Read more... | Published: 02/08/12

Your pets are family right? Provide us with a photo (or many photos) of your pet (or pets) and we’ll print a custom portrait that shows all of their lovable quirks and personality. These are woodcut portraits, printed by hand on our antique presses, in two colors, on archival paper of your choice. We offer four different sizes that fit standard frames and any lifestyle (frame not included)…

16″×20″……$745.00
12″×16″……$495.00
8″×10″…….$345.00
5″×7″……..$285.00
(Shipping not included. Sales tax for MO residence)

Contact us to place your order or for more information. We

Read more... | Published: 12/01/11

Lookin’ to deck out your pad for an awesome costume party? Why get a bunch of cheapo, third-world, lead painted plastic from the mega-mart? Show your friends that you’re dialed-in and buy hand-made, frame-worthy, A – R – T! We’re offering a full set of 6 Mexican Folklore Posters and 3 Halloween Monster Posters for as little as $124.95 (normally $135.00).
These posters are all 17″×17″ and letterpress printed from hand-carved woodblocks. You can see the hearty woodgrain in every print and each poster’s printed on heavy cardstock so you can use them over and

Read more... | Published: 10/05/11

The Firecracker Press is happy to have teamed up with COCA (Center of Creative Arts) to help design, woodcut, and handprint imagery for this year’s fundraiser/exhibition “A is For…” This project invited 26 local artists and asked them to produce a work of art based on a letter of the alphabet in the context of how children impact art-making.
COCA invited The Firecracker Press to design and print a book cover, poster, and a mark that could identify the exhibition. All of these things can be purchased at the Millstone Gallery inside Read more... | Published: 06/27/11

If you’re visiting St. Louis and you don’t know what to see first let our handy postcards be your guide. This set of four postcards highlights Eads Bridge, The Riverboats (named after Tom Sawyer and Becky Thatcher), The Citygarden (our newest downtown addition), and the Gateway Arch itself… a few highlights of the Core of Discovery.

This project came to us by way of the good folks at the Gateway Arch and, it’s our understanding that you’ll be able to get a pack of these by booking a room in St. Louis and visiting

Read more... | Published: 05/23/11