Slideshow: Pike Street Press
SLIDESHOW: Print is not dead at Pike Street Press. Among the reasons Sean Brown opened his gallery/retail space/open studio was a desire to show the city how letterpress happens. You can happen by any day of the week and watch him at work.
A great array of wedding (and party) invitations are scattered throughout the large, open shop. Get ideas, get vendor leads, get inspired.
Brown does do design work himself, but he’s happiest to refer you to the designers he knows. He can also take elements from your already printed invites and help you create letterpress pieces for the reception—say, table numbers and/or name cards that riff on the invitations you’ve already sent out.
You might also get ideas for favors, guests books, and other gifts while you’re there.
Plenty of inspiration here, too, of course.
Here’s the 1960s-era Original Heidelberg herself.
An example of the fine art letterpress prints that are displayed at Pike Street Press.
Perhaps the best time to visit the shop is on Pike Hike 3rd Thursdays. Brown has finely letterpressed maps and info cards about the monthly art/food/shopping events.
