Hudson Valley Letterpress Printing

Letterpress is back, and it’s got a mean streak.

Forget Gutenberg’s dusty history lesson. He kicked off the printing revolution four centuries ago with his metal type, and for a long time, that was the only game in town. But by the ’60s and ’70s, the big, clunky machines gave way to faster, slicker tech—offset printing—that left letterpress in the dust. Offset printing was faster, cheaper, and more precise, but it was also soulless and flat. It lost the deep, tactile impression that makes a printed piece feel like a work of art.

Now, letterpress is back, and it’s not a quaint hobby. It’s a full-blown rebellion against the status quo of a flat, digital world. We’re using these decades-old machines to create something fresh and uncompromising, with a smile on our face. Think thick, cottony paper that begs to be touched, where the type isn’t just printed on the surface—it’s pressed into it. Letterpress begs for stationery, broadsides, business cards, invitations, and packaging that demand attention.

The process is a manual grind, but that’s the point. It’s not just ink on paper; it’s art on paper. The tactile craft of die-cutting, perforating, scoring, and numbering. We’re using every trick these old, but not tired machines have to offer, creating work that’s so beautiful and tangible you can’t help but run your fingers over it. Letterpress is for anyone with a creative pulse who’s tired of yet another infinite feed. The world’s obsessed with speed and Letterpress isn’t for everyone. It’s for creators who are fed up with infinite feeds and want to put their hands on something real. In turn, we are obsessed with quality, because your work deserves more than a pass. It deserves a punch. Let’s ink the revolution.

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