About Shuttle Press & Bindery

Established in 2014, Shuttle Press & Bindery is your source for well-designed, quality, hand-crafted paper goods - including letterpressed stationery, hand-bound journals, and more! Part of what drew me to letterpress printing was its rich and fascinating history - both within my own family, and on a larger scale. I would be remiss if I didn’t take some time to include it here for those who are inclined to know more. ​While the art of letterpress has maintained a strong foothold in the stationery world, its impact reaches far into the past. Prior to our era of Instagram-able wedding invitations and Pinterest-perfect stationery was a more utilitarian world where the letterpress was the king of printed media. By refurbishing and continuing to use my presses, I’m contributing to a long lineage of printers whose impressions have (quite literally) been left on the world today. The story of Shuttle Press & Bindery starts long before I was digging through lead type and sewing text-blocks. In fact, it’s a story that began long before I was born. My original press, a Kelsey Excelsior from the late 1940s, once belonged to my great-grandfather - and was passed down to me. My larger, treadle-operated press is a Ben-Franklin Gordon Peerless press from the 1860s. Both have been carefully cleaned and restored (by yours truly) to their former glory - and are what I use to produce my products today! Read their story