Field Notes, vol. 3
Linen-bound notebooks with hand-sewn signatures and a pressed-leaf endpaper.
Small press · Illustration · Paper goods
Slow, careful things made by hand.
We print, draw and bind in a sunny back room, a few dozen copies at a time. Everything here is made in small batches and finished by one pair of hands.
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Marsh Birds
A set of six two-colour letterpress prints on cotton rag paper.
Herbarium
Ink studies of garden plants, gathered into a small risograph zine.
About
Wren & Alder began as a kitchen-table experiment with a second-hand tabletop press. Years later the press has a proper bench, a growing drawer of type, and a long list of patient friends who sit through the test prints.
We favour uncoated stock, soy-based inks and plain, readable layouts. Orders are open a few times a year, and each run is numbered and signed.
Journal
- October Mixing a better green: notes on a stubborn ink.
- September The autumn print run is finished and drying.
- July A morning at the paper mill.
Contact
For commissions and questions, write a short note about what you have in mind. Replies usually arrive within a week.