£3.50
Letterpress card depicting a William Morris 'T'
Printed on environmentally friendly board with an antique press.
The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer
William Morris, The Kelmscott Press and the perfect book, Hammersmith 1896
William Morris Gallery
The letterpress print process dates back to the 1400s with Johannes Gutenberg’s invention of moveable type. Raised plates are pressed into paper, leaving a tactile impression.
Keyholecollection.com letterpress greeting cards are printed in small batches by hand on a Stevenson Blake proofing press in our Glasgow studio or in larger numbers by our friendly master printer in Dumfries who uses an Antique Heidelberg. We use rubber based inks and eco-friendly board.
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