Letterpress printing past, present, future / Caroline Archer-Parr©♭ and James Mussell (eds).
| Other author | Archer, Caroline, 1961- |
| Other author | Mussell, James. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Oxford : Peter Lang, [2023] |
| Description | xxiii, 273 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Series | Printing history and culture, 2504-4915 ; volume no. 4 |
| Contents | Foreword: Letterpress Aesthetics / Johanna Drucker -- Introduction: Letterpress Printing: Past, Present, Future / Caroline Archer-Parr©♭ 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 B©ơchler and the Logic of Letterpress / Nick Thurston -- Letterpress in Portugal: The Future of Design and its Engagement with Past Printing Techniques / Pedro Amado; V©Ưtor 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. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2022024098 |
| ISBN | 9781800794214 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
| ISBN | (epub) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |