The Paper Trail (Europe and the Printing Press)
It's been a while since my last post on the book The Paper Trail by Alexander Monro. As my days passed by constantly pressing (and I mean...
We were featured in Voyage Miami!
Hello everyone! We are very happy to announce that we were feature on the last issue of Voyage Miami. I wanted to share the article with...
Doña Hipólita
This little gem of the GG Press family dates back to the 1930s. It has the original cloth cord and the heat regulator is mounted on the...
Paper Fact No. 16
As we continue, slowly but surely, reading Alexander Monro's book, "The Paper Trail", here's another short paper fact. Writing began in...
Doña Petronila
Continuing the introduction of the GG Press family, now it’s the turn of Dona Petronila. She’s from Chicago and was crafted by Hacker...
Déjà vu, literally.
When I started GG Press, I never imagined I'd get out of my garage to grow the business. I was simply enjoying what I was doing,...
Doña Ignacia
As promised on my previous posts, today is Doña Ignacia's turm. She is my 100 years old foil stamper. I was very lucky to find a piece...
Paper Facts
And here is Paper Fact IV... Big change on cost for monks. They change their usual and costly medium for scriptures from bamboo to paper....
Doña Benita
It was on a hot Saturday of August. The 27th, to be exact. I set up the alarm at 5 am, had coffee, and hit the road with my Dad and a traile