Zine made at Show Me Zines workshop
Events printing workshops

Show Me Zines

This past Sunday, The Contemporary Jewish Museum hosted a Zine Fest to compliment their current exhibition, Show Me as I Want to Be Seen, a show which examines the empowered representation of fluid and complex identity. Beginning with the work of French Jewish artist Claude Cahun and her lover and collaborator Marcel Moore, the exhibition …

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Makeready
Announcements printing

Make Way for Makeready

We are currently working on an exciting new project proposal to create public art using the makeready printed at our studio!   The makeready is a byproduct of the letterpress printing process. When we print our greeting cards, there is an involved press set-up process that requires printing on a piece of paper, making adjustments, …

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Poppy card printing
Announcements Mother's Day printing Spring

Poppy Printing

Reprinting the Icelandic Poppy card on the Heidelberg windmill press – the card has three variations: birthday, Mother’s Day, and blank, and each requires a different plate for the black ink layer. The press has a mechanism to feed the paper into the press and can get really tight registration on the printed image.   …

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