Today's Ottawa Citizen newspaper featured a nice long article on Ottawa-based letterpress company Dempsey Press. The couple (Vanessa Dempsey & Mike Freeman) create unique designs for greeting cards, whacky stationery, business cards and invitations/announcements on a massive "vintage Heidelberg Windmill Red Ball press" using rich, luxe paper product. Although I have not personally seen their work, I do know about these presses and get goosebumps thinking of the gorgeous final products that they create (insert jealous pangs here!!!).
These types of presses are a fortune to buy (that is if you can even get your hands on a classic one) and another fortune to maintain, but they really do allow for some creative and beautiful works. Of course, products end up on the pricier side for the client, but if this is a style or look you are going for and it's in the budget, I encourage you to support the local guys and give them a try. Their portfolio of pics online is a little bleak, but (as I know personally) that could mean that they are just too busy with orders to get them on there!!!
Enjoy readers and click here for the full article.
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