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Printed by hand in Porto

Prints, cards and notebooks, pulled one sheet at a time

A letterpress and risograph studio in Bonfim. Two of us, three presses and a lot of paper, sent across Europe in a few days.

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Two hands lifting a printed sheet off the bed of a flatbed proof press, the inked forme still on the bed below, in a pale print studio.

Why people come back

Small runs, nothing hurried

  • Made by hand

    Every letter is set from wooden and metal type, every colour mixed on the slab and every sheet pulled by one of us. Runs of fifty, rarely more.

  • Shipped in days

    What is on this page is on our shelf. Orders leave Porto within two working days, cards flat between board, posters rolled in a tube.

  • Made to last

    Cotton and acid-free papers, inks that do not fade in a season, notebooks sewn rather than glued. A print from us should outlive the frame.

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What we print

Six of the pieces people order most. Prices include VAT; shipping within Portugal is €5, to the rest of the EU €9.

  • A close detail of black ink bitten into cotton paper, the letters cropped so they read only as texture and impression.

    Letterpress type print, A3

    Black ink pressed deep into 600 g cotton paper, set from the wood type we found in a closed printer's shop in Gaia. Signed, edition of forty.

    €38

  • A glass ink slab with two weighed-out blobs of mixed ink, one warm red and one deep blue, a palette knife across the corner.

    Two-colour riso poster, A2

    Warm red and deep blue, printed in two passes so the colours overlap where they meet. A new design each season.

    €32

  • A grey risograph duplicator open at the side with a blue ink drum seated in its cradle, hands just withdrawing.

    Blue riso poster, A3

    One drum of our blue ink on heavy uncoated paper: the Porto rooftops from the studio window.

    €22

  • The torn deckle edge of a heavy cream cotton sheet lying blank on a pale bench, catching a rim of light.

    Deckle-edge notecards, ten

    Blank cream cotton cards with the soft torn edge left on, and ten envelopes. For the letters worth writing by hand.

    €16

  • A corner of smooth cobalt blue paper lying slightly curled on a pale studio bench.

    A5 notebook, cobalt cover

    Ninety-six plain pages, a cobalt cover and a hand-sewn spine that lies flat on the table.

    €18

  • A warm grey-brown hard card on a pale bench with one corner lifted to show the thickness of the board.

    Hardback sketchbook

    Covers of warm grey board, thick enough to draw on your knee, and 120 pages of cartridge paper.

    €28

The studio

Where it gets printed

A ground-floor room in Bonfim with three presses, a risograph, good daylight and the smell of ink.

  • A cast-iron flatbed proof press with a metal forme locked up on its bed between furniture and quoins, the roller parked at the end.
    A poster locked up and ready for the first proof
  • Six wooden composing stands in a row along a plain studio wall, type cases open and stools pushed in, before the evening class arrives.
    The composing stands, set out for Thursday's evening class
  • A black platen press with a heavy flywheel and treadle, ink rollers resting on the disc, on a swept studio floor.
    The platen press, where every card is printed
  • A small folded card printed in two flat colours on a pale bench, the letters out of focus and only the pressed ink texture sharp.
    A folded card in two colours, fresh off the press

From people who use them

Kind words

  • You can feel every letter of the print with your fingertips. It has hung in our hall for three years and people still touch it on the way past.
    Marta SousaBraga
  • I bought a notebook at the market and went back the next Saturday for six more as presents. Tomás wrapped them in a misprinted poster.
    Daniel BeckerVisiting from Leipzig

Order by email or at the market

Write to us with what you would like and we reply the same day with the total and a payment link, or come and see it all on Saturday in Praça Carlos Alberto.

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Fold & Grain

Letterpress and risograph prints, cards, notebooks and posters, printed by two people in Porto.

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