Aesthetic Union

Artist James Tucker opened this one-of-a-kind storefront in 2013: It’s part print-shop, part gallery, part retail. If you arrive in the afternoon, the 50s-era Heidelberg presses are frequently churning in back. Browse the arched countertop display (handmade from the decks of an old tugboat), where you’ll find pencils, richly pigmented watercolors, calligraphy pens, colored tape, pencil sharpeners, erasers, postcards, notebooks, and more—much of it imported from Italy and Japan. Tucker also creates and prints custom designs for business cards, holiday cards, invitations, stationery, and bookplates.