![]() Unless you envisage 1,000 guests or more on the White House Lawns, NO PROBLEM, >INK, from your well published (stateside) one tiny tube from your “Ink in tubes” supplier. No inking mechanism, No ink, No Ink plate, No Stock, No image, etc, etc, for the alleged 90,000 + members that just with the help of the 10/12 year old Kid Sister/Brother etc, that you COULD NOT? make a working facsimile of the Adana Quarto.? ![]() Hypothetically, leave off/out the (fairly obvious) Ink Rollers & Ink Disc and then state On Line, on B.P. Just for starters look up, on the Web, Adana Quarto printing press working. Smileybug, Nil Desperandum, or keep in mind the saying, “Better to have tried and failed, than never to have tried at all” Otherwise, there is no substitute for having it done by a capable professional workshop in the field who is doing it for a living.Įither go big, go broke, or go home is my general feeling. Since it seems you’ve gotten your feet wet, some correspondence with another letterpress workshop in your GENERAL area ( PACNW) would yield somebody willing to host you for your activities, and it could still be less expensive than having them printed/more bang for your buck if you feel up to the task/excited about it. OK this with the workshop facilitators first)? Have you considered traveling to another location and attending a workshop with the purpose of printing your invitations? What if you were to make a 3-day weekend, order your plates from boxcar or some other platemaker (Elum and crown flex both closer to you) in advance once you’ve confirmed the workshop/in the meantime, get ahold of pre-cut paper, and then simply bring your plates and paper to said workshop with the idea of executing a project on site (obvsly. I think you may be trying to bite off more than you can chew for what will be the biggest and happiest day of your life. Sorry to sound negative but I have been in the print trade for over 25 years and Im still learning. As in help to deliver jobs, make tea/coffee, sweep the floor, anything! UNLESS, you can engage the services of a friendly letterpress printer, swapping your time for goods or anything really and learn as you go along. I think you will be opening a can of worms and giving yourself massive stress to achieve something in such a short space of time. Its like passing your driving test and jumping straight into a formula 1 or indycar. To start learning the craft of letterpress before your wedding (stressful enough!) then get up to speed to print them so they are professional looking enought is a big ask. Why dont you ask around your friends or family for some financial assistance as part of your wedding gifts to have your invites printed by a professional.
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