Emily loves to discover how things work and fix them when they are broken. She loves all things finely crafted by hand. Letterpress brings these two loves together, with lots of hand washing in-between. Emily started her letterpress printing business - EMprint Press - in 2004 after earning a degree in physics from Reed College. Perfection is impossible when your tools are 100 years old, but Emily strives for it in every project, nevertheless. Emily's own designs grace her small line of cards and ephemera, as well as an extensive portfolio of client projects - both print and web.
In 2006 EMprint Press relocated from Berkeley, California to a cattle ranch in South Dakota, which has been in Emily's family for four generations. Then in 2009, new presses were acquired to open a second studio in Portland, Oregon which also gave her the opportunity to return to her alma mater Reed College to assist with letterpress instruction. For a decade, Emily split her time between her beautiful shop in Portland (located in the Yale Union contemporary art space) and her small shop back in Nebraska. In 2018, Emily consolidated her business/life to her hometown of Cody, Nebraska. There she also keeps busy with the family business - George Paul Vinegars - making traditional-style gourmet vinegars. Between family and community projects, Emily's time at the presses is now quite precious and she is quite selective about the projects she takes on.