Day Moon Press

Day Moon Press We are a small family shop established in 1977.

Day Moon Press is a Seattle-based print shop providing quality letterpress printing for artists and designers, as well as those who want a more traditional aesthetic.

Got to do this beautiful poem a few weeks ago! A poem written by the builder of the cabin in question I believe. I swapp...
10/01/2026

Got to do this beautiful poem a few weeks ago! A poem written by the builder of the cabin in question I believe. I swapped out a broken letter or two that threatened readability and asked the customer about a couple smaller nicks and fading serifs—the Goudy cases are some of the oldest and most well-used fonts we have—but most of those evidences of wear stayed. Seemed appropriate for the subject.

Taking these over to Partners in Print tomorrow morning for Sunday Pride parade! 🏳️‍🌈🎉 So many people donated prints to ...
06/27/2026

Taking these over to Partners in Print tomorrow morning for Sunday Pride parade! 🏳️‍🌈🎉 So many people donated prints to give away this year, joyful q***r art made with love & type 🧡🩵

05/24/2026

Part two of WIP for the broadside I did this year for & Words of Courage program!

Masking out the spots was the only part I was almost certain was going to work so I did it last 😆 I hope I have succeeded in making a panther that matches the poem: fearless, cool, tangible but not tame.

So yes some anxiety that plans would fall through, that I would have to salvage something out of a mistake, but of course what would help is confidence in envisioning the results, which only comes with practice. Must do it first to learn it, nerves included. Can’t always be panthers.

05/24/2026

Part one of WIP for the broadside I did this year for & Words of Courage program!

I was immediately enamored with this poem and very excited to work with it but also nervous because my idea for what to do involved some things I wasn’t positive would work. I planned it so that I could probably ripcord out and fall back on a linocut or something at basically any stage but I crossed my fingers and tested and retested and it all worked out without needing to use plans B through G. Got the low-light nighttime effect i was looking for.

It went through the flatbed a couple times for tone plates and pressure print to build up the gray values. Handling the sheets for this was so much messier than I’m used to, there’s all sorts of set off on the backs of these sheets that I wouldn’t usually tolerate 😆 There was a period where I thought the backdrop wasn’t getting dark enough and I’d have to confine the panther to half the sheet, print the poem white on black—but several people, especially a printer friend, said no it’s working!! Don’t be a coward now!! I’m glad I listened, I think it’s right to flood the whole sheet to make the panther seem unconfined, like it could really approach you.

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