Short Documentary Worth Sharing - Ink + Paper

ink&paper from Ben Proudfoot on Vimeo.

I was recently sent a link to the above documentary by Alex Kefalos at Wits Pictures. I get sent quite a few clips from people wanting them to be posted on the blog, and more often than not they are just short clips of a Heidelberg Windmill's magnificent parts moving together to create something beautiful. There's nothing wrong with that of course, but I was excited to see this little documentary was something different and special.

I think this is one of the first little movies that wasn't entirely promotional in nature. Here instead is a real look inside the situation that many letterpress printers and their suppliers find themselves in. Letterpress printing is not the glamorous industry that many people think it is. I think it is assumed sometimes that because letterpress is expensive, that it means printers are making lots of cash. The reality is that our supplies are very expensive and hard to find, parts and equipment is scarce, and that our work involves lots of physical labor (blood, sweat and tears - literally). And, as the film shows, it's not at all easy to make a living - especially during a recession.

So on that note, I invite you to watch the documentary yourself and see what you think. Thank you Alex for sending it to us and to Ben Proudfoot and company for putting together this more realistic view of the state of the printing and print supply industry.

Free Letterpress Stationery for the First Three Responders

We have some extra notecards and other bits and pieces of letterpress stationery on our shelves that we'd like to give away to the first three people to respond.

Here are the rules:

- you have to be from Canada
- you have to "like" our Facebook page
- you have to leave a comment on our Facebook page (don't leave your comment here, go to Facebook) answering the following question:

If you had an unlimited wedding budget, which Vancouver vendor would you pick for your:

a) wedding venue
b) wedding photographer
c) wedding planner, and
d) wedding cake designer

If you are already married that's ok, just go ahead and list who you would have chosen for your wedding if money was not an issue.

First three people to post will be sent a letterpress package. Please email us your mailing address once you've posted on the page.

Enjoy!

Letterpress Stationery - Etsy Sale

Time to clean out some stock - 50% Off Letterpress Stationery in our Etsy shop (excluding custom notecards, custom calling cards/business cards, and Letterpress Lovers Club memberships). Limited holiday stock available - buy for next year!

Sale ends January 6th, 2012. Coupon code "50NY2012" - visit http://sunlitletterpress.etsy.com