Hot Foil Blocking & Letterpress Printing by The Gilded Press
Hot Foil Blocking For People Who Still Give a Damn.
Hand-fed. Heavy iron. No digital vanilla.
Industrial luxury print, deep struck in Eastbourne.
The Gilded Press Foil Print Services
I specialise in traditional hot foil blocking and heavy deboss letterpress printing for graphic designers, independent studios, and luxury brands who believe physical print still matters. Paper, ink, heat, foil and metal can create deeper, more memorable moments than a screen ever can.
Every order that leaves my workshop is made in small batches, hand-fed, and inspected by eye.
No digital shortcuts. No bish bash bosh.
The Workshop
I don't play the bish bash bosh game. I supply short-run, high-calibre print using real metal dies, deep ink, and tonnes of mechanical pressure.
Whether you're a local Sussex artisan or a big company somewhere between Land's End and John o' Groats, I deliver across the whole UK.
1. Personalised Luxury Gift Boxes & Packaging
If your product is high-end, the handover is everything. I print fully rigid, heavy-walled luxury presentation boxes and custom branded gift boxes designed to command respect before they're even opened. From deep matte blackboard to bespoke candle gift boxes and luxury jewellery gift boxes for UK designers, everything is deep-struck so you can feel it with your finger on my signature Marshall No. 5 hot foil press.
2. Industrial Luxury Business Cards
A standard business card is a disposable notification. An Industrial Luxury card is a piece of tactile armour. I strike heavyweight business cards on premium stocks, using deep hot foil blocking and letterpress debossing to ensure that when you hand your mark over, the recipient pauses.
3. Luxury Wedding Invitations & Fine Stationery
A momentous occasion or a premium brand launch demands an invitation with physical gravity. I replace flat digital vanilla print with heavyweight cotton boards, hand-set classic British typography, and hand-burnished metallic edge gilding that catches light and throws shadow.
Hand-Struck with Pure Bloody-mindedness
The modern commercial print trade has become automated, fast, and completely soulless. Countless discount sites online offer a "foil blocking" look that's actually just a micro-thin layer of digital toner resting lazily on the surface, like a cheap vinyl decal. It feels flat and temporary. It's cheap, and it'll look good for a day or two.
I take an entirely different approach.
Every mark, crest, and typeface I press is driven into the material using solid metal dies under three tonnes of pressure, at whatever blistering temperature the stock demands. I create a structural, tactile crater you can feel with your thumb.
I'm Simon. My nearly four decades in this trade began long before screens took over. I learnt page architecture with a metal pica ruler and a scalpel blade.
Today, I combine vector layout precision with raw, hands-on press experience. I'm completely uninterested in mass production. I'm here for the unique, the short run, the elite creator, and the mark that stays struck.
The Gilded Press — for designers who still give a damn.
Simon
Proprietor.
Pulling levers since 1987.
For less than a Starbucks Frappuccino
You can see and feel The Gilded Press difference for yourself.
A curated collection.
Heavy Iron. Hand Struck.
Hold them. See the difference for yourself.
And imagine what we could create together.
No catch. No 20,000 spam emails.
Just British Craft with Attitude.