We are a Black-owned letterpress print shop in Providence, Rhode Island

Founded by Raynold Jacques Bidon, an artist and master print maker with more than 30 years of experience in the commercial print industry, Bidon Community Print & Design Studios provides custom letterpress and offset lithography services.

We collaborate with our clients to create custom, hand-crafted prints mark special occasions, inspire and educate.

Purchase Limited-Edition Letterpress & Lithograph Prints

Make a powerful statement. Choose from a selection of limited-edition original prints, posters and sketchbooks celebrating the words of Black authors, activists and artists.

Take a Letterpress Workshop

In Introduction to Letterpress Printing, you’ll learn all about the machines and methods behind this celebrated practice dating back to the 15th century.

Learn the craft of letterpress printing in this five hour workshop. Jacques will guide you through the basics of typesetting, ink mixing, and printing on a platen or cylinder press. All materials are provided. Bring your creativity!

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Acceptance is the key.
Acceptance is the key.
If it's not real when you print it, then you're not printing it like you give a damn.
If it's not real when you print it, then you're not printing it like you give a damn.
Yo!! These colors layered on top of each other with the text make me feel like ooh weee. New Print like you give a damn print my people's just because I felt like it's not real until I printed it. and I only have 2 left of the old ones in my archives
Yo!! These colors layered on top of each other with the text make me feel like ooh weee. New Print like you give a damn print my people's just because I felt like it's not real until I printed it. and I only have 2 left of the old ones in my archives. Looks so good. I'm gonna keep a few without the text to frame it.
Feels good to be back at it here at theBIDON COMMUNITY PRINT & DESIGN STUDIO.
Feels good to be back at it here at theBIDON COMMUNITY PRINT & DESIGN STUDIO.
Design Week RI is next week on the 13th - 15th Organised by @designxri The BIDON COMMUNITY PRINT & DESIGN STUDIO is hosting an open house and print demo on the 14th from 10am-2pm at 3 acorn street with plenty of free parking on the street and a p
Design Week RI is next week on the 13th - 15th Organised by @designxri The BIDON COMMUNITY PRINT & DESIGN STUDIO is hosting an open house and print demo on the 14th from 10am-2pm at 3 acorn street with plenty of free parking on the street and a parking lot during DESIGN WEEK RI’s Open Studios Weekend! Get a behind the scenes look at [whatever it is you do!], and then check out the rest of the week’s exciting events, happening Sept 13th - 20th! Learn more and register at www.designweekri.com
Working on a new version of Print Like You Give a Damn.
Working on a new version of Print Like You Give a Damn.
Take this unique opportunity to study Rhode Island’s central role in the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. Class starts tomorrow (Friday!) Register at bit.ly/LettersnLib
Take this unique opportunity to study Rhode Island’s central role in the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. Class starts tomorrow (Friday!) Register at bit.ly/LettersnLib
Oh yeah this happened last week. Working with some amazing future teachers. @tladrisd @designeducator
Oh yeah this happened last week. Working with some amazing future teachers. @tladrisd @designeducator
Been experimenting printing on Shirts on the letterpress. This quote comes from @marcomcwilliams_ note's from the first Letters in Liberation class. Not perfectly registered on the shirt but that's part of the process of trying something new and figu
Been experimenting printing on Shirts on the letterpress. This quote comes from @marcomcwilliams_ note's from the first Letters in Liberation class. Not perfectly registered on the shirt but that's part of the process of trying something new and figuring how to get it right. Now I'm ready for the good shirts.
Acceptance is the key. If it's not real when you print it, then you're not printing it like you give a damn.
Yo!! These colors layered on top of each other with the text make me feel like ooh weee. New Print like you give a damn print my people's just because I felt like it's not real until I printed it. and I only have 2 left of the old ones in my archives Feels good to be back at it here at theBIDON COMMUNITY PRINT & DESIGN STUDIO. Design Week RI is next week on the 13th - 15th Organised by @designxri The BIDON COMMUNITY PRINT & DESIGN STUDIO is hosting an open house and print demo on the 14th from 10am-2pm at 3 acorn street with plenty of free parking on the street and a p Working on a new version of Print Like You Give a Damn. Take this unique opportunity to study Rhode Island’s central role in the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. Class starts tomorrow (Friday!) Register at bit.ly/LettersnLib Oh yeah this happened last week. Working with some amazing future teachers. @tladrisd @designeducator Been experimenting printing on Shirts on the letterpress. This quote comes from @marcomcwilliams_ note's from the first Letters in Liberation class. Not perfectly registered on the shirt but that's part of the process of trying something new and figu