Cranky Pressman: Here is the print that Chris the @itinerantprinter created at last night's event. Thanks to all the came out. It was great seeing you! #letterpress #printmaking #ohio #crankypressman
Cranky Pressman: Please excuse the frequent postings but some action and party action photos will be coming. #crankypressman #printmaking #letterpress #ohio
Cranky Pressman: Chris the @itinerantprinter is in the house hanging prints and working on a new one simultaneously. He's ambidextrous! Come on out to the open house later and see him. LIVE! #letterpress #printmaking #crankypressman #ohio
Cranky Pressman: We are very pleased to have @palka_matt playing at our open house this Friday. Matt is a recording artist who's travelled the country in a vintage VW bus over the last 10 years. We also will have @birdfishbrew at the party. This is a shot of Matt playing
Cranky Pressman: The other idea I had to promote next Friday's open house shindig with the travelin' printer @itinerantprinter may have used this. Instead it will be distributed with the other material to be used another time. #letterpress #printmaking #print #crankypress
Cranky Pressman: Interesting die-cut shape. This is the scrap from a piece done for @joemineocreative #diecutting #letterpress #papercraft #ohio
Cranky Pressman: Don't think I ever properly showcased this piece we did with our good friends @mikeyburton and @neenahpaper Why not? Because I really am an old fool and don't just play one on the internet. #letterpress #thebeautyofletterpress #print #paper
Cranky Pressman: Round poster from the rock & roll poster show at @agotoronto #typography #graphicdesign #music #print #history
Cranky Pressman: Of course we can print on a cork substrate. Can't everybody? #letterpress #print #spotcolor
Cranky Pressman: From the archives, letterpress hang tags for @pointerbranded by the razor sharp designer @danblackman #letterpress #branding #hangtag #clothingbrand
Cranky Pressman: Old Toronto in painted cardboard and other household items at the Art Gallery of Ontario. #signage #lettering #vintage #branding
Cranky Pressman: Taking a couple of days off and spending the weekend in Toronto. Shot from Graffiti Alley. #toronto #streetart
Cranky Pressman: Wishing everyone a good Labor Day. Now get to work! #laborday #letterpress #halftone #print
Cranky Pressman: Another old tramp painting at my favorite local bar Fernengel's in Salem. #history #beer #art #ohio
Cranky Pressman: Some work on the weekend. A 3-color letterpress business card on our 59 pt. Graphic Coverboard. Design and artwork by @firestik_studio #letterpress #printing #crankypressman
Cranky Pressman: Wedding invitation card from a multi-piece set we recently printed. Design and artwork by Luke Sideris the same young chap whose name and silhouette is on the card! #letterpress #weddinginvitation #printing
Cranky Pressman: I carved and printed a logo for a friend's band the North Coast Goats. They hail from Cleveland but don't have the youngest band membersvaround. But they can still rock! #cleveland #music #northcoastgoats #woodcut #letterpress #print
Cranky Pressman: The time to be thinking about paper-based holiday cheer is now as our good friend @nikki_vz knows. #letterpress #holidayseason #crankypressman #cheer
Cranky Pressman: A multi-pointed specimen. #letterpress #printing #linecut #graphicart
Cranky Pressman: We are still clearing out old shop files after the recent move. This would be a vintage film negative used to burn plates or make black and white prints. #graphicart #print #production #toolsofthetrade
Cranky Pressman: Times may have changed a bit but Salem has a bit of a, dare I say, progressive history. #salemohio #oldschool #history #ohio
Cranky Pressman: Just pulled this out of a box of French curves, ellipse guides, type gauges (that sort of thing). I have been lugging it around for I don't know how many decades and forgot I had it. It's a beaut! #graphicart #toolsofthetrade
Cranky Pressman: The folks at @feed kindly sent us a bag of coffee with the label we recently printed for them. It's coffee that does good! Label 1-color letterpress and foil stamping. #letterpress #foilstamping
Cranky Pressman: Pica in lock-up table drawer. #letterpress #kittens
Cranky Pressman: Our friends at @birdfishbrew introduced a new beer in honor of their great uncle. Captain Milt's Navy Grog. The captain himself got to pull the first pint. #ohiobeer #ohio #craft
Cranky Pressman: I don't know much about horses but these look like pretty fine specimens. #letterpress #engraving #artwork #print
Cranky Pressman: Here's one of the inside spreads from the 1992 @neenahpaper Think Ink promotional booklet. #paper #print #thinkink #vintage
Cranky Pressman: David Weeks Studio uses a rather cool matte white foil stamping on our industrial graphic coverboard for their branding materials. #design #letterpress #branding #print #materials @davidweeksstudio
Cranky Pressman: Home for me and the Mrs the next few days. #summer #lakeerieislands #middlebassisland #offtheclock
Cranky Pressman: Received this handsome letterpress greeting from our friends @fizzcreative who are visiting Basel Switzerland. #letterpress #europe #2colors #2colours