Journal
Notes from the press room.
Paper, ink, type and the occasional disaster. Short pieces on how letterpress works, written between print runs.
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Ink
4 min read
Mixing ink by weight, not by eye
Every Quoinwell colour has a written recipe measured to a tenth of a gram. It's the only way a reprint matches.
Behind the press
6 min read
A wedding suite, step by step
From the first sketch to a box of 120 invitations: how one suite came together over four weeks.
Workshop
3 min read
Caring for wood type
Our wood type is nearly a hundred years old. A few habits keep it printing cleanly.
Behind the press
4 min read
Why we print one colour at a time
Letterpress can't mix colours on the sheet the way digital printing can. That limit is part of its charm.