Now Showing at Bremelo Press

Portland Motto Card

2012-02-24T21:35:00.001-08:00

Hot off the press and available for purchase at our Etsy Store.

Something A Little

2012-02-23T16:05:00.002-08:00

Our Jolly Jellyfish Card is in a curated into a lovely collection here.

Thanks Jen!.

You Spin Me Right 'Round Baby

2012-02-21T20:17:00.003-08:00

On the press, locked and loaded. Handset metal type from our vintage collection: 24 point Alpha Blox, 24 point Murry Hill.

Card available here.

Vintage USPS stamps

2012-02-20T18:10:00.000-08:00

For those of you who love to use Real Mail!

Buy your vintage postage stamps at Verde Studio.

Image by Verde Studio

Carving

2012-02-17T20:00:00.001-08:00

Hand carved linoleum blocks printed on cotton paper with hand mixed inks.

Allison Agostinelli

2012-02-16T10:51:00.000-08:00

Allison Agostinelli, detail from her Arthouse Coop Brooklyn library Project.

Typesetting and printing for the word LUST done at Bremelo Press.

custom order

2012-02-15T17:49:00.000-08:00

Hand set Inline Condensed, a custom order for a bride...

Finishing Up

2012-02-14T22:15:00.000-08:00

Tania typesetting from a California job case full of 8 point Caslon Oldstyle.

The back side of the postcard has a quote from Patti Smith.

Print Shop Clean Up

2012-02-10T19:01:00.000-08:00

wood & metal

2012-02-09T20:05:00.000-08:00

At Sev Shoon

2012-02-08T17:43:00.000-08:00

Rather a nice triptych:

Leslie Wall's "Acoustic" and "Flying V" with my "Spoon and Fork".

Leslie holding her "Acoustic" guitar while the "Flying V" is on the press at Sev Shoon.

Dear Sister

2012-02-07T18:52:00.000-08:00

Tania handset 18 point Twentieth Century Bold and then jumped down to 8 point Caslon...

Think Pink

2012-02-07T18:44:00.000-08:00

Hand mixed pink ink today in the print studio.

Reminds me of this Schiaparelli ode:

New Motto Cards

2012-02-06T15:22:00.000-08:00

All handset type and printed with hand mixed ink on our 104 year old press. Get

'em at our Etsy Store.

Studio AB

2012-02-03T18:41:00.001-08:00

Adding the hand mixed aqua ink at 7 o'clock....if you imagine the ink disk as a time dial.

Studio AB principal, and letterpress student Andrea Becker at the press, printing her two color project at Bremelo Press.

The vintage wood type from Bremelo's collection, still working into the 21st Century, locked up in the chase with a Challenge quoin.

Studio AB is going to be at the Northwest Flower & Garden Show. Stop by, behold the beauty of the garden, say hello to Andrea and get a hand pulled letterpress business card.

Hey Ladies!

2012-02-02T14:54:00.000-08:00

Tania's project in the print studio, with quotes by Eleanor Roosevelt and Gloria Steinem.

Jenny & Jonathan

2012-02-01T13:53:00.000-08:00

Students Jenny & Jonathan pulling a proof of their Save the Date card on Bremelo Press' 104 year old clamshell press, Adele.

Three colors on Italian cotton paper = beautiful!

What I'm printing tomorrow

2012-01-30T20:28:00.000-08:00

Handset 12 point Caslon with vintage heart.

Custom Valentine

2012-01-27T12:38:00.000-08:00

Handset 120 point Huxley and 36 point Empire from our vintage type collection here at Bremelo Press. Hand pulled on our 104 year old press with hand mixed bright coral ink on tree free paper.

Custom design for client.

new color

2012-01-26T10:04:00.001-08:00

Handset vintage type: Pencraft in 36 and 32 point metal. Vintage optical image. Hand pulled on our 104 year old press with hand mixed ink.

Adding some chestnut brown to the card line...

Doug Newman

2012-01-25T20:04:00.000-08:00

96 point Keynote locked up on the Vandercook.

Various type, wood and metal, from our vintage collection make up the text for the poster.

The artist and photographer Doug Newman at the press, printing the poster for his show on February 13th at Re Bar in Seattle.

View the poster and event here.

Ink Draw Downs

2012-01-13T16:36:00.000-08:00

After mixing the ink, we do a draw down to test the color.

Print Shop Still Life

2012-01-12T18:26:00.000-08:00

96 point Keynote typeface....and a slew of other type...

Our favorite case of type.

Tools of the Trade

2012-01-11T19:35:00.000-08:00

tapping down the type

2012-01-06T14:25:00.000-08:00

I often have to re-lock and tap down type during a print run, hence all the ink colors on the block.

The blue is from a run of hand set Alpha Blox for the cover of Big Fiction Magazine.

"Paper Time"

2012-01-05T09:28:00.000-08:00

The paper datebook:

"...the scriptorial of your own existance..."

Our friends at Purgatory Pie Press are in the news spreading the gospel of paper!

Listen to it here on National Public Radio.

Look at it here on Purgatory's Flicker page.

Art in My Apartment

2012-01-04T15:33:00.000-08:00

Dearest Deer, detail, 2007, letterpress on paper, Amy Rabas.

Photo Strip, detail, 2008, taken on election eve by Douglas P. Newman.

Getting It Done

2012-01-03T17:47:00.000-08:00

BAMANGO!

2011-12-30T10:30:00.000-08:00

Handset vintage wood type, hand mixed ink, hand pulled on Italian cotton paper by Audrey and Evelyn at Bremelo Press, December 2011.

diptychs

2011-12-29T20:57:00.000-08:00

Up in the print shop office...pinned up images line the walls...

Top: photo of my sister and me (in blue knee socks) in front of Claes Oldenburg's Ice Bag

Bottom: postcard of Janine Antoni image

Left: vintage girlie postcard

Right: tourist postcard from North Carolina

One of One

2011-12-29T10:44:00.000-08:00

One of One, 11" x 17", ink on paper, 2011. Printed by Lynda Sherman at Bremelo Press.

color

2011-12-28T18:55:00.000-08:00

Handmixed inks on the board.

A Smile in Repose

2011-12-27T11:36:00.000-08:00

Handset wood type from our vintage collection. Kiss by A. Riley. Printed by Lynda Sherman at Bremelo Press.

Power of Making

2011-12-22T21:27:00.000-08:00

Power of Making / Exhibitions & Galleries / Happenings / V&A Channel

See you tomorrow!

2011-12-16T16:53:00.000-08:00

Magnets by Jean Carter

Print Yer Own!

2011-12-14T16:14:00.000-08:00

This Saturday is our Office Holiday Party with Helen Sharp Knitwear and Lumpfish Design. Stop by and print your own holiday poster on the shop's Vandercook proof press. We have her all set up with wood type from our vintage collection and dressed in her best holiday berry red.

The Vandercook proof press, ready for you.

The shop's two hardest workers.

We all hope to see you here!

1 to 5 pm

Saturday December 17th

Bremelo Press

1400 S Jackson Place

Seattle, WA 98144

The old SureFit Building

Corner of Rainier & S Jackson Street

Shed Architecture in the front

Bremelo Press in the rear

HOLIDAY Open Studio

2011-12-13T18:46:00.000-08:00

Mini Journal Note Cards.

Hand carved linoleum printed on vintage maps and sheet music. Collaboration: Jean and Lynda.

OPEN STUDIO AND BREMELO PRESS OFFICE PARTY

1 - 5 pm

SATURDAY December 17th

Bremelo Press

1400 S Jackson Place

Seattle, WA 98144

The old SureFit Building

The corner of Rainier and S Jackson

Shed Architecture in the front

Bremelo Press in the rear

FEATURING

Bremelo Press with Lynda Sherman and Jean Carter

Helen Sharp Knitwear

Lumpfish Design with Leslie Wall

Peggy Shaw of Jackwood

EAT*DRINK*BE MERRY*SEE YOU THERE!

Trunk Show! 4 - 7 tomorrow, Friday the 9th at Fancy in Downtown Seattle

2011-12-08T17:06:00.000-08:00

HOLIDAY CARD WORKSHOP

4 - 7 pm

Friday December 9th

Fancy Jewels

1914 2nd Avenue

Seattle, WA 09101

The same block as The Moore Theater

Letterpress trunk show starring Lynda Sherman of Bremelo Press. A wide assortment of Lynda's hand printed cards will be on hand, along with piles of stamps and egg nog to fuel your last minute mailings. Stamps are included with purchase.

That's right! Erich Ginder is bringing the egg nog!

Size Matters

2011-12-06T21:36:00.000-08:00

Fork & Spoon. 38" x 50", hand carved lino block on cotton paper. Printed at Sev Shoon.

Remember those large wooden forks and spoons at the cool kid's house?

color

2011-12-01T16:17:00.001-08:00

I've been mixing inks to match the color of molds.

NEAT Seattle

2011-11-30T12:42:00.000-08:00

BREMELO PRESS
THIS WEEKEND
www.neatseattle.com

at Gale Lurie's Studio

3526 NE 92nd Street
Seattle, WA 98115

WITH
Micki Lippi, jewelry
Chris Lemmen, metal sculpture

Friday December 2nd 4 pm - 9 pm
Saturday December 3rd 10 am - 5pm
Sunday December 4th 10 am - 5 pm

Purgatory Pie Press

2011-11-30T12:28:00.000-08:00

Read a great post about a great press..

HERE!

Happy Festivus

2011-11-28T14:53:00.000-08:00

Greeting card made with handset vintage metal type: Spartan Black in 14 point. Printed with hand mixed green ink.

Festivus image printed with vintage brass rule, silver ink.

All hand pulled off our 104 year old press.

Get it Here.

Watch it here:

Open Studio Sunday the 27th of November

2011-11-26T18:12:00.000-08:00

1 to 5 pm

1400 S Jackson Place

Seattle WA 98144

The old SureFit Building

Corner of Rainier and South Jackson Street

Shed Architecture in the front

Bremelo Press in the rear

Bremelo Press

Helen Sharp Knitwear

Kelly Christy Hats

We all hope to see you there for a post Turkey Day review and to toast the upcoming Holidays!

Tomorrow

2011-11-23T18:46:00.001-08:00

Don't forget to overeat.

Happy Thanksgiving.

process

2011-11-22T18:40:00.000-08:00

The Inspiration: cotton thread from post-war France

I mixed the ink to match the thread and chose wood type from our vintage collection.

The holiday garland based on Santa's List...

...is the final object. Each letter is hand pulled from our 104 year old press and is available in our Etsy Store.

It also goes along with:

Meanwhile, I am re-watching this...it's all about Process...

holiday holly

2011-11-21T17:08:00.000-08:00

Banner printed with vintage wood and metal type on cotton paper using our 104 year old press.

2012

2011-11-21T14:34:00.000-08:00

Did 2011 go by as the Fastest Year Ever?

Printed using vintage wood type from the John Hubbard Collection at Bremelo Press using our 104 year old press. Silver ink for extra sparkle.

xoxoxo

2011-11-21T12:52:00.000-08:00

Vintage wood type from the John Hubbard Collection at Bremelo Press. Printed on our 104 year old press with velvet black ink on cotton paper and strung with waxed linen thread.

My granny used to sign all her cards with this missive.

Love above the Trees

2011-11-21T12:49:00.000-08:00

LOVE: Vintage wood type from the Anna-Marie Collection at Bremelo Press. Printed with silver ink on cotton paper using our 104 year old press. Note the upper case "L" is actually a numeral "7" upside down.

TREE: Vintage block printed on cotton paper with silver ink and strung with waxed linen thread.

Silver Hearts

2011-11-21T12:48:00.000-08:00

Vintage metal type on cotton paper, strung with waxed linen thread. Printed on our 104 year old press with silver ink.

Silver hearts are better than silver bullets.

JoY

2011-11-21T12:46:00.000-08:00

Vintage wood type from the John Hubbard Collection at Bremelo press. Printed with silver ink on cotton paper and strung with waxed linen thread.

Best in Seattle

2011-11-21T12:43:00.000-08:00

Vietnamese iced coffee from the Saigon Deli on South Jackson Street.

I forget how strong they are....I like the ice to melt just a little.

from the collection of wood type

2011-11-21T11:55:00.000-08:00

I love the lower case "e".

Yes, indeed

2011-11-21T11:52:00.000-08:00

Vintage wood type from the John Hubbard Collection at Bremelo press. Printed on cotton paper, strung with linen thread.

The letter "E" is from the 1860's.

Thinking of John and Yoko

2011-11-21T11:46:00.000-08:00

Vintage wood type from the John Hubbard Collection at Bremelo Press. Printed on cotton paper, strung with waxed linen thread.

Listen here.

Getting ready for the holidays.

2011-11-18T11:13:00.000-08:00

Mother/daughter students in the print studio, making their holiday cards...great job ladies!

A three color print run using vintage wood and metal type, printed on cotton paper...yup, they worked hard.

Let it Snow

2011-11-15T10:26:00.000-08:00

Handset vintage metal type: 24 point AlphaBlox with 30 point Twentieth Century Bold. Printed using my 104 year old press on cotton paper.

For Amy, who just moved to Alaska...

let's watch some snow fall...

Holiday Needle

2011-11-14T15:56:00.000-08:00

Handset Pencraft in 30 point with hand carved image and printed on our 104 year old press with red ink.

The card is the beginning of the Holiday 2011 line for Bremelo Press.

William S Burroughs

2011-11-09T13:17:00.000-08:00

Handset with vintage metal type: Gothic, Spartan Black and Twentieth Century Modern. Printed on my 104 year old press with hand mixed dusty blue ink con cotton paper.

watch

S.A.T. question

2011-11-08T11:40:00.000-08:00

As Cheap Trick is to the Japanese,

so is Bremelo Press to the Dutch.

A Brief History of Bremelo Designed Custom Business Cards

2011-11-07T14:57:00.001-08:00

Hand set Spartan bold vintage metal type with hand mixed red, black and grey inks on American cotton paper.

Hand set Twentieth Century vintage metal type with hand mixed orange and grey inks on American cotton paper.

Hand set Caslon and Twentieth Century vintage metal type with hand mixed black and grey inks on English cotton paper.

Image by client with hand mixed black ink on American cotton paper.

Hand set Caslon and Twentieth Century vintage metal with hand mixed blue and silver ink on American cotton paper.

Hand set metal and wood vintage type with numbering machine and perforation on American cotton paper.

Hand set Gothic, Twentieth Century and Typo Script vintage metal type on recycled tree paper. Red bleed is printed from vintage wood capitol "I".

Hand set Twentieth Century vintage metal type, letterspaced, with hand mixed blue ink on English cotton paper. Blind deboss with hand set vintage metal circle ornaments.

Hand set Spartan Bold vintage metal type with hand mixed black ink on recycled tree paper.

Hand set Gothic, Twentieth Century vintage metal type and vintage circle ornament with hand mixed blue and orange ink on American cotton paper.

All custom design,

all hand pulled from the press...

Brief Survey of Bremelo Designed Custom Wedding Invitations

2011-11-07T14:50:00.001-08:00

All custom design,

all handset type,

all hand pulled from the press...

Floss after eating Bacon

2011-11-03T19:29:00.000-07:00

Our Floss card got blogged by CMYBacon. Best blog name, ever.

Read it here.

Chartreuse Design at Bremelo Press

2011-11-03T13:09:00.001-07:00

Sara, myself and Michelle, composing type before we lock and load onto the press. Photo by Chartreuse Design.

I had the pleasure of having the talent from Chartreuse Design come to Bremelo Press to take a class in handset letterpress. It was one of the best afternoons here at the press, spending it with three lovely and creative women from Ohio, where Adele, our press is also from!

Charity pulls a print on Adele,
Bremelo Press' 104 year old clamshell press. Photo by Chartreuse Design.

Thanks to Charity, Sara and Michelle for being an inspiration to creativity here at the print shop.

Check out their blog post about their trip to Seattle here.

Next to the Radio

2011-11-02T14:28:00.000-07:00

24 point Spartan Black, ornaments, 12 point Caslon, and in the background, American cotton circa 1940's

spaced out - 24 point en spaces

2011-11-01T21:20:00.000-07:00

Release Party

2011-10-29T16:06:00.000-07:00

Big Fiction, No. 1

Release Party with the Editor Heather Jacobs

4pm - 6pm

Saturday, November 12, 2011

Bremelo Press

1400 S Jackson Place

Seattle, WA 98144

Plus a surprise guest!

Watch for our friend David Chatt...

2011-10-29T14:03:00.001-07:00

Fall Color

2011-10-29T13:23:00.000-07:00

Lauren Klenow & Andrew Bartels

2011-10-24T16:50:00.001-07:00

PROVISIONAL ENGINEERING from Lauren Klenow on Vimeo.

Brilliant use of Text and Image.

sunshine

2011-10-20T12:30:00.000-07:00

In the print studio yesterday, the sun beamed on Jake's baby doll ruby red slippers.

Big Fiction

2011-10-18T13:01:00.000-07:00

Layout on the Vandercook #15 for the journal cover. Alpha-Blox in 24 and 12 point.

When it's printed! it looks like this. Those are clouds, can you tell?

The hand mixed blue ink, on the rollers, that when in use, purr like kittens.

Door No. 3

2011-09-19T12:48:00.000-07:00

Had a lovely weekend in the Methow Valley and got to meet the fabulous printers of Door No. 3 in Twisp.

Check out their calendar for Open Studios. If you are cruising through town, or live nearby, be sure to stop.

Yikes!

2011-09-15T16:13:00.000-07:00

I've got some distributing to do...

Pre-Wedding BBQ

2011-09-12T12:26:00.000-07:00

Handset Broadway in 120, 36 and 24 point.

Handset Copperpoint in 12 point.

Hand-carved rose from linoleum block.

Hand mixed inks.

Handsome couple!

I will be here with some work: stop by!

2011-09-06T11:31:00.000-07:00

Gallery Artists Group Exhibition
Artist's Reception September 9, 5-7pm
September 9 - October 8, 2011

"Standing Figure, 36" x 48",acrylic, collage, ink on canvas
Mary Molyneaux

Batho, Berlin, Burke, Burns, Duffy, D'Inverno, Exter, Farthing,Forcade, Furness, Hannigan, Hardgrave, Hoy, Jameson, Johnson, Jonassen, Konigsberg, Kopp, Lewis, Ludwig, McCoy, Molyneaux, Nakell, Peaslee, Peugh, Randolph, Rissman, Roux Sarkowsky, Severn, Sherman

Fetherston Gallery

818 E. Pike Street Seattle, WA 98112

www.fetherstongallery.com

dusty purple on the press

2011-08-23T12:36:00.000-07:00

Hand carved linoleum block.

Vintage block with hand set Bodoni.

Hand carved linoleum block.

As per usual...available on my Etsy site!

bremeloprinter@gmail.com

2011-08-23T11:17:00.000-07:00

Hey there folks!

This one def works:

bremeloprinter@gmail.com

Yesterday's Ink Today

2011-08-20T13:30:00.001-07:00

I hand carved this image from linoleum and printed on my 104 year old press.

Title: Are You Happy to See Me?

Available from my Etsy store!

Today's Color is Orange

2011-08-19T18:21:00.000-07:00

Hand mixed ink.

The product. Typeset with Alpha-Blox:

Summer Printing

2011-08-18T18:27:00.001-07:00

Computer Free in Seattle

2011-08-18T18:25:00.000-07:00

No Comment

2011-08-12T23:00:00.000-07:00

Check this out!:

http://www.etsy.com/listing/62704234/shadow-box-jewelry-holder

It reminds me of the Letterpress Machine:

http://www.paper-source.com/cgi-bin/paper/item/Letterpress-Machine/2903_018/40077890.html

You can't make this stuff up.

Weirdo

2011-08-12T18:23:00.000-07:00

Handset with Bodoni metal typeface and vintage aquatic creature block.

On Monday I thought this card was funny, on Friday I'm not so sure.

You Dirty Dog!

2011-08-12T18:19:00.000-07:00

I hate my new camera. I can't see a thing!

Yowza!

2011-08-12T18:06:00.000-07:00

Handset with wood type exclamation point and Brush metal typeface in 18 and 24 point.

Yes, it says "spanking"...is that Adult Content?

What a Team!

2011-08-12T18:02:00.000-07:00

The lovely couple.

Handset with Bodoni metal typeface in 14 point and 24 point, and you see the Bodoni 36 point below:

Available on my Etsy site.

Thinking of You

2011-08-12T17:54:00.000-07:00

It amuses me to no end...a wood type emoticon.

Handset with 24 point Airport Black metal type.

Is this card about you? Probably. ;)

O.M.G.

2011-08-12T17:48:00.000-07:00

Anna Marie's wood type with Spartan Black metal type.

...and that's what I think when my birthday comes 'round.

Get it HERE.

Put a Bird on it

2011-08-12T17:40:00.000-07:00

Handset wood type: French Clarendon Double Condensed with metal type: Typo Script.

The inspiration:

Girl Germs!

2011-08-02T08:11:00.000-07:00

Handset type, 96 point Airport black, 18 point Bernhard Tango with handmixed, not yellow, not green but maybe chartreuse ink, perhaps the color of.....girl germs.

Available online at my Etsy store.

six states and counting

2011-07-29T11:46:00.001-07:00

All cards handset type: 96 pt Gothic #3, 42 point Gothic light, 18 pt Spartan Black.

Let's congratulate and celebrate.

Available at my Etsy store.

special request

2011-06-28T18:04:00.001-07:00

After seeing the cards from the previous post, I had a special request to print this. Your wish is my command.

mr and mrs right

2011-06-27T20:18:00.001-07:00

Handset with 18 point 20th Century Modern, 60 point Medium Gothic Condensed and 18 point Spartan Black.

Available here!

very important reminder

2011-06-26T19:29:00.000-07:00

Handset 60 point Medium Gothic Condensed and 24 point Brush printed on cotton paper with handmixed coral and turquoise inks.

I make these cards to remind me and now I offer them to you here.

fresh birthday cards

2011-06-25T19:33:00.001-07:00

Available on Etsy!

from the eye of the printer

2011-06-23T20:39:00.000-07:00

The view from the Vandercook to the C & P.

Rosie Returns

2011-06-21T16:58:00.001-07:00

Rosie came by today for her second class session and handset 18 point Rivoli for her social stationary. Note the envelopes...a very smart way to create a color melody.

(Sometimes the best way to look at something is to listen.)

new recruits

2011-06-21T13:13:00.000-07:00

Printed these hand carved linoleum blocks yesterday to add to the menagerie card line.