Farmwood Press
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Where did the name of your studio come from?
The name Farmwood Press came from the location where we first started our company. Nestled in a cozy garage off Farmwood Way we found our humble beginnings in a place most modern letterpress printers start. We also find real meaning in our name as it conjures up the farming lifestyle and the self-sustaining, hardworking heritage that that has significance with us and our family legacy.
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Who is on your team, and how did you come together?
We begin just as a husband and wife team and quickly realized that we needed a strong team of creatives. Along with my wife and I our team includes four fantastic designers and a keenly skilled pressman. We also bring on from time to time additional help who without could not finish our orders and care for our. We carefully selected our designers from friends and just from asking around when we needed. Our pressman really kind of fell in our lap and we have been quite happy ever since!
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How did you get into design and letterpress printing?
My wife and I run a wedding photography company. As photographers we miss having work with our hand in developing film and truly missed crafting something like that. When friends of our was getting out of the letterpress printing industry, we decided to join. We bought their equipment and the rest is history! We haven’t looked back since.
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Where do you find inspiration for your designs?
Fine design and the written word inspires us! Those elements help establish the preservation of legacy. Creating pieces that bring joy, celebrate and cause community. Community that is caused by those sharing a moment through a thoughtful card or a gift shared.
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What kind of press(es) do you use?
Our oldest press is a 1912 Chandler and Price New Style that has been named, “Omer”. We also have a Vandercook Universal III, “Norma” - who’s name mean ‘precision’ and ‘light’. Our main workhorse is a nameless Heidelberg 10x15 Redball Windmill - which handles printing large runs of our cards. This hardworking press came from a shop from outside Waco, Texas. The owner/pressman bought this press brand new and when I was loading the press on my truck and the owner’s wife was in tears in a bittersweet moment explaining to me that it was the first major purchase for their humble shop that carried them all of these decades. I intend to care for this press just as it’s former owner had and hope it brings me the kind of prosperity it brought them.
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Which press was used to print the Nicely Noted cards?
These specific cards were printed on our Heidelberg Windmill