Posted since 2020
We curate the cuttings, papers and glue, print the brief, and mail a ready-to-make collage kit to your door — anywhere in Turkey.
The maker's column
Press & Post began at a kitchen table in Çukurcuma, sorting a grandmother's boxes of 1960s magazines, seed catalogues and shipping labels. What started as tidying turned into a habit: pulling clippings that belonged together and posting them to friends who wanted to make something with their hands.
Every kit is assembled by hand from an archive of pressed papers, torn headlines and halftone photographs. We choose cuttings that argue with each other a little — a botanical plate beside a boxing result, a ferry schedule beside a love letter — because the best collages come from odd neighbours.
No two boxes are identical. We keep the run small on purpose: roughly six to eight themed boxes leave the studio each week, wrapped in glassine, taped by hand, and stamped before they go to the post office up the hill.
Firuzağa studio · Beyoğlu · İstanbul— every box argues a little with itself. that's the point.
Classified — collage kits for sale
Each kit arrives with curated cuttings, papers, a glue stick, a bone folder and a printed brief telling you what the theme is chasing.
A first taste — a single theme in a pocket box. Enough for one afternoon at the table.
Our signature. A generous monthly theme with enough material for a full board plus off-cuts to keep.
Three themed boxes, one a month, each following on from the last. Pause any time.
Open the lid
An exploded look at a Themed box, with pencil notes on the scraps — pulled apart so you can see the whole table before it's yours.
Hand-sorted from the archive — headlines, halftone photos, botanical plates, tickets and stamps.
Newsprint, kraft, gummed labels, glassine, graph and a heavy backing board to mount on.
A glue stick, a roll of washi tape, and a bone folder you'll keep long after the box is empty.
Four pages: the theme's story, a loose prompt, and three finished examples to argue with.
Pasted-in, step by step
Five steps, no surprises. Here's exactly what happens once you build a box.
Pick a theme, a size and any add-ons in the box builder below.
same dayWe email to confirm the theme, the address and the ship date.
within 24hCuttings sorted, papers cut, brief printed, glassine wrapped.
1–2 daysBoxed by hand, taped, addressed and stamped for the post.
day 3Delivered Turkey-wide. You cut, paste and post us a photo.
3–6 days
The box builder
Choose a theme, a size and add-ons. Watch the box come together and see the price before you send us a note.
The finished wall
Boards that came back to us — real collages made from Press & Post kits, with the theme and box they started from.
Torn tags · sample prices 2026
Prices in Turkish lira. We keep runs small — availability updates below each tag.
Sample prices for 2026. Shipping across Turkey is a flat 90 TL, free on the Season. Nothing is charged online — we confirm everything by email first.
Notes back from the table
"The Old Cinema box arrived in Kadıköy exactly on the third day. What surprised me was the brief — it sent me down a rabbit hole about 1970s Yeşilçam posters. Only gripe: I wanted twice as many ticket stubs."
"Bought the Season for my mother in İzmir. Each month she calls to tell me what she made. The pressed botanicals month was her favourite — the glassine kept the leaves perfect. Worth every lira."
"A thoughtful gift that isn't another candle. The Harbour & Sea box had real ferry timetables from the archive. The bone folder is genuinely good. Shipping to Ankara took five days, a touch slow, but fine."
Folded corners
Boxes ship within three working days of confirmation. Delivery across Turkey usually adds three to six days depending on the city. We email a tracking number the moment your box is stamped.
No. Every box includes a glue stick, tape and a bone folder. You only need a flat table, a pair of scissors and an afternoon. The Studio box also includes a cutting mat.
You choose. The box builder lists the themes currently in the drawer. Subscription members get the upcoming theme revealed a week early and can swap once per season.
Yes — they come from our archive of magazines, catalogues, tickets and papers, mostly 1940s to 1990s. Fragile originals are sometimes represented by archival reprints, always noted on the brief.
You can pause or cancel before the next box is assembled — see our cancellation tiers on the Terms page. There's no auto-renew; a season ends after three boxes unless you re-book.
Right now we mail Turkey-wide only, so we can keep shipping flat and boxes protected. International post is on our list — join the newsletter from the Contact page to hear first.
The kits suit ages ten and up, and are lovely for adults. Boxes contain small parts and a glue stick, so younger makers should have an adult nearby.
Studio notes
Torn Yeşilçam posters, ticket stubs and marquee letters. A small run, 60 boxes.
A box of ferry timetables and shipping labels came in — the base of the Harbour & Sea theme.
We're away sorting a new archive. Orders placed in this window ship from 11 August.
Send us a note
Tell us the theme and size you're after — or ask anything. We reply within a working day, and nothing is charged until we've agreed the details.