Blog
MAR MCH?
Feb 20, 2015
Cory was exploring the archive for a poster job, and came across some curious blocks in our collection of month blocks and now, we’re curious... We’re fairly certain that our predecessors here at the shop did not know that the...
An Educational Experience in Just a Few Minutes!
Feb 20, 2015
After a wonderful holiday show featuring the work of the designer printers at Hatch, we’ve rehung Hatch Show Print’s Haley Gallery with fresh monoprints from Jim Sherraden, and, we’ve take the time to pair some of the restrikes of the...
To carve and what to carve . . . those are the questions!
Jan 12, 2015
One of the curiosities of the shop that often comes up in conversation relates our process for deciding when it is appropriate to take the time to carve a new image block to use in a poster design. The first...
Recommended Reading
Dec 12, 2014
A good friend of the shop made a great find during a recent jaunt to the Nashville Flea Market: A Hatch Show Print date book from 1967! Just seeing this piece of ephemera from the last century would be amazing,...
What Do You Get When You Introduce A Collie To A Wesel?
Dec 12, 2014
A revived block and a new print in Hatch Show Print’s Haley Gallery! Now that we’re in our new home on 5th Avenue South, we’re tackling projects we just dreamed about. . . and one of those dreams was to...
This week’s visitor to the shop is also part of the shop’s archive!
Nov 06, 2014
Earlier this year, the team at Pillsbury contacted us to create the artwork for the official aprons of Pillsbury’s 47th Annual Bake-Off, held this week in Nashville. They were interested in a uniquely Nashville texture for the aprons, so Heather...
The Workhorses Of The Print Shop
Oct 01, 2014
Most of the time, when we’re talking about the process of letterpress printing great show posters, what we share are the results of that process – the colorful posters. But an important part of getting those results, and nearly as...
Songs Of Summer
Aug 20, 2014
In their ongoing quest to tell the stories of the music that comes out of this great city, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum examined the advent of rhythm & blues here during the first quarter-century after World...
Old Blocks – New Prints!
Jun 20, 2014
In the last 22 years, Hatch has moved twice. The first relocation, in 1992, from 4th Avenue to Broadway, allowed us to unearth a number of old blocks that had been tucked into corners or cut up to use as...
Check Out The Print Shop
Apr 17, 2014
Check out the printing going on in the shop, as we celebrated our sixth month in our new home and the 135th birthday of Hatch Show Print! Laura prints a true rainbow roll, Heather prints a double split fountain, and...