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Humble Beginnings

Although the video itself has been available for a while now on our YouTube channel, it’s nigh time it gets posted here as well. This video does not only go into production details of the Cave Edition, but also explains why the design for each edition was inspired by one of the story’s arcs, resulting...

March 21, 2024ByMarko Matijašević

Adding a Bit of Colour to Catch-22

As we’re chugging away with letterpress printing of Catch-22 we finally added the second tone of colour to some of the illustrations. The results are stunning to behold. The decision to print the illustrations letterpress proved to be a great one, and while it is tedious to print 22 illustrations in two tones (along with...

February 21, 2024ByMarko Matijašević

The Final Frontier

2001: A Space Odyssey holds a special place in my heart. I first read it when I was about eight years old, within the confines of my hometown’s public library. I distinctly remember that it was quite unlike any other book I’ve previously read. It introduced me to “grown-up” literature, ignited my curiosity about space...

January 27, 2024ByMarko Matijašević

Turning on a New Page

Well if it isn’t some great news before the holidays kick in!Half of our team is already on well-deserved holiday vacation, but the rest of us are still hard at work. After months of waiting for our custom order of Hahnemühle 100% cotton paper for Catch-22, it has finally arrived. A few weeks before Fedrigoni...

December 20, 2023ByMarko Matijašević

Our First Marbling

Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of a Dozen Favourites is a title that brought us many firsts. Chiefly among them was our venture into letterpress with the purchase of Heidi. We also incorporated marbling into our own production. It was a great challenge, but the end result was oh, so worth it!The video below shows...

November 13, 2023ByMarko Matijašević

The Reviews Are In!

As we shipped all the preordered Sherlock – Essential Edition books, the reviews started to pour in. Not only on our website, but there has also been some buzz on YouTube as well and you can check them out below.The first one takes a deep dive into the book, so needless to say, we thoroughly...

November 3, 2023ByMarko Matijašević

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