True North

True North - Old Try
True North - Old Try
True North - Old Try
True North - Old Try
True North - Old Try
True North - Old Try
True North - Old Try
True North - Old Try
True North - Old Try
True North - Old Try
True North - Old Try
True North - Old Try

True North

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I’ve been running away.

Trying to forget who I am. Where I’m from. I’ve viewed a Southern accent as a liability and I’ve taken up home and shop in the North. Mainly cause I thought that was what would make me feel more whole. More worldly, more cultured. Far from home, I thought, is where I’ll come into my own. But as the winters have multiplied up here, I’ve found that this isn’t my home. There are fine people, to be sure, but there aren’t the manners and the reverence and the taking-time-to-have-a-chat. The things I tried so intently to escape, I now find are not only what define me, but also what give me a moral compass of how to navigate this beautiful earth.

I might stray, but I know on a map just what direction points me homeward.

Details Letterpress Printed 
Printed on 110lb, 100% Cotton Lettra Paper
Individually Numbered
10% of sale price goes to support foster care
Frame it
Allow 4-6 weeks for custom frames
Size 13" x 20"
Origin Honest Made in Mass.

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Y’all’s Reviews

Based on 4 reviews Write One

What goes into an Old Try letterpress print?

Love. History. Cut hands. And a little bit of cussing.

DISPLAY TYPE

Wooden & Worn

We have drawers of 100+ year old wooden (and lead) display type. It has been used to print rodeo posters and labor union broadsides and newspapers. It has aged like a champ - picking up dents and dings that give the characters character.

HAND-CARVED GRAPHICS

Linoleum & Magnesium

Each color gets a plate. And 95% of those plates are carved by hand. Some have fine line work (or just obnoxious repeating elements the designer insists on) and those get machined. It isn’t quick or cheap or easy, and that’s just how we like it.

Happy Customers

★★★★★

Beautiful design & high quality

Received this as a gift, and I'm thrilled with it. I'm proud to be able to hang something that represents my state well, and the design looks simply fantastic. High quality, to the point that I purchased another Old Try print when I saw how good it looked. Would recommend.

John F.
Oxford, Miss
★★★★★

Five stars and nothing less

This was our second purchase from The Old Try. Their prints make for such a warm welcome in our Atlanta home. Each product is made in the US and made with intention. The company (Micah) is super thorough in communicating order & shipping information (and awesome follow-up emails). Love this'un and all the rest! Thanks again!

Hannah B.
Auburn, Ala
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