Press Kit

Prints

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.

Pre-Orders

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.

Returns

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 ;)

The press kit for Chop Shop Studio also includes selected works and honors from it’s previous incarnation The Chopping Block, Inc which operated from 1997-2014.

Press Coverage

	Honor Our Heroic Space Robots with These Beautiful Posters From Gizmodo’s popular Sci-Fi blog. "The missions were selected by members of The Planetary Society and transformed into the screen-printed posters…"
	New Robotic Spacecraft Posters Help from Carl Sagan’s organization made this project a reality. "Last year, Planetary Society members helped… Chop Shop select historic robotic spacecraft missions to turn into screen-print posters for the living room."
	The Monsters And Aliens Of America… Mapped By State Fast Company featured our project in their popular infographic design series. "The Altered States of America is a retro-tastic five color print that maps all of the improbable happenings of science fiction, fantasy and horror upon our nation's proud soil"
	CELEBRITY ROBOT TEE This post started it all for Chop Shop in 2008. Following Cory’s post our “weRobot” tee appeared on Gizmodo, SlashFilm, featured on Etsy and many others. "I love this "robot celebrity" tee from ChopShop -- science fictiontastic!"
	Great Design With A Twist In 2004, Chopping Block was to focus of this vintage Adobe promotion. “Along with its keen sinse of humor, “The Block” is known for its fun, irreverent, and original designs for Web sites, advertising campaigns, brand identities, kiosk applications, and print projects.”

Awards

	COOPER HEWITT, SMITHSONIAN: NATIONAL DESIGN TRIENNIAL "Text to come"
	Various Chopping Block Awards 1997-2004 Communication Arts (1998, 2000, 2001), Flash Forward (2000, 2001, including Best in Show), ID Magazine (2001), Art Director’s Club (1999, 2001), One Show (2000, 2001)