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Celebrating 26 years of metal & wood type letterpress work. Love to share the process, forms and printing adventures. Jen & Jo.
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@starshapedpress.bsky.socialEveryone wants Cooper Black for Open House Chicago next week. Come and get a print.
@starshapedpress.bsky.socialLOVE that you work with us locals for new designs every year!
@starshapedpress.bsky.socialBuilt 12 tiny Chicago-styles homes. Marathon printing to commence ahead of Open House Chicago. #letterpress @chiarchitecture.bsky.social
@starshapedpress.bsky.socialMitering a Linotype border slide that will be used to create a tiny roof line for one of 12 house prints made of metal type ornaments. (Hopefully) all on display for Open House Chicago. #letterpress
@starshapedpress.bsky.socialIt’s Studs.
@starshapedpress.bsky.socialTrinial goes hard… two sizes with mortised alt characters to mix and match. The dream of the 1890s is alive in the shop today (well, every day). #letterpress
@starshapedpress.bsky.socialView from the press is real good today. #letterpressdog
@starshapedpress.bsky.social@dansinker.com out here saying what we’re all feeling. Here’s a gem of his from last year. Thanks, friend. #letterpress
@starshapedpress.bsky.socialThe form will still be set for Open House Chicago if you want to check it out.
@starshapedpress.bsky.socialSweated through five colors of this print, The City is My Religion, an homage to Chicago and its architectural history. Entirely made from metal type & ornament, with a little help from linoleum and wood.
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@starshapedpress.bsky.socialWas old enough for shingles shot this year and I need to check the press schedule before a booster because it felt like my arm had been wrenched out for days!
@starshapedpress.bsky.socialAnother poster for Liz & Dan’s (Ida) duo tour of living rooms & intimate spaces this fall. Entirely printed from metal type & ornaments and meant to resemble a warm quilt. Which is how one feels hearing them play in these settings. #letterpress
@starshapedpress.bsky.socialI barely post there anymore. It’s the dumb Olympics and no one reads.
@starshapedpress.bsky.socialThanks friend!
@starshapedpress.bsky.socialYes! I love bouncing between metal and wood each year to show the strengths of both.
@starshapedpress.bsky.socialSomething sexy about having nearly 200 stars lined up in the shop, about to head out the door.
@starshapedpress.bsky.social9/18 is Type High Day in the letterpress world as .918” is the height of metal & wood type. Print Club members who’ve been in the club for a full year (Sept to Sept) get a piece of type designed by me. This year it was laser cut by Moore Wood Type.
@starshapedpress.bsky.socialI made the posters. Letterpress indeed!
@starshapedpress.bsky.socialTook these ‘web’ ornaments out for a run, combining them with a corner kitty and unique catchword. All 19th century metal type. #letterpress
@starshapedpress.bsky.socialIt’s always FR season in our house
