The vintage print revival

Why old paper still moves us

There is a particular hush in a room hung with letterpress and risograph work. Ink sits on the page, not in it.

A restored botanical plate, scanned at 1200dpi.
A restored botanical plate, scanned at 1200dpi.

Three eras worth collecting

  • Art Nouveau botanicals (1890–1910)
  • Mid-century travel posters
  • Brutalist exhibition bills

"A print is a rumor of the plate that made it." — studio note

Wide crop of the summer linen shoot.
Wide crop of the summer linen shoot.

We restore, we don't repaint. Every blemish that survives is a fingerprint.

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