Screenprints are made by printing each color in the design individually by hand. Ink is pushed through a physical screen with the image fixed to it, transferring the color onto paper or fabric.
We have many screen prints in our shop, but not all designs are available in this format. Most of our t-shirts are also produced this way.
See the site I designed for MoMA in 2004 called What Is A Print? for more.
Both screenprinting and letterpress are traditional fine art print methods with long histories. Like screenprinting, letterpress prints one color at a time. Instead of a mesh screen, the image is raised on a metal plate (or similar material), inked, and then pressed into paper.
We have VERY FEW examples of this in our shop. Two posters and some greeting cards.
See the site I designed for MoMA in 2004 called What Is A Print? for more.
Digital is a made-to-order print method (sometimes called gliceé) that uses a high-quality Epson digital printer. These prints are produced with archival inks on archival papers and have an expected display life of about 60-100 years.
This usually means that the item has already been re-ordered and is expected in days, or we are planning to reprint within 3-4 weeks. Obviously that means your item can be seriously delayed by days or even weeks. If time is an issue, contact us and we can give you an expected arrival date for your item. Please note that if your item is a gift, we do make custom printables you can present in your item’s absence.
If you keep the original envelope you can write RETURN TO SENDER and drop it back to us. Please include a note so we know which order and the context of what is needed. Don’t go to the Post Office or they will try and charge you for it. We will re-ship the exchange within the USA for free.
Our Address
If the original envelope is not available, please send to:
Chop Shop Returns
416 Haverford Place
Swarthmore PA 19081
You can always reach out to us at info@chopshopstore.com with any questions. Please be patient for a response. We are not Amazon ;)
Partnerships
We have worked with some big names in crowd-funding over the past 10 years. Two of our partners 99% Invisible / Radiotopia and The Planetary Society had some record-breaking campaigns and Chop Shop provided the designs for the central rewards in their campaigns as well as the production and fulfillment of rewards.
Going beyond Kickstarter, these relationships have continued in that several clients now sell their wares at our chopshopstore.com. We are always willing to also work out a simple work-for-hire agreement, but If you are the right fit — maybe you can be our next partner.
See some of our online partner stores for Planetary Society, SETI, Yuri’s Night, and more for examples.
If you want to see our previously funded campaigns… see our Historic Robotic Spacecraft Series I & Series II or Planetary Blocks for examples.
You can always reach out to us at info@chopshopstore.com with any questions. Please be patient for a response. We are not Amazon ;)
