Vol. I
THE COLLECTION
Issue 01 · April 30, 2026
— A working record of the studio
Printed once, signed twice, sent from a hand-press room in the back of a quiet street.
Column · The Editor
pp. 02–04
TLetterpress stationery and small-batch prints from Nebraska's only Painted Tree location.
A specimen is not a product. It is a record of a moment in which a particular kind of attention was paid — to the paper's grain, to the plate's bite, to the humidity in the room that afternoon. It is what you are buying. The piece is only the evidence.
Each edition is numbered by hand and archived against a ledger that outlives the shop. When you acquire one, you are added to the same book.
— Specimen of record
The one that set the tone for the issue.
Specimen №01 · Mini Zine · $9
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— From the back of the press room
Pressed once.
Signed. Sent.
Every piece leaves the press under the maker's hand. No reprints, no reissues. What you hold is the only version of itself.
Classified · no. 7
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