Caffeine Is A Gateway Drug Letterpress Print

For the Coffee Lover/Addict, or that special barista in your life? A hand-printed letterpress art print featuring the bold text 'Caffeine Is A Gateway Drug' and a vintage coffee percolator illustration. Sit back and smell the coffee with this print. The full use of 2-colour woodtype allows experimentation with unusual overprint effects, creating intricate type intersections. The silver over printing is reminiscent of the scroll work on a wrought iron gate, and the big black G doubles as a directional arrow.

Made by hand using period 2-colour wood type from Delittle of York - 1920’s or earlier (Delittle No.36 & 304) - yep that’s right, over 100 year old and a similar aged advertising block of coffee percolator (maker unknown). Hand printed on a 1960’s Vandercook SP15 proofing press, weighing in at over 350kgs and shipped all the way from NZ to London though originally of Chicago manufacture.