Igloo is a small but mighty letterpress and bookbinding studio, retail shop and commercial printer in central Ohio. Our roots are steeped in history. We are passionate about using our extensive collection of wood and metal type and beautiful vintage image cuts. As a modern letterpress printer we thrive on pushing the envelope and experimenting with the best of digital and analog techniques. To visit our studio is to receive an education in not only the 600-year history of printing, but to get a glimpse of where it is going and why it is an always changing, vibrant, and exciting craft. Allison Chapman has been printing since she was young, taught by her Granddad in his hobby print shop. As a college student she interned with Stan Nelson in the Graphic Arts Division of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History. She then spent over a decade teaching at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts and honing her letterpress craft. Allison inherited her Grandad's 19th century platen press and collection of vintage images, metal type, and founded Igloo Letterpress in '96 in Minnesota. She moved to Ohio in 2008 and found a home in Old Worthington, where the one press grew to 10 presses, a retail shop, print studio, bookbindery, and hub for creativity. Allison closed the retail shop in 2021 and Igloo has once again become a home based business offering custom letterpress printing and hand bookbinding.
