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Mancelona, Michigan, USA · est. 1992

Deep Wood Press

Chad Pastotnik's letterpress and intaglio private-press and artists' books using handset type, wood engravings, and fine binding.

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About the press

Deep Wood Press is the private press of Chad Pastotnik in Mancelona, Michigan, founded in 1992. It produces hand-crafted letterpress and intaglio fine-press and artists' books with handset type, wood engravings, and fine binding, and was featured in the PBS series A Craftsman's Legacy.

Notable titles

  • The Wind in the Willows
  • In the Penal Colony
  • The Mad Angler Poems
  • The Intruder
  • The LIQUORSTORE pomes

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