Letterpress and sunshine! Spring in Portland is no joke — vibrant like just about no other place I’ve been. And there’s nothing better than natural light to bring out the texture of our work.
Above we’ve got black and tinted white letterpress on pillowy 2-ply Lettra paper for SF design firm BAMO. More carefully curated springtime/letterpress pairings below.
Espresso ink on Colorplan Harvest paper for Tyson Terrain.
Reflex Blue on 500g Brilliant White Savoy. Design by There There Co.
Gold Satin and White foils on Colorplan Ebony paper for Spring Mountain Vineyard.
White foil on Keaykolour Biscuit.
Black and tennis-ball green letterpress on Brilliant White Savoy
We worked closely with Samantha and Devon to come up with this invitation design for their New York Botanical Garden wedding. The color scheme and primary typeface are nice and bold, but the tonal letterpress details are super delicate. We printed on thick custom duplexed Colorplan stock so that it would hold up nicely to the heavy impression.
PAPER Custom duplexed 700g Colorplan Forest
INK Tonal letterpress
FOIL Gold Satin
Amazing client-designed postcard for the 2018 Main Circle Marble Show in Portland.
PAPER 350g Colorplan Ice White
INK Black
FOIL Holographic 910
The simplicity of this beautifully modern bride-designed invitation set is deceiving! The production of this 5-piece suite required letterpress ink, foil stamping, inkjet printing, and duplexing.
The invitation features a mix of serif and san-serif letterpress text along with a small floral motif that we added in an inkjet run.
The reply postcard is a bit trickier, created from two 300g sheets, one letterpress printed and one inkjet printed and then foiled over the top. Then we duplexed and trimmed to create a single thick 600g card.
On to the agenda card! This one's printed with letterpress ink on the front and inkjet on the back of a single 300g sheet.
Finally, the reception card, travel insert, and envelope were more straightforward. Simple gray letterpress ink on 300g paper and a 120g cotton envelope.
Thick foil + letterpress business cards, duplexed after printing for zero impression show-through. Plus matching stationery on thinner 300g cotton stock.
BUSINESS CARDS
PAPER 600g Duplexed Fluorescent White
FOIL Gold Shine
INK Black
EDGE PAINT Gold
STATIONERY
PAPER 300g Fluorescent White
INK Black
EDGE PAINT Gold
Lovely client-designed invitation for a Crested Butte wedding. Deep Plum ink and Gold Satin foil on our 600g Pearl White cotton paper.
For Taryn and Adam's wedding in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, we designed a custom foil + letterpress motif based on the garden's Palm House. Take a look at the inspiration:
Photo by Brookelyn Photography
We carried parts of the artwork through to reply cards, menus, programs, and even the envelopes.
PAPER 600g Fluorescent White
INK Light Celadon
FOIL Silver Shine
