Live Printmaking Events
Live Printmaking
Are you looking for an exciting and unique experience to bring to your event? Noosh! Studios offers an engaging and interactive opportunity for you and your guests to get hands-on with letterpress printing. Collaborate with Noosh! Studios to create a one-of-a-kind block or choose from a growing library of blocks to find the perfect image to print using one of Noosh! Studios’ antique letterpresses.
Presses
Antique Kelsey Mercury Model 5×8 Excelsior Tabletop Platen Press
In 1872, the Kelsey Company began making inexpensive presses for amateur printers. The longest lasting press manufacturer on the market, the company closed its doors in Meridian, Connecticut, in 1990. This particular press is estimated to have been produced between 1930 and 1950. Its unique side lever makes it a standout amongst other Kelsey presses.
For your event, Noosh! Studios can bring this press and allow guests to pull their very own print! This is a very fast printing press. When printing at full speed, it can do about 100 prints per hour.
With this press, Noosh! Studios can interact with approximately 30 guests per hour.
Antique Adana “Eight-Five” Tabletop Platen Press
First manufactured in 1933, this cast iron press was mostly used by hobbyists and business owners who had needs for printing small items, such as menus, brochures, business cards, and flyers.
For your event, Noosh! Studios can bring this press and allow guests to pull their very own print! This is a very fast printing press. When printing at full speed, it can do about 100 prints per hour.
With this press, Noosh! Studios can interact with approximately 30 guests per hour.
Antique Challenger Miles’ Nervine Galley Proofing Press
Manufactured by the Challenger Machinery Co. in the 1870s, this unique press was produced for a medicine doctor by the name of Dr. Dexter Miles. Dr. Miles offered these presses to local newspapers all over the country in exchange for advertising his “Miles Pain Pills.” These presses were used by the newspapers to proof their articles—to “check their p’s and q’s.”
For your event, Noosh! Studios can bring this press and allow guests to pull their very own print. When printing at full speed, it can do about 50 prints per hour.
With this press, Noosh! Studios can interact with approximately 25–30 guests per hour.
A.B. Taylor and Co. Job and Hat Tip Press
Circa the 1870s, this beautiful blue press was manufactured specifically for printing the silk labels found attached to the crowns of men’s hats. From what I can tell, this press is extremely rare. It is one of 3 of its kind known to exist.
For your event, Noosh! Studios can bring this press and allow guests to pull their very own print! When printing at full speed, it can do about 60 prints per hour.
With this press, Noosh! Studios can interact with approximately 25–30 guests per hour.
In 1872, the Kelsey Company began making inexpensive presses for amateur printers. The longest lasting press manufacturer on the market, the company closed its doors in Meridian, Connecticut, in 1990. This particular press is estimated to have been produced between 1930 and 1950. Its unique side lever makes it a standout amongst other Kelsey presses.
For your event, Noosh! Studios can bring this press and allow guests to pull their very own print! This is a very fast printing press. When printing at full speed, it can do about 100 prints per hour.
With this press, Noosh! Studios can interact with approximately 30 guests per hour.
First manufactured in 1933, this cast iron press was mostly used by hobbyists and business owners who had needs for printing small items, such as menus, brochures, business cards, and flyers.
For your event, Noosh! Studios can bring this press and allow guests to pull their very own print! This is a very fast printing press. When printing at full speed, it can do about 100 prints per hour.
With this press, Noosh! Studios can interact with approximately 30 guests per hour.
Manufactured by the Challenger Machinery Co. in the 1870s, this unique press was produced for a medicine doctor by the name of Dr. Dexter Miles. Dr. Miles offered these presses to local newspapers all over the country in exchange for advertising his “Miles Pain Pills.” These presses were used by the newspapers to proof their articles—to “check their p’s and q’s.”
For your event, Noosh! Studios can bring this press and allow guests to pull their very own print. When printing at full speed, it can do about 50 prints per hour.
With this press, Noosh! Studios can interact with approximately 25–30 guests per hour.
Circa the 1870s, this beautiful blue press was manufactured specifically for printing the silk labels found attached to the crowns of men’s hats. From what I can tell, this press is extremely rare. It is one of 3 of its kind known to exist.
For your event, Noosh! Studios can bring this press and allow guests to pull their very own print! When printing at full speed, it can do about 60 prints per hour.
With this press, Noosh! Studios can interact with approximately 25–30 guests per hour.