If you don’t already know about The Itinerant Printer, please check out his website. Chris Fritton is a letterpress printer from Buffalo, NY, who used to run the shop at Western New York Book Arts Center. He is about to embark on a trip to visit letterpress printshops across the US. I am hoping to … Continue reading
We are so excited to reach the halfway point in sales of our calendar. We are significantly ahead of where we were at this point last year. If you haven’t ordered your calendar yet, we think you should do so today! Click this link: 2015Mantra Calendar download the order form and send in your check today. Continue reading
Mad River Press Announces the Publication of WHEN AT LAST I JOIN a poem by Amy Fleury with original artwork by Melanie Mowinski This 10 X 14 inch broadside is printed in 4 colors on 280 gram Rives BFK using a Vandercook Universal III letterpress, and also includes an additional watercolor detail painted … Continue reading
Tonight we celebrate three things at PRESS! 1. The release of our 2015 calendar. If you haven’t reserved yours yet, we highly recommend that you do. The first 25 out of 100 have been claimed. Don’t miss out. Download your order form and mail in today. 2015Mantra Calendar 2. The release of When at Last I … Continue reading
Phew, we finished the calendar just in time! It goes on sale this coming Thursday and we printed the last couple of runs today. We thought you might enjoy a peak at the cover page. Remember, download this form 2015Mantra Calendar, print and mail in with your check to reserve yours! Continue reading
Paper Dresses will be up through Sunday, have you seen it yet? If not, do bring your friends and family for a nice little North Adams jaunt after giving thanks! We’ll be open Friday-Sunday 10-6. This week we feature the works of Erin Sweeney and Yudelka (Yuki) Tavera. Erin’s work explores the comfort and distress … Continue reading
Paper Dresses is up for less than two more weeks? Have you seen it? If you stop by in the next two weeks you’ll also be able to witness us as we print our last few months of the 2015 calendar. You can order yours by downloading this form and mailing it in with your … Continue reading
It’s hard to believe Paper Dresses will only be up for two more weeks! The past month and a half has flown by, if you haven’t had a chance to see the exhibit, please stop by before December 1st when we change exhibits. This week’s featured artists are PRESS founder Melanie Mowinski and Tara O’Brien, whose … Continue reading
One of the fun things that we do at PRESS is host school groups from time to time. Sometimes they come and choose letters from our woodtype to make a word that becomes part of a larger typographical collage. Other times they come with a linoleum block to print. A few days ago students from … Continue reading
So the crazy printing has started. We’ve started the 2015 calendar, and we think 2015 will be a good year. 2014’s quickly sold out, so there has been quite a bit of anticipation for the next year’s edition. Like 2014, 2015’s calendar will contain motivational quotes from contemporary figures like Amy Poehler and Aung San … Continue reading
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