Vittorio Veneto, Italy · est. 2013
The Blue Print Press
Hand-made, single-poem letterpress books in very small editions, printed from metal type on an 1895 Albion handpress and illustrated by the printer using linocut, engraving, etching, aquatint and watercolour.
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About the press
The Blue Print Press is a small letterpress studio founded by Janine Raedts in 2013 in Vittorio Veneto, north-east Italy. It produces hand-made, mostly single-poem books in very small editions using metal type on an 1895 Albion handpress, with the printer's own illustrations playing a primary role alongside the text. Published poets include Emily Dickinson, Seamus Heaney, Philip Larkin and William Carlos Williams.
Notable titles
- A Portable Paradise
- The Woman in Sunshine
- Love After Love / Amore Dopo Amore (Derek Walcott)