The Collective Press

Specialties

Equipment:

–Rotary screen printing press

–Small magnetic sign press

–Vandercook 325G cylinder press

–8X10 C&P platen press

–1 type cabinet full of metal and wood type, mostly Futura



Desires:

–To make art that is affordable to purchase

–To make art that is affordably made, often using scraps or fall-​off

–To send out conscious, insightful, forward-​moving energy

–To help people connect in a tangible, lasting way

–To stay within the old letterpress tradition of using metal type, wood type, printer’s blocks and carved surfaces. Polymer plates are not used in this shop.

History

Established in 2008.

I was gifted a screen printing press by a kind soul in 2008 and a neighborhood/​community print shop was the obvious evolution. Several Bloomington-​inspired T-​shirts emerged while the equipment was shared with others.

As life moved forward, my love for letterpress – an older form of relief printing – expanded. I had learned a moderate amount at IU a decade before but I lacked the experience in a modern day letterpress shop. So for the next 3 years I visited my old professor, 1040 miles away, on a regular basis to help keep his shop in order. I began acquiring equipment in 2011, opened my own retail shop and rooted myself in 2 different artist communities over the next 5 years.

Many life lessons and 3 moves later, I am now happily out of the public eye and onto the land where I live. Slowly but surely I am renovating an unfinished garage into a private studio for letterpress and screen printing equipment.

Meet the Business Owner

Kim R.

Business Owner

I am a printmaker + personal assistant residing in the woods in southern Indiana. My life’s work has been to help others. Select people find their way into my heart and I do my best to enrich their environment and their life’s work. On the side I put this energy into printed goods which inspire and help people move forward.