Letterpress Card: Lion
$ 18.00 - $ 36.00
This design was painted with Chinese paintbrushes and black calligraphy ink on thick, premium raw rice paper. It was then made into two letterpress plates (one plate for each color). Each card was individually pressed twice (one pressing for each color) on a vintage flatbed cylinder Vandercook press, onto soft cotton paper.
Blank inside.
Card details:• 4-Bar / A1 folded card (3.5 x 4.875 inches)
• Paired with cognac envelope
• Cello sleeved for protection
• Printed on 118 lb. tree-free cotton paper made from 100% recovered cotton from the textile industry (that would otherwise go to a landfill)
• Printed with a hand-cranked vintage letterpress in our Los Angeles studio