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DESIGN RESOURCE: Meet Your Printmaker

For the religiously inclined, meeting one’s maker constitutes a divine and spiritual experience.

Meeting one’s printmaker, to the tactilely and artfully inclined, may result in parallel sentiment.

Kevin O’Neill, a graphic designer based out of Washington D.C., started the site MEET YOUR PRINTMAKER as a resource for designers and artists. He profiles print shops all over the US (and abroad) by providing photographs of the shop’s work and a brief summary. The listings are categorized according to technique for easy filtering.

From the website:

Meet Your Printmaker is a growing directory of print/printmaking shops around the world with a focus on the independent, the non-profit, the handmade and the unique.

I’ve discovered several gems, courtesy of MEET YOUR PRINTMAKER:

- Starshaped Press in Chicago uses only antique type.
- Sycamore Street Press in Columbus, OH is a husband-wife duo with a Vandercook letterpress in their dining room!

Whether you’re looking for a private press for your next custom business card job, or just need some inspiration for hand-tooled type and graphics…step right up and MEET YOUR PRINTMAKER!

Written by robin on 02/13/2009 in Blog | Design Resources | Graphic Design | Printmaking