Ink, cotton paper, and a press that is older than we are.

We print small runs by hand on a 1962 Heidelberg Platen and a Vandercook proof press, in a shed behind the ship canal. Most orders are between fifty and six hundred pieces.

What leaves the shop

• Notecards

  Two-colour cards on 300 gsm cotton, blank inside, packed in tens with kraft envelopes.

• Wedding suites

  Invitation, reply card, and a folded programme. We set the type; you approve a proof on the real stock.

• Business cards

  One or two colours, deep bite, edges left untrimmed or trimmed square. Minimum fifty.

• Shop goods

  Seconds, mis-registers and test sheets, sold by the bundle at the Saturday market table.

This week at the bench

• Wedding suite proofing Mon–Wed
• Cutting cotton stock to 5 × 7 Thursday
• Press maintenance, rollers re-inked Friday morning
• Market table on Ballard Ave Saturday, 9–1

How an order runs

Write to us with the quantity, the paper you have in mind, and roughly when you need it. We answer with a quote and a proof date, usually within two working days. Nothing is printed until you have held a proof in your hands — we post one, always.

The shop is a working studio, not a storefront. Visits are by arrangement; the door is the grey one with the brass number.