Big Wheel Press is a letterpress studio located in Northampton, Massachusetts.
We work with traditional wood letterpress type, hand set lead type, photo polymer plates, antique engravings as well as original art carved by Big Wheel artists. We can handle sheet sizes up to 24.5 x 28 inches. We’d be happy to talk to you about your printing needs.
Our letterpress wedding invitations and save the date cards are all unique. We can work from your design or start from scratch. Our posters, broadsides, greeting cards, postcards, and coasters are printed on one of eight antique presses. We print artist blocks, and we also do foil stamping, shrink wrapping, and paper cutting. Click below to see examples of our work or buy some of our cards and broadsides at our Etsy shop.
Recent Posts:
22 Karat Gold Leaf Stamping
On one of our latest wedding invitations the bride requested a metallic cut above the body of type in the invitation. I am not a big fan of metallic letterpress inks, and foil stamping was not adequate. The solution was actual 22 karat gold leaf. I inked the cut and printed it with our standard [...]
Pressing Matters Project
Pressing Matters is a collection of images printed by Big Wheel Press in relief of some of the most distinguished artists from western Massachusetts. This project is a production of Big Wheel Press of Northampton, Massachusetts; William R.S. Muller and Ali Osborn, proprietors.Pressing Matters is an event benefiting the internship program in museum studies at [...]
