Current Print Club postcard is a boombox made with geometric metal & wood type ornaments and printed in 3 colors. #letterpress

Arboret is a beautiful, interchangeable ornament/type combination that is thankfully built on the modern point system of measurement for quick setting. #letterpress

New Chi skyline on press. Especially pleased with a Bean made of parentheses. #letterpress

Complex new form set for a print commissioned by the @ravenswood-chicago.bsky.social. #letterpress

Community is everything and printers know that well. So @blountben.bsky.social & I are leading the charge to host WayzgooseORD (WORD) here in Chicago. It’s a new gathering for the print community to share their shops, knowledge and friendship. More info: wayzgooseord.com

Community. Metal type buildings in collaboration with a wood type foundation. #letterpress www.starshaped.com/8x10prints/c...

Made some tiny metal type bikes. #letterpress

We really like our neighbors. More details about this print here: https://www.starshaped.com/small-prints/neighbors #letterpress

Wrote about a recent, massive metal type ornament reorganization in the shop. www.starshaped.com/blog/2026/1/...

New Print Club prints feature type that says ‘hang on’ and ‘let go’. Been thinking a lot about what we hang on to and what needs to be let go of in so many ways. #letterpress

Pretty stoked about our new stickers for outgoing orders, made by @busybeaverbuttonco.bsky.social. Digital typefaces designed by @chgohoods.bsky.social. We keep it local.

This year’s New Year mailing, featuring del Toro’s response to AI art. Feels appropriate to set in 19th century type & ornament given the unbelievable (and largely lost) skill needed to design & cast items with this level of detail. #letterpress

Happy birthday, Andre de Shields. #letterpress www.starshaped.com/last-call/fa...

Cueing up some gorgeous 19th century type for printing today. #letterpress

Throwback to the city commissioning art to promote vaccines in 2021. 7-color print, all metal & wood type. More info & process here: www.starshaped.com/postersprint...

Snippet from ‘The City is my Religion’ print from a portfolio project of the same name, 2020. It’s a church of sorts, made up of local buildings with colors to mimic stained glass. Considering a reprint. #letterpress

Prize for the first type nerd who can identify this delightful set of 1- and 2-color ornaments. I believe it’s monotype. #letterpress

Undertaking a massive ornament reorganization in the shop and stumbled on the delightful name ‘colorets’ for these simple workhorses that are used all the time. Love the added suggestion for sketching colored pencil ideas. #letterpress

Cleaning day for these hometown heroes. Composing sticks for setting metal type. #letterpress

Thanks to the 200+ Print Club subscribers that have helped sustain the studio this year. The December print is mailing now… a little reminder we all have what we need if we choose it: compassion, kindness, acceptance, empathy, love. #letterpress

Used the opportunity of a clean, post-open house studio to get updated photos, which my dog photobombed in a good way. #letterpress

Join us for our annual open house tonight! Presses are running, prints and cards are for sale, and we’ve got snacks. The metal type shown here (reversed) is Pastel, designed and cast in Chicago and made popular by silent film intertitles. #letterpress

New wintry cards inspired by sweater weather and featuring some lovely ornaments. One for Chicago, too. www.starshaped.com/holiday

Handy boxes are candy for letterpress printers. Each contains a tidy little set of borders or ornaments on a theme. Recently found this one in the shop with an additional supplier sticker.

A print featuring the delightful, modular wood ornaments designed and cut by Moore Wood Type. It’s 4 colors, swapping various cuts to create 9 unique ornaments. #letterpress www.starshaped.com/holiday/moor...

Tiny Chi on press tonight. Heading to holiday cards at the open house Saturday evening. #letterpress

Looking for gift ideas for that letterpress printer? My brand new type is ONLY available from me, as I designed, engraved, and cast it myself! Order before Dec 15 for holiday shipping. www.bowerbox.com/product/new-...

Some truly spectacular metal type ornaments here, spanning 100 years of design & production at numerous foundries across the country. 6-pointed snowflakes are the newest, designed & cast by @bowerbox.com #letterpress

Saturday, December 13th, 5-9pm is our 26th annual open house. All are welcome to hang, pull a print and grab a drink. We’ll let you touch the new Cooper, @dansinker.com & @fritzswanson.bsky.social. #letterpress

Down to the last 5 library prints, made with old, gummed slips given to me by library pal @katierizz.bsky.social. #letterpress www.starshaped.com/stationery-e...

Feeling a bit Leonard Cohen today. Printed years ago as a custom commission but got a few available. #letterpress www.starshaped.com/postersprint...

I’m with @phineas.bsky.social. Bring it on, Chicago. Glorious walk through the park this morning. #letterpress

Our 2025 letterpress holiday cards printed by the talented @starshapedpress.bsky.social featuring an excerpt from Assata Shakur's "Affirmation" are here! We're handing them out free with every in-store and online purchase until they're gone. It's our favorite tradition of the holiday season.

These frost & fir ornaments designed by Elizabeth Friedlander are a favorite in my shop. #letterpress

Little blue house on press tonight. #letterpress

Years ago, I spotted this list on a whiteboard while visiting my heroine, @springtidepress.bsky.social. I made it a print using her fabulous type collection and keep it by my presses. Tonight I have the pleasure of hearing her speak again. #letterpress

Why use one Cooper when you can use them all. #letterpress

Letterpress as cross stitch. www.starshaped.com/8x10prints/h...

‘Glampersands’, as in, a glorious collection of metal type ampersands recently cast by my pal Pat Reagh. #letterpress

Wrote about the complex process of building a 7-color print from metal type & ornament. www.starshaped.com/blog/2025/11...

Found some prints done years ago for our pals at Jump Up Records and have some for sale. The first Blue Beat gal was trans. #letterpress www.starshaped.com/postersprint...

Printing peace this evening. #letterpress

New print in honor of Studs and my neighbors standing up to protect our communities. #letterpress www.starshaped.com/8x10prints/o...

Made a real-size cassette tape from metal type and kind of love it, like I loved that mix tape my high school bestie got from a cooler older cousin circa ‘93. Available as a small print: www.starshaped.com/small-prints...

Happy Halloween to the ghouls of the American healthcare system that live by this phrase. #letterpress

As I navigate financially crippling ‘choices’ for health insurance to cover a disabled child, I’m reminded of this print I made earlier in the year satirizing how our mighty leaders feel about disabled kids. Full text and context here: www.starshaped.com/postersprint...

There’s a Nelson Algren for every season. #letterpress www.starshaped.com/chicago/chic...

Thanks to the 1100+ folks that came through for Open House Chicago. We printed, we shared, we talked about our great city. #letterpress

Let’s tell them Studs Terkel is the leader of antifa. Come get a print today at Open House Chicago, 10-5.

Sneak peek of an updated version of ‘Urbs in Horto’ debuting at Open House Chicago this weekend. 6 colors with metal type, 1 linoleum cut. #letterpress