Green Chair Press is the studio of Susan Angebranndt. I combine my love of type, poetry and old cranky machines to make prints, fine press books and ephemera. I use an 1890s Chandler and Price platen press, printing from handset type and photopolymer plates.
My prints and ephemera are printed in small batches (limited editions of 25-100) and emphasize typography. My fine press work centers on limited edition "poem books." My books are in collections across the US. You can see a gallery of all my work on my website. I also have shops on Supermarket and Etsy.
Find out how I got my press name. Or read below to find out why I started this blog and about my studio. Or contact me by email.
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I’m a letterpress printer and bookbinder and live in Northern California. Last year I letterpress printed my first broadside, a 5×7 calendar as my holiday card. My friend Cathy suggested that I try making larger broadsides. The purpose of this blog is to record my experiments. |
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Last summer I moved my press from its cramped corner in our garage to a newly rented studio.
The studio has 2 rooms. A small finished space with a door where I keep my paper and binding equipment. And a large unfinished space for my press. Below is the smaller room, with my paper drill, paper cutters and paper drawer.
And this is the other wall, with more paper storage and a place to work .
| This is my letterpress printer, an 8×12 Chandler and Price old style platen press. It’s from the 1890s and operated by a foot treadle. When I had it in the garage a friend of Harold’s stopped by and as he was admiring the press said “Hmm, wasn’t the guy who invented printing called Guggenheim?”. Well, no, it was Guttenberg. But the name stuck and that’s what we call my press now. |
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