American Letterpress: The Art of Hatch Show Print 

Hello! I am a museum curator from Nottingham, England and have been working on a project for the last 15 months researching the local history of printing. We have several 19th century platen & lithographic printers and I am researching their operation and how the different parts relate to each other. This video was a great help! Thank you so much!!

My dad was a linotype operator, so I got my first taste of letterpress about 50 years ago. It never ceases to amaze and hypnotize.

We just visited over Memorial Day. The staff was friendly, the shop was amazing, and I scored three bargain bin prints that I absolutely love. Even my two young boys loved seeing how posters were made "in the olden days." After spending so much time designing on the computer, it makes me happy to see people still crafting beautiful artwork with their hands. Brilliant.

This is wonderful. My father was an avid letterpress printer. He had several presses over the years but his favorite in the later years was the Vandercook 4. Coincidentally he was from the same area. I can never remember if it was Goff or Salina. Many thanks for the video.

lucky to watch this. great efforts, got really inspired. Thank you folks.

Ive watched this video a half dozen times and it still fascinates me. The use of wood type as it was back in the 1800’s still being of use today to produce masterpieces of posters to grace any wall. Keep it up! - from a former, fellow letterpress lothareo.

Wow absolutely brilliant

I wonder if it is still there and still operating? It is absolutely a place i would visit if i ever was in that part of the states someday!

Uau! A impressão tipográfica ainda se faz presente nos dias de hoje. Eu era das artes gráficas, como era adjetivada aqui no Brasil. Parabéns!

Oh shit I walked in this exact shop!!! Just mesmerized by this place

I love this job so much,cause Ihave ever, when I was young 21 years old.

I am a graphic designer and i got inspired with their awesome designs!

Hi, I want to thank you for just the most amazing and interesting video I have seen for a long time. I was never a Printer letterpress or otherwise, but I was a "Print Finisher/Book Maker. I am not old enough for retirement but was forced to stop work when my Epilepsy became too much of a risk. Not ashamed to say I cried watching this. Letter-Press is exactly the same as when it was invented. Johannes Gutenberg 'Press', applied the Ink and the 'Type' was 'Set' in the same way.Thanks mrbluenun

I want to go here. Beautiful

This is beautiful, so much charm and love ! wunderfull craft! Hi 5 for Gutenberg :)

An inspiration - keep it going, keep it alive and maintain that integrity ✨

Very cool. I was just given one of these poster's by Mike Plume of the Mike Plume Band.. He had 100 for his new record, he autographed it for me and told about the process. I wanna check this out when I'm in Nashville this coming March.

Hey ya guys! I was thrilled to found this video about the huge work of preservation and praxis of the letter-printing (: i am myself an enthusiast in all that involves printing and i loved watching the passion of your work, love to visit you some day (: have even more fun printing!! btw, the monoprints are amazing (;

Hey, thanks! We had a blast working with the crew over there. They are truly gifted artists.

alucinante como hacian todo antes y aun haya gente que domine estas tecnicas es aun mejor os seguire de cerca

I am visiting Nashville next week and Hatch Show Print is on top of my list...next to Third Man Records of course...so excited.

Mesmerizing! I'd love to visit sometime!

I love letterpress machines. I operated a few including a proof press. I also saw in the video possibly an Oswego or seybold cutter. They were great cutters

Great little video, great big Letterpress. When in Nashville, don't miss HATCH.

learning letterpress now! beautiful video

such an educational video. love it

Jim is coming to our school this week :) Can't wait!!

Will stop in next time I’m in Nashville. Wow!

Para mi el mejor trabajo del mundo, lo realicé por más de diez años y me volví adicto a las artes gráficas.

i Love to see the old days printing.

My first job out of a vocational high school in '76 was an all letterpress shop. Since then I've been lucky enough to have worked in offset shops over the course of almost 40 years that had one or two old Miehles still in service. It's almost a lost art. Great video.

Awesome man

AMAZING! STILL I AM maintaining Letter Press of my father here in my place. Thank you for posting!

Hi YoMrBear! Thanks for the comment. It's definitely a cool process.

good printing, old is gold

Unique and artful. Great to see people using this process and keeping it alive. You guys have these prints to order online?

Amigos impresores: somos amantes del arte por amor, siempre buscamos saber más , podríamos ahora informarnos cómo está la situación de cada lugar: futuro de la imprenta, las ventas, seguiremos desarrollando nos como tal, cómo nos afecta la pandemia, la recesión mundial. Impresores, opinen no están muertos! Viva la imprenta!!! El papel impreso es la mejor memoria!!!

I use to app-orate one of those, it's fun

@cprostudio They're a really good group at Hatch Show Print. If you like this stuff, try to check out the traveling exhibition, "American Letterpress: The Art of Hatch Show Print." It's still on the road!

Inspiring work. Im doing my first wood cut this week. Any advice?

love letterpress

@RayDAider: I'll pass your message along to the folks at Hatch!

Is the lettering in the composing stick the right way up to help the RU-vid viewer, as traditionally the letters in a composing stick were upside down and read from left to right, love the clip, took me back to 1976 to 1980...

Nice!

At 5:50, you're seeing large letterpress blocks of individual letters that could be used and reused.

Dios es impreso!!!

I always stop in here, when in Nashville. It is a great piece of living history ! Got my Gov`t Mule poster on Saturday for the Friday show(Thanks Cathy !). These people are as friendly as they are talented at their craft. Great to see them keeping the bussiness going, and in a "back in time" setting" Hope to get back soon, Rick

This is the first time I saw this printing

I WANT IT, is just easier than the one we have at the univercity, ahaha!

One of the finest Art of letter press now require protection . please save letter press this process is safe and reliable ,

Gives new meaning to the phrase 'big iron'...there's just some things that digital tech simply cannot do! I hope it NEVER disappears...if so, it'd be a tragedy!

It was nice to see an old rotary phone ☎️, but would not a telegraph be more fitting?

What make are all those letterpresses?

Hello, can someone tell me the exact name of the most simple mechanic letterpress machine, right now am looking for machine that i can make my poster and typesetting printing. Thanks.

Check out some of the vintage woodblocks and additional posters out there on our website. Might give you some inspiration! sites.si.edu/exhibitions/exhibits/hatch_show_print/main.htm

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Smithsonian

Eu trabalho com tipografia até hoje

thats cute.....they have kitties

is it wrong to get a semi over print?

Do they still have that shop ?

American Pickers brought me here =)

whats model that machine

I want to switch my job from die-cutting to printing

5:50 What's that?

I think I may have discovered heaven

Hi elco9791, Rotary phone? Well, you've got to get into the spirit, right?

thats cute.....they have a kiity

Lorde poster?

I want letter press job composing and dradle printing jobs

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hire me!

Magnifique vidéo, la typographie y-est représentée sous un de ses meilleurs aspects, l'ayant pratiqué de 1959 jusqu'en 1970 avant de passer à l'offset ; elle restera pour moi une des plus belles choses, et j'y penserais toujours. christian.bister@orange.fr

no new typefaces, that's interesting

Like that comment " Working Museum"

OK

the cat is adipose lol

i came

Ok I understand the letter press. But really? Rotary telephone?

One can smell the marijuana.