St. Louis is a city filled with the old and the new, and at Firecracker Press on Cherokee, they work to capture both.

The letterpress design studio combines antique printing technology with modern design to create everything from invitations to concert posters.

For Eric Woods, the business started with one of those conversations of ‘what would you do if you won the lottery?’ Instead of waiting on the once in a lifetime moment, Woods decided to make it happen, searching on eBay for his first press.

Woods joined us this week to talk about the St. Louis history with letterpress, the process of creating, and what it’s like to see their work on someone’s wall.