Ink pressed into paper, one sheet at a time.
We are a two-person shop off SE Ankeny, running a 1962 Heidelberg Windmill and a Vandercook proof press. Everything is set, locked up, and printed here — no brokering, no outsourcing.
Most of what we make is small: two hundred invitations, a thousand cards, a short run of prints for a gallery down the street. Small runs are where letterpress still earns its keep.
Studio
- Presses
- Heidelberg 10×15, Vandercook SP-15
- Stock
- Crane Lettra, Colorplan, French
- Plates
- Photopolymer, in-house
- Lead time
- 10–14 business days
- Minimum
- 100 pieces
What we print
01
Wedding suites
Invitation, response card, envelopes. Edge painting and blind deboss on request. Two proofs included before the plate is made.
02
Identity
Business cards, letterhead, compliment slips. Duplexed stock up to 600gsm if you want the bite to show.
03
Editions
Broadsides, posters and numbered prints for galleries and small presses. We keep the polymer for reruns.
“They talked us out of the fancier stock and the job came out better for it. That is worth more than a discount.”— Marguerite Oyelaran, Foxglove Studio
This season
| Run | Detail | Turnaround |
|---|---|---|
| Wedding suite, 2 colours | Lettra 300gsm, painted edges | 3 weeks |
| Business cards, 1 colour | Duplex 600gsm, blind deboss | 2 weeks |
| Broadside, 3 colours | Vandercook, numbered | 4 weeks |
