Emily Hancock, proprietor 

St Brigid Press

St Brigid Press is a letterpress print shop in the Blue Ridge Mountains of central Virginia. Emily Hancock is proprietor and printer.

We are dedicated to learning, practicing, and passing-on the art and craft of letterpress printing with hand-set type, hand-carved illustrations, foot-powered presses, and hand-sewn books.

Presses on site:
Ostrander-Seymour No 1, iron handpress, circa 1915
Golding Pearl No 3, 7x11, treadle platen, 1909
Chandler & Price NS, 10x15, treadle platen, 1914
Potter Proofing Press No 2, circa 1915
Poco Proofing Press No 0, circa 1910