Type: Skylab Letterpress

Today's trip to Skylab was amazing. Loved every second of it.  It has always been in the back of my mind to pursue skill in printmaking to meld with my design.  I feel that printmaking and graphic design run the same road, only in different ways.  I'll definitely consider a possible internship with Skylab in the future.

Here's a screen grab of their website for anyone interested:

Skylab Letterpress's Website


The machines in their workspace were a dream come true. They combined that mechanistic analog love of mine into professional  and modern processes. Not to far off from my love for older cameras.  Their process was very much assembly line and trial and error, which is quite similar to my style of work, and if I ever have the workspace to house such a monster, I might consider finding a letterpress myself to mess with in my spare time.  It undoubtedly has room for experimental process and many possibilities in materials.  The leather samples they showed us were quite impressive, and I only wish I could have done more than pull a lever. Maybe in the near future I'll get more chances to handle these archaic machines.

I'll be sure to put in a few of their misprint samples into my soon to come business card and graphic inspiration pocket books.  Though I have gained a considerable amount of content, so I might have to make a series since I'm not sure if there is wire O with a large enough diameter.