Letterpress printing : past, present, future / [edited by] Caroline Archer-Parré, James Mussell.
| Other author | Archer, Caroline, 1961- editor. |
| Other author | Mussell, James, editor. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Oxford ; New York : Peter Lang, 2023. |
| Description | 1 online resource. |
| Supplemental Content | EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Series | Printing History and Culture Series ; v.4 Printing history and culture (Series) ^A1488536 |
| Contents | Foreword: Letterpress Aesthetics / Johanna Drucker -- Introduction: Letterpress Printing: Past, Present, Future / Caroline Archer-Parré and James Mussell -- Part One: Letterpress in Transition -- Designers in the Composing Room: A Progressive Tale of Typographic Transgression / Catherine Dixon -- A Tangible Space: Letterpress Printing within Artists' Books and Small Publishing Practice / Angie Butler -- An Education in Letterpress: Charting the History of Letterpress Education in the United Kingdom and Ireland / Alex Cooper, Rose Gridneff and Andrew Haslam -- Part Two: Letterpress and Preservation -- Preserving Historically Correct Letterpress Printing in Theory and Practice / Patrick Goossens -- Between Theory and Practice: Bringing Letterpress and Digital Together in Printing Museums / Alan Marshall -- Part Three: Letterpress's Future Potential -- Inmediate Writing: Pavel Büchler and the Logic of Letterpress / Nick Thurston -- Letterpress in Portugal: The Future of Design and its Engagement with Past Printing Techniques / Pedro Amado; Vítor Quelhas; Catarina Silva -- P22 Blox: Space-Age Letterpress Modularity / Richard Kegler -- East Meets West: Merging Technology, Language, and Culture / Sydney Shep and Yah-Wen Ho. |
| Abstract | "Letterpress Printing: Past, Present, Future brings together scholars, curators, collectors and printers to assess the current state of letterpress printing. It acknowledges the decline of letterpress as a commercial printing technique and considers the risks this poses for letterpress's future. However, in describing the many uses to which letterpress is put and the diverse communities of printers who still work with it, the book celebrates the tenacity of letterpress as a process which continues to thrive despite such challenges. Letterpress Printing examines the continuing life of letterpress and applauds its revival through describing the circumstances in which it flourishes and the many ways it is now used. By setting this revival in the context of its ostensible decline, the book sets out the ways in which current practice draws upon and preserves the history of printing while taking it in new and unexpected directions"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Letterpress printing Oxford ; New York : Peter Lang, 2023 9781800794214 |
| LCCN | 2022024099 |
| ISBN | 9781800799301 (epub) |
| ISBN | 1800799306 |
| ISBN | 9781800799295 (ebook) |
| ISBN | 1800799292 |
| ISBN | (paperback) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |