Hey ILLers,

I’d like to do my annual Holiday Card Showcase. If you have some letterpress Christmas, Hannukah, Kwanza, New Years (etc) cards, ornaments, or gift tags you’d like to be considered for inclusion, please:

1. Send me an email info __at__ iloveletterpress {dot} com with Holiday Submission in the subject line.

2. Include low-res images of the cards and pretty please include a description. Please no more than 5 images/5 cards.

3. Please – and this is very important – include your name, your press’ name, and info where readers can buy your awesome work.

4. Please get all this in by Dec 02.

Thanks!

Hey ILLers,

ILL reader, Mark, is in search of custom dies for a C&P 12×18. Mark lives in a pretty remote area and doesn’t have local diemakers. Any online vendors you can recommend are greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

Hey Print Peeps,

I was totally blown away by this adventure in printing and wanted to share – just in case you haven’t seen it yet.

Pictorial Webster’s: Inspiration to Completion from John Carrera on Vimeo.

Hey ILLers,

Here are some swell letterpress studios who’ll be included in the next update of the directory. Please do check them out and let them know how awesome they are!

• Fresh Impression
• Blush Paperie
• Ajalon Printing & Design
• Pioneer Color
• Letterpress Delicacies
• Maginating Letterpress
• Letterpress Junkie
• Paper Wheel
• Dick and Jane Letterpress
• Hazel & Violet Ink
• Lambert Letterpress

Hey ILLers,

I’ll be updating the directory over the weekend. The bad news is that I lost a bunch of email for the ILL account recently. If you’ve sent an update or a request to be added to the directory of letterpress stationers, please email me again and I’ll get you squared away as soon as I can.  Thanks!

Hey ILLers,

Brandon from Blue Barnhouse sent along this request for submissions for an upcoming book on letterpress. (Yay!!)

Please respond to Brandon directly via the instructions below. I’m unable to answer any questions or help you.

Fellow Letpressers,

I have recently signed a contract to write a 178 page book tentatively called Adventures in Letterpress and will be gathering over 200 images of letterpress for the book. The publisher is Mark Batty Publisher ( www.markbattypublisher.com ), a well respected design oriented book publisher in both the US and the UK who makes high quality books.

This book will be a large collection of images of letterpress in all its varieties from studios nationwide and perhaps even around the world. I am now collecting images for the book. We are looking for a wide variety of styles so if you know someone who might be interested, please pass this information along, I am especially interested in finding underground studios/artists that have so far gone under the radar.

Stage 1 Guidelines for Submission

1. Please send no more than 6 images of your most innovative letterpress projects to submissions@bluebarnhouse.org. Low res images are okay and actually preferred for now. More images will be requested if we like what we see.

2. Send along a bio about you or your studio & contact information.

3. Eventually we will need high quality photos of your work. Please do not send work that is no longer available to be photographed using our file guidelines (see below). If you are unable to take a professional photo of your work, we will be able to take photos of a limited number of artist’s work provided you can send it to us.

4. Letterpress can include but is not limited to posters, packaging, books, art prints, business cards, greeting cards, etc.

5. Seriously, don’t send us pics of letterpressed wedding related items. We’re not interested and it lessens your chances of being accepted.

6. Mailed submissions of letterpress will also be acceptable, please provide return postage if you would like your work returned to you. Submissions can be mailed to:

Adventures in Letterpress
c/o Blue Barnhouse
428-B Haywood Rd
Asheville, NC 28806

8. Cutoff date for submissions is September 1st.

Publisher Guidelines
• You maintain the copyright to your Art and that it is your intellectual property.
• You will not receive any monetary compensation from the Publisher for your Art in connection with the Book.
• Your name and a brief bio will be included in the Book in order to provide proper credit for your Art.
• Your Art can only be included in the Book if the related electronic files can meet the technical
specifications defined by the Publisher. All files should be uncompressed, at least 10×12 inches in
size and at a resolution of 300DPI.
• Upon publication of the Book you will receive one (1) copy for your contribution.

This is a great opportunity for exposure. We look forward to seeing what comes our way. Further questions can be directed to submissions@bluebarnhouse.org

Congrats, Brandon!

Hey ILLers,

The blog will come back on June 01 with an updated directory, new posts, and other assorted goodies. Thanks for sticking with me through the transition!

This comes in from a swell ILL reader:

Thank you for putting together such a great resource for letterpress
enthusiasts like us!!! I live in the UK which is a bit challenging at the moment
when looking for letterpress studios. I need to produce about 800 cards with 4
different designs (200/each) and would love a recommendation for a letterpress
designer in the US who could produce these fairly inexpensively. Many many
thanks in advance for any help you can offer.

If this is something your company can accommodate, please post a comment or shoot me an email and I’ll pass on your info to the right people.  Thanks!

Hey, everyone! It’s been forever since I’ve updated the blog. I just finished writing my 2nd book which was a monumental time commitment and, even better, had a baby about 9 weeks ago. I’ve been a little busy!

I’m looking to get some business cards printed and I thought I’d turn to you guys. The major problem is that I need them delivered within 2 weeks (by April 22) – in time for a big biz gathering I’m attending this month. I am looking to pay under $250 for a swell design and am open to quantities. (Is that within reason and do-able? I’m woefully out of the biz card pricing game.)

If you can accommodate me, please let me know: info at iloveletterpress.com.

Thanks!