Trixie and Katya Hatch Show Print Letterpress Poster

Trixie and Katya LIVE Tour Poster from the Nashville show at the historic Ryman Auditorium, which was the first ever drag performance at the Ryman. This is a letterpress printed poster, created by the famous Hatch Show Print in Nashville, one of the oldest letterpress operations in the US.

Letterpress printing is a process in which raised, inked surfaces are pressed onto paper. This practice is essentially the same that was invented in the fifteenth century, using movable type, hand-carved blocks, and hand-cranked printing presses. Designs carved on wood blocks combine with movable letters of wood or metal. The paper is pressed onto the inked type to obtain an impression that is right-reading. Posters with more than one color require separate assemblages, or “forms,” for each color. Each application of additional color requires a new pass of the paper through the press.

This listing is for one unframed print. Roughly 22.5x14. Two total available, will be shipped in poster tube.