Letterpress drawer

Letterpress drawer

VILLA AND ROSE create unique artworks within old wooden letterpress printers trays. Often quirky and filled with vintage items & old antique elements these are put together to produce visually stunning and always fascinating framed artworks which can be hung on the wall.

I love old antique letterpress drawers, or type cases. They make great displays for many things. They are expensive to buy, though, so I decided to make my o...

Dylan Tibbetts on Instagram: “New letterpress drawer from @auroramills still needs some things to fill it though *hint hint* #apartment #apartmentlife #interiordesign…”

How to Clean a Printer Drawer. Letterpress Drawer

Easy steps for Repurposing and Cleaning a Letterpress Drawer. See my tools, steps and my finished drawer hanging in my craft room.

Collection of handmade vintage inspired miniature wooden houses in old letterpress printers tray drawer or type case.

Repurposing a Letterpress Cabinet: I was able to get my hands on an an old Hamilton Letterpress Cabinet. The only real problem, its' former owner was a sculptor/artisan and used it for housing type pieces that he used with his work. The insides of the cabinet drawers were covered wit…

This is an old letterpress tray/drawer that my friend Dietra found for me. It's a perfect shadow box and was so much fun to fill. I have plenty of spaces for more cute things (ha!). ReMent especially fits well. It was quite coveted when she brought it into the office, so I felt very fortunate that she thought of me. :)

Here is another drawer idea. How about for wall display? These types of drawers are popping up around antique stores for about $20+. This was my splurge, if you will. Loving words and history, thi…

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When I was in Minneapolis at the Junk Bonanza with Cindy and Michelle, I picked up an old letterpress drawer. I’d been eyeing them at thrift stores for several years, but I wasn’t sure what I’d do with them. Well, after a few months of sitting in our dining room, I’ve made it fit in a […]

Vintage Type Box Letterpress Printing Drawer ✨📚 DIMENSIONS: 📏 Width: 65.5 cm 📏 Depth: 47.5 cm 📏 Height: 3.5 cm With the advent of digital technology, traditional typography has fallen out of use. 💻📜 Composing machines and movable type have become obsolete, preserved primarily for their historical value. Typographic furniture, such as drawers and presses, now seek new purposes. 🕰️🖋️ Time and use have given these pieces a fascinating patina. Made from sturdy wood, this drawer features…

There’s a new piece of décor in my home that has me swooning nonstop: this here vintage wooden display shelf. I found it at a thrift store, and it was love at first sight. I’ve been looking for one of these for years! I believe it may have originally been used as a printer’s tray, […]

The Shadowbox-Assemblages of Eric Zientek @theesotericomega

Typeset tray with shells

Letterpress drawer full of bits

If I can’t find old letterpress drawers, I’d like to make shadowbox shelves like these

Have you seen those large letterpress drawers at antique stores? They are fairly inexpensive... I see them pretty consistently from $20-$30. Elisabeth and her family showed me how to use them as a trinket shelf in your home and I've shared this unique idea with my own family. Here are several pictures of letterpress dr