All About Paper
Paper is one of the most magical things about letterpress. Letterpress opens you up to so many wonderful substrates that digital printmaking can't work with. There are so many letterpress…
Mini-Press Update
I wanted to do an update on the mini-press. Here is a second attempt at using photopolymer for relief printing. In the last post I did some quick yellow prints,…
Violet Vision
Want a little insight into the design process? Well this post is what you're looking for. When I start design for a client I always start with the typography. Typography…
The Perfect Lineup
Panthera Press is back in business! After a year abroad on Navy assignment with my husband, we have returned to Virginia Beach and printing is underway! I wanted to re-visit…
Hot Toner Foiling
Toner Foil as an alternative to Hot Foil Letterpress: No it well never be as nice, or as fast, as letterpress foiling or hot stamping, but it is cheaper to…
Duplexing Part III (Pot Devin)
So the title is a half truth, it's not exactly a pot devin, it's a label paster and a little one, but I picked it up on eBay and thought…
A Letterpress Job – Start to Finish…
For this post I'm hoping to give some insight into my full printing process from beginning to end - digital to edge painting. These are some simple business cards designed…
Duplexing
Duplexing Tutorial Part 1 - Things have been very busy at Panthera Press. We've been doing some small jobs and have acquired an assistant - Lanny Lesniak. I want to…
Nightwing | Bookplate Design
The first bookplate in the set of four opposites. The second will be titled "Daywing"