Paper Goods: Notes on Chronicle Stationery

July 8th, 2008 | Hannah deBree | Stationery

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Hammerpress

Last week Anne of Prêt à Voyager gave a wonderful behind the scenes look at the Hammerpress studio on Design*Sponge. Anne’s post made me simultaneously reminisce fondly about my own letterpress roots (I love and miss the smell of ink, setting type with smudgy fingers, and the whir of the press), and proud that Chronicle is working with Hammerpress to produce some fabulously tactile (though not letterpressed) stationery products.

Hammerpress Notecard Book

Hammerpress Correspondence Cards

Hammerpress High Quality Notebook

Hammerpress Superfine Notebook

Coming Soon!

Hammerpress Mix & Match Bags

These colorfully whimsical gift bags will be available in late August.

To find out what drew Brady Vest, founder of Hammerpress, to letterpress and printmaking and learn more about his process watch this video on Facebook. While you’re at it, become a fan of Hammerpress.

What do you love about letterpress? Indulge me for your chance to win a set of our Hammerpress stationery products.

Cheers,
Hannah Cox
Marketing Manager

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1. July 8th, 2008 at 5:40 pm | Posted by Luz

   my love for letterpress is similar. i took a printmaking class in college and seeing letterpressed projects brings back all the sensory delights of the print room: running one’s fingers over the imprints, the feel of the paper’s rag, listening for the sound of press-ready ink, smelling pantone ink being mixed, hearing lead type being dropped into their place on the composing stick, not to mention looking at the beautiful results! the print studio was a very happy place for me and seeing hammerpress’ work brings back all those lovely memories! i’ve admired hammerpress’ pieces and i’m so excited you all will be carrying them!

   
   
2. July 8th, 2008 at 11:12 pm | Posted by LorraineDesign

   It’s so nice to see Hammerpress’s stationary getting national attention: I’ve loved dropping by their shop to pick up a postcard or two over the years.

   What I really love about letterpress (and printmaking in general) is the history and the process that is involved. There’s just something about physically designing things on a press rather than on the computer: you become more physically involved in the design itself. I think some of my best work has incorporated letterpress or some other form of printmaking.

   
   
3. July 8th, 2008 at 11:17 pm | Posted by Pete Dulin

   More can be read about Brady Vest and Hammerpress in PresentMagazine.com:

   http://www.presentmagazine.com/full_content.php?article_id=831&full=yes&pbr=1

   
   
4. July 9th, 2008 at 5:56 pm | Posted by Naomi

   I love letterpress because it still has the element of handcraft in an ever-more computerized design field. I wish I’d taken more printmaking classes in school!

   
   
5. July 10th, 2008 at 5:08 pm | Posted by Hannah

   Thanks so much, Naomi, Pete, Lorraine, and Luz for all of the great feedback on what letterpress means to you!

   I randomly picked a number out of a glass and came up with number 2, so I will be contacting you, Lorraine, and will be sending you a complete set of our current Hammerpress stationery line.

   Cheers!
   Hannah

   
   
6. July 24th, 2008 at 11:34 am | Posted by LorraineDesign

   By the way, I just got the stationary in the mail: thanks, Hannah! (and Chronicle!) See the trackback below…