Amy Graham Stigler spent her childhood growing up in our beautiful state of Wisconsin, eventually moving to Chicago to study art and co-found the internationally known stationery company Snow & Graham. After a decade in the city, her growing family moved back to a “quieter” life in the Hartland, WI area. Amy is now creative director and designer for Smock Paper, the first sustainable letterpress print shop in the U.S. to print on a luxury bamboo paper. Although the print shop is located in upstate New York, you can find Smock’s designs at a number of retailers around Wisconsin, including Monograham in Nashotah (Amy’s store), Sarah B. Fine Stationery in Madison and Broadway Paper in Milwaukee. Visit smockpaper.com to see all of Amy’s designs and the many blogs (like designmom.com) featuring her work.
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March 27th, 2009An old printers world
March 17th, 2009
Located in the tiny, northern-most Wisconsin city of Cornucopia, Superior Letterpress prides itself in the art of traditional letterpress printing. Owner, Mike Coughlin, runs his classic cast iron presses, sets his own type, operates the camera and makes all the printing plates. He orders the finest papers, based on the needs of each project, and even answers the phone when you call. When others told this stubborn, white-haired printer to get rid of his old machines and modernized his printing plant, he responded that “quality will never go out of style and people will always prefer beautiful things, made by craftsmen and women who take pride in what they make.” Support this small Wisconsin shop by printing your next invitation, book or publication at superiorletterpress.com. If you’re looking for a letterpress printer in another area of Wisconsin, Briar Press has a decent list at briarpress.org.

