{"id":990,"date":"2019-06-28T22:22:51","date_gmt":"2019-06-28T22:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shut-bells.flywheelsites.com\/?p=990"},"modified":"2019-06-28T22:24:52","modified_gmt":"2019-06-28T22:24:52","slug":"idahoan-angela-stewart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idahowild.com\/idahoan-angela-stewart\/","title":{"rendered":"Idahoan: Angela Stewart"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Have you ever heard of letterpress printing?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If your answer is no, then you\u2019re not alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That\u2019s probably because the technique was developed in the mid-15th century and has since been replaced by modern printing technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But for Idahoan Angela Stewart, the letterpress is still in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI fell in love with letterpress a long time ago,\u201d Stewart said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, love is one thing \u2014 figuring out how to use a 1900\u2019s cast iron printing machine is a whole different animal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere\u2019s not somewhere to go to school to learn to letterpress, so I used old high school text books, I had a friend who helped me, I got on the internet, I cried\u2026\u201d Stewart said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But now, Stewart is the owner, designer and press operator at Ladybug Press. The Boise-based company creates functional art that\u2019s made to be used and enjoyed.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe definitely have a culture that supports things that are handmade. I love seeing people go back to supporting the things that are made in this country,\u201d Stewart said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her online store includes shirts, tea towels, cards, art prints, notebooks and wine bags.<\/p>\n\n\n\n