About

OUR STORY
SMALL BATCH. PRINTED BY HAND. HIGH QUALITY GOODS.
Two climbers, a printing press and a detached garage-turned-studio on the CT shoreline. That’s how Slackline Press began in 2013. Since then we have acquired a few more presses, a good amount of knowledge and a whole lotta love for letterpress.
Creative ideas and hand drawn sketches come to life using modern tools for digital illustration. Our designs are then transferred to photo polymer plates and printed on 100% cotton paper.
We value quality over quantity. Our products are printed the good old fashioned way - by hand, one at a time and with great attention to detail.
Meet the Presses

Meet the Makers
Lourdes Irizarry
Consultant, Designer, Printmaker
From P.R. to Florida and currently the CT shoreline, Lourdes is a digital and analog maker. She works as a CX/UX Consultant and funnels all her spare creative energy into letterpress.
Lourdes has worked with digital product teams, creative agencies, small and large companies and once drove a forklift named Chewy. In the tiny town of Cortona, Italy she learned how to bind books the traditional way while studying book arts, paper-making, photography and oil painting.
Nate McKenzie
Pressman, Climbing Guide & Instructor, Climbing Gym Owner
Nate is our #1 pressman. He lovingly and patiently restored all of our presses and can fix just about any mechanical challenge that pops up in our shop.
Nate owns and runs Ascent Climbing and up-and-coming Ascent Climbing Gym. He teaches indoor and outdoor rock, ice and mountaineering courses. He is an American Mountain Guide Association certified instructor, provider for the AMGA Climbing Wall Instructor (CWI) Certification and is the Northeast Program Manager for Paradox Sports, a Colorado based non-profit helping adults with physical disabilities achieve their climbing goals.