Magnesium dies

If you do not want to print from foundry type or from a pre-made block, you can design your own image and have it made into a letterpress die. There are companies that will turn your design into a raised magnesium plate and mount it on a wood block for you. My girlfriend Kim is hosting a baby shower for her sister, and I offered to print the invitations. I designed the invite on Adobe InDesign and emailed it to an engraving company in Portland. A short while later, they mailed this to me:

I placed the block into the Pilot for printing.


Here are the results: