Echeverri is an artist who uses an old-fashioned letterpress to print cards, invitations, posters and books at Typecase Industries, a company she and two friends co-founded last year. They work at 52 O Street Studios in D.C., which will host an open studio weekend on May 18-19.
Why is it unique to use a letterpress machine for printing? It’s a huge machine — they weigh, definitely depending on the kind of machine you have, anywhere from 500 to 3,000 pounds. They’re expensive to buy. … You have to know how to work them, how to print them, how to fix them. … We’re our own mechanics.
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