Today: Calling All Letterpress Geeks! | Letterpress Printer’s Fair @ Liberty Hall
August 8, 2009 — PDXPIPELINE————————
Updated: Portland 2011 Annual Letterpress Printers Festival | FREE After 2 p.m.
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Posted by Sherri Montgomery
Calling All Letterpress Geeks!
Portland is home to many small print shops that are using vintage letterpress printers to create everything from beautiful greeting cards sold all over to one-of-a-kind custom invitations for special events. The printers have been sharing their passion for vintage printing and fostering a resurgence of popularity for this art.
This Saturday several of these printers come together for the Letterpress Printer’s Fair. You’ll get a chance to check out antique letterpress printing, see demonstrations of this lovely art, and get some great deals on printing equipment, art paper, cards, and assorted rare items & charming ephemera.
Some, but not all, of the print shops that will be at the event include: Read the rest of this entry »
