The Slice
The Warrior Printress
4/16/2025 | 1m 17sVideo has Closed Captions
The Warrior Printress print shop uses new and old technology, Jenelle is very comfortable using...
The Warrior Printress print shop uses new and old technology, Jenelle is very comfortable using a printing press that is over a hundred years old. Stacie stacks letters into a frame one at a time while creating a new piece. Janelle and Stacie create everything from cards to posters with a look you can only get with a press.
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The Slice
The Warrior Printress
4/16/2025 | 1m 17sVideo has Closed Captions
The Warrior Printress print shop uses new and old technology, Jenelle is very comfortable using a printing press that is over a hundred years old. Stacie stacks letters into a frame one at a time while creating a new piece. Janelle and Stacie create everything from cards to posters with a look you can only get with a press.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipAnd I grab our form that we're going to put into the press, So this press is, right around 1914. this is equipped to have a pedal on it and essentially a treadle.
I mean really honestly, if all the power went out, we could still we could treadle the presses.
I have always been in love with type.
And so I was a graphic designer for over 30 years.
Still am.
Basically, I do all kinds of design, on the computer, but just being able to physically move type, like, one letter at a time.
It's very fun.
we have clients from every walk now.
We do business cards.
Larger clients.
We do posters now for like, local musicians.
yeah, we're not running thousands.
we rarely do big runs.
I think we'd be bored.
Frankly, we'd rather run.
Small jobs for, you know, people that love letter press, there's something very authentic about these machines.
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