We didn’t record it, unfortunately!

Thanks for all you’ve done for Ladies of Letterpress–none of this would have been possible without you!

Thanks for all you do for us. Glad you will stay involved:)

Once as an intern the press owners drafted a paper that I signed releasing them from liability. 

Thanks, Jon. I’ll pass this on to Jessica Pokaski. She’s the creative brain behind.

Annika, I do a lot of gluing and binding and may be able to give you some direction or advice, call or email me directly at;612 270 6449turtlemanfred@gmail.comJon Drewhttp://drewpress.blogspot.com/

Just wanted to say a sincere thank you, Jessica, for all your efforts as LoLP co-director, and congratulations on this new chapter of your life. You are a trailblazer!

Jessica,First of all, congratulations on your new baby. That is a big change and life often needs to change to accommodate. A very exciting time for your family!Thank you for co-envisioning and creating Ladies of Letterpress. I was happy to attend LOLP 2013 and you guys did a wonderful job and I so enjoyed meeting you and buying your graphic…[Read more]

Hi Jessica,wish you the best on your next chapter. Glad to hear you’re not completely out of LofP. Thank you for all your efforts in LofP.

Thanks Annika! That’s all super helpful and appreciate it.

Thanks for the tip Jessica! I think I’ll try that mdf and see what I get until I can save some pennies too ;0)

Hi Charley,I would love to test out your ink. Any chance you could send a sample? a nice bright color would be great so I can also see how much more vibrant it is than what I have now which is VanSon Rubber Base. Thanks in advance.Here’s my info:Teenee Mi Design & Letterpress2660 NE Hwy.20 #610-78Bend, OR 97701

An ink that stays open on the press like a rubberbase but dries like an oilbase sounds too good to be true! I’d be happy to test your ink. Please send me a sample to:Jessica White29 Rosemary Rd.Asheville, NC 28806I’ll post results here.

Hi Katie, I understand your caution. I think it’s possible to get press help on more than the Kelsey. I met Eric Combs of Combs and Taylor at a Ladies of Letterpress conference a couple of years ago. Their first advice was to up my insurance to a bazillion dollars, or as much as I could afford. Second advice was to create a LLC so my home was…[Read more]

That’s exactly right. I have large offset commercial printers that also have letterpress in their shops and a lot of them do run an offset ink on that equipment. That being said, what we like to tell people is that with our inks you get the best of both worlds, stays open on the press like a rubberbase but dries like an oilbase (on typical…[Read more]

Wow that’s super cute. Sorry I don’t have an answer for you but it reminds me of the toy presses for kids that they used to make.

I made one when I was in grad school and completely broke, and needed one that was larger than the school had. I used mdf for the base, placed a sheet of grid paper on top, then screwed a piece of plexiglas on top, trapping the grid paper in between. I counter-sunk the screws just a little so that there would be no risk to damaging the…[Read more]

I use both rubber based and oil based inks, depending on what I’m printing and what I need from the ink. It was a long time ago, so I’m not sure where I heard this, but I thought that offset inks could also be used on letterpress presses. Maybe you can confirm or deny this, Charley, when you look into it. Thank you so much!

Hey Jessica, thank you for having this forum, it’s cool!  Glow in the dark inks are such a specialty item, I don’t stock them but let me talk to my manufacturer and see what I can come up with. It might be that it’s only available in offset but we could probably modify it to make it more letterpress user friendly if we have to.Thank you, Charley

Hey Sam,  Our inks are vegetable based (linseed, soy, etc). We formulate them for letterpress to stay open like a rubber base or acrylic ink with no added driers or waxes and with a heavier body. In all honesty, most “oil base” inks nowadays are vegetable based; true petroleum oil base inks are far less common. Hope this helps! Thank you,  Charley