Printing a Shakespeare Quote on Antique Letterpress | Old English METAL Type - We May Be More

Set by hand and printed on antique Craftsmen Machinery, this piece is about human potential, restraint, and the quiet power of words that have survived centuries. Chipboard absorbs ink differently than fine paper, allowing the texture, pressure, and imperfections of the letterpress process to become part of the meaning.

There’s something grounding about slowing down—locking up type, inking the form, and pulling an impression—especially when the words remind us that becoming is always unfinished.

This quote is from Hamlet by William Shakespeare, and it feels nearly as relevant today as it did when it was written.

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— Sleepy Letterpress

Project: 5 1/2 X 8 1/2 Print
Press: 6 1/2 x 10 Craftsmen Machinery [a.k.a. Matilda]
Ink: Pantone 209
Lock-up: (Heavy) Metal Type

Sleepy Letterpress is where the Past meets the Present in a Print Shop. Ink Slinging Letterpress Printing - "freezing moments in time" through the traditional and printed practice of "Preservation Through Production". Join Andy "Sleepy" Harrison as he finds treasures in his grandfather's Letterpress cabinet weekly to print. Watch as this week's print takes shape!

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