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Coxswain Press

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Run and operated by Taylor Cox, Coxswain Press is a letterpress printing and linoleum block printing studio located in the Pacific Northwest. With a focus on limited edition linoleum block prints, greeting cards, and artist books, each item is thoughtfully crafted by hand. Taylor’s work is inspired by the lush natural world of the Pacific Northwest and beyond. As an undergraduate student studying Graphic Design, I fell in love with the world of letterpress printing and block carving. I quickly shifted my degree away from the computer and towards the handwork and craft of letterpress printing and block carving, spending most of my time in the print shop working with my hands and the creative constraints of the non-digital. Since then I have created artist books focusing on handwork and women's rights, limited edition prints, and custom letterpress printed work. I continue to be fascinated by the tactile nature of handmade items and the transformation that occurs in the making; the messy, oily and chaotic transformed into its opposite, the clean and the new.