Welcome to Creekhollow, Our New Print Studio

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Subscribers to our newsletter know we’ve been building out a small, dedicated studio space for our expanding needs as a print shop, a space that is dedicated to just our print business and one that fits our vibe of handcrafted products made in a similar fashion as the masters of old used to use…that space is now finished.

Introducing, Creekhollow, the official print space for Mythril Made!

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For several months we’ve been organizing the equipment and tools we have, and acquiring some “new” (new to us) items to complete our studio, namely two large type cabinets with metal type for our custom type products and the centerpiece of Mythril Made, self-named “Pippin”, the red 1891 Chandler and Price Press which will be the work horse for nearly all our letterpress printing. We acquired the press some months ago but had it under wraps while the rest of the studio was given a remodel and then some time to set it up, test, fix a few items, and calibrate, but Pippen is up and working beautifully and we’ll be back in full swing this coming week.

We’re very excited about Creekhollow and what it will mean for us going forward. Having a space that is dedicated to Mythril Made, and printing in particular, will allow us to turn out new products more quickly, experiment more easily, and customize our business to what we and our customers want. In addition to expanding our line of sublimation printed products (i.e. our bookmarks, coasters, mugs, and full color products), we’ll be creating more of our own paper, are working on some custom book publishing options, and developing new letterpress cards, stationary, and notecards using custom type, more unique paper styles, and custom ink blends.

Why Creekhollow?

Readers of The Lord of the Rings might recognize a similar name, Crickhollow which was a Hobbit dwelling area located in Buckland where Frodo and others spent some time before heading off on their journey to Rivendell. Our little space reminded us of Crickhollow as it has similar features, a mossy roof, sits near a creek, and is tucked into a small wooded area.

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Etsy Shop Name Change

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Welcome travelers, and shoppers! Our Etsy shop (which is what helps fund our radio station here) has undergone a name change to Mythril Made!  We’ve been using Mythril Made for our letterpress cards exclusively for a while now and decided that name fit our unique hand-crafted line of products better than Heroes and Mortals which was originally created here for our streaming radio station.

We have a few new lines of holiday themed cards coming out in the next week and are already planning our 2023 product line and for those that have seen or purchased (thank you!) our cards, we’re continuing to create one-of-a-kind fantasy and sci-fi inspired cards available no where else except…at Mythril Made.

Please visit our shop at https://www.etsy.com/shop/MythrilMade/ to see our full line of products.

Full letterpress card line now available at Oblation papers & press in Portland

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Product photo, Heroes and Mortals.

We’re extremely pleased to announce our full line of hand-crafted letterpress cards is now being carried by Oblation papers & press in Portland, OR!

Oblation papers & press was founded by husband-and-wife duo, Jennifer and Ron Rich, who began selling their handmade paper goods at the Eugene Saturday Market in the late 1980s. They opened their brick and mortar store in Portland’s pearl district in 1998 and since its inception, the store has brought handmade papers, stationary, cards, and more, to a wide community of shoppers and lovers of handmade paper products.

In addition to fantasy and sci-fi inspired radio, we at Heroes and Mortals also create fantasy and sci-fi inspired handcrafted letterpress cards! With backgrounds in letterpress printing and design, we’ve created a line of cards via our print outfit, MythrilMade, we think many of our community of listeners will enjoy, from our Elven, Viking, and Dungeons & Dragons inspired cards to our commissioned art cards from well known artists, Anita Inverarity and Gill Rippingale. Oblation papers & press picked up our full-line of cards and they’re available to purchase now in their shop.

If you’re in town, stop by the shop at 516 NW 12th Avenue, Portland, OR 97209 or if you’d like to purchase cards directly from our Etsy shop, you can do so at etsy.com/shop/HeroesAndMortals.

More information on Oblation papers & press is available on their website at oblationpapers.com.