This year’s HB Design Holiday gift has an extra special hand-made touch. We printed holiday cards on our new in-office letterpress. “New” being a relative term. The cards were printed on a Vandercook Proof Press circa 1936. Check out a few shots from the process.
Laying out the plate
Setting up the plate
Mixing the ink
Matching a color chip
Checking plate alignment
Still checking alignment
Making adjustments
And more adjustments…
Applying the ink
Inking the rollers
Checking ink coverage
First one off the press
Cranking them out