Kiss the Paper

As the few remaining letterpress print shops close down day by day, younger generations are eagerly collecting the relics of dusty equipment and nearly-forgotten letterpress lore that are left behind. In an increasingly digital world that prizes instaneity and economies of scale, why preserve a slow, heavy, imperfect, and dying craft? What does this wave of idealism and nostalgia reveal to us about a broader cultural transformation that is underway? A lifelong letterpress printer, Alan Runfeldt, invites us into his studio to discover some answers.