Springtide Press
@springtidepress.bsky.social
Proprietor Jessica Spring is a letterpress printer, daredevil, book artist in Tacoma (where we always print damp). Co-conspirator: Dead Feminists. More at springtidepress.com
Wrapping up 2025 with a combination #iprotest for November and December, an ongoing project to document the wood type at Springtide Press while speaking my piece. In the background, set in 30L French Clarendon (foundry unknown), DJT speaking to Bloomberg News reporter Catherine Lucey.
January 7, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Wrapping up 2025 with a combination #iprotest for November and December, an ongoing project to document the wood type at Springtide Press while speaking my piece. In the background, set in 30L French Clarendon (foundry unknown), DJT speaking to Bloomberg News reporter Catherine Lucey.
Yeah, you are.
December 20, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Yeah, you are.
Thankful for these guys.
November 27, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Thankful for these guys.
Neighborhood walk in Ashland, Oregon.
November 13, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Neighborhood walk in Ashland, Oregon.
Freshly chilled #iprotest from October, featuring Day & Collins 40L French Antique Elongated.
#letterpress #woodtype
#letterpress #woodtype
November 7, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Freshly chilled #iprotest from October, featuring Day & Collins 40L French Antique Elongated.
#letterpress #woodtype
#letterpress #woodtype
Since January I’ve been printing a monthly protest poster utilizing and documenting the wood type in my collection. The barrage of news is unrelenting, but for August I wanted to focus on the continuing and horrifying genocide in Gaza.
September 29, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Since January I’ve been printing a monthly protest poster utilizing and documenting the wood type in my collection. The barrage of news is unrelenting, but for August I wanted to focus on the continuing and horrifying genocide in Gaza.
Fauxstage from my class at SF Center for the Book last weekend.
#powerofthepress #letterpress #stampede
#powerofthepress #letterpress #stampede
August 19, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Fauxstage from my class at SF Center for the Book last weekend.
#powerofthepress #letterpress #stampede
#powerofthepress #letterpress #stampede
Quote by civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer.
Printed with 20L Gothic Shaded, worried sick about our country (and every dog on this ridiculous holiday).
#iprotest #woodtype #fannielouhamer #woodtypespecimen
Printed with 20L Gothic Shaded, worried sick about our country (and every dog on this ridiculous holiday).
#iprotest #woodtype #fannielouhamer #woodtypespecimen
July 5, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Quote by civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer.
Printed with 20L Gothic Shaded, worried sick about our country (and every dog on this ridiculous holiday).
#iprotest #woodtype #fannielouhamer #woodtypespecimen
Printed with 20L Gothic Shaded, worried sick about our country (and every dog on this ridiculous holiday).
#iprotest #woodtype #fannielouhamer #woodtypespecimen
30L Gothic for the June specimen.
No thrones, no crowns, no kings. Rise up!
#iprotest #nokings #woodtype #letterpress #pride🌈
No thrones, no crowns, no kings. Rise up!
#iprotest #nokings #woodtype #letterpress #pride🌈
June 14, 2025 at 2:23 PM
30L Gothic for the June specimen.
No thrones, no crowns, no kings. Rise up!
#iprotest #nokings #woodtype #letterpress #pride🌈
No thrones, no crowns, no kings. Rise up!
#iprotest #nokings #woodtype #letterpress #pride🌈
June 1, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Prepping for Penland next month, Session 3 Lettersport and Wordplay. Very excited to be back!
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#daredevilletterpress #letterpress #bookarts
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#daredevilletterpress #letterpress #bookarts
May 27, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Prepping for Penland next month, Session 3 Lettersport and Wordplay. Very excited to be back!
penlandorg.azurewebsites.net/workshop-det...
#daredevilletterpress #letterpress #bookarts
penlandorg.azurewebsites.net/workshop-det...
#daredevilletterpress #letterpress #bookarts
and I take great pride in printing these envelopes, probably 40 years after they were made? Thank you, Operator No. 941502.
May 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
and I take great pride in printing these envelopes, probably 40 years after they were made? Thank you, Operator No. 941502.
Recovering from dental surgery, and healing with new books from @blackbirdletterpress.com, Jim Grieshaber, and Gaby Bazin. All highly recommended, and exceedingly therapeutic.
#letterpress #bookarts #printerslibrary
#letterpress #bookarts #printerslibrary
May 17, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Recovering from dental surgery, and healing with new books from @blackbirdletterpress.com, Jim Grieshaber, and Gaby Bazin. All highly recommended, and exceedingly therapeutic.
#letterpress #bookarts #printerslibrary
#letterpress #bookarts #printerslibrary
Seriously, babe.
May 10, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Seriously, babe.
Getting ready for the Tacoma Wayzgoose this weekend, woth our Make Some Noise theme. Fabulous worm gear by Three Cheers Press provides the rockin’ rainbow roll.
#letterpress #tacomawayzgoose #woodtype #tacomaarts #tightblend
#letterpress #tacomawayzgoose #woodtype #tacomaarts #tightblend
April 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Getting ready for the Tacoma Wayzgoose this weekend, woth our Make Some Noise theme. Fabulous worm gear by Three Cheers Press provides the rockin’ rainbow roll.
#letterpress #tacomawayzgoose #woodtype #tacomaarts #tightblend
#letterpress #tacomawayzgoose #woodtype #tacomaarts #tightblend
Whirlwind of workshops this summer at Penland, SFCB, and Maine Media. Come join us!
#letterpress #bookarts
#letterpress #bookarts
April 19, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Whirlwind of workshops this summer at Penland, SFCB, and Maine Media. Come join us!
#letterpress #bookarts
#letterpress #bookarts
Delighted to share this project in collaboration with C.C. Stern Type Foundry, the sixth print in the PNW Poets Laureate series. Washington Poet Laureate Emerita Elizabeth Austen joins us for the broadside launch on Saturday, April 19 at the Longview Public Library from 4 to 5:30.
#letterpress
#letterpress
April 14, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Delighted to share this project in collaboration with C.C. Stern Type Foundry, the sixth print in the PNW Poets Laureate series. Washington Poet Laureate Emerita Elizabeth Austen joins us for the broadside launch on Saturday, April 19 at the Longview Public Library from 4 to 5:30.
#letterpress
#letterpress
The trillium this year are robust. Don’t need no trillionaires.
April 12, 2025 at 12:34 AM
The trillium this year are robust. Don’t need no trillionaires.
Beautiful walk through Central Park.
#monumentalwomen
#monumentalwomen
April 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Beautiful walk through Central Park.
#monumentalwomen
#monumentalwomen
March 26, 2025 at 10:19 PM
First pass of a broadside printed from a Gomuban plate I carved, inspired by irises in my yard. Two more passes to go, this is one of a series of poetry broadsides pairing WA and OR poet laureates and printers for CC Stern Type Foundry.
#letterpress #broadsides
#letterpress #broadsides
March 25, 2025 at 2:02 AM
First pass of a broadside printed from a Gomuban plate I carved, inspired by irises in my yard. Two more passes to go, this is one of a series of poetry broadsides pairing WA and OR poet laureates and printers for CC Stern Type Foundry.
#letterpress #broadsides
#letterpress #broadsides
March 2, 2025 at 1:16 AM