takes a step forward ina few areas. There are many things I wanted this site to be when it began, and a big component of that was for the site to be more of an aggregator of letterpress news, sites, and a directory of print shops. I am close to wrapping up my final semester of undergraduate studies, and I want to hit the ground running once my senior project is wrapped up (it’s a baseball site, for anyone interested!) and really improve End Grain.

I want to have an illustrated print shop directory, with images of the shops themselves, their beautiful work, and links to any web presence they keep. I also want to feature more news and noteworthy developments in the letterpress world. I built in the flickr photo feed to help me spot new letterpress related images, but I need to take the time to feature the amazing stuff that’s going on in our community!

I want to thank everyone who has visited the site, and if you want to be included in the print shop directory, please email me at heckhouse at gmail.com. I am starting a list of interested shops, and hopefully in the next few weeks it will be up and running!