Tag: Letterpress
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American Weather
American WeatherMary Margaret Alvarado and Corie J. Cole2024NewLights Press 64 pages9.25 × 7 in. closedLink-stitched softcover with detachable jacketRisograph inside and letterpress coverEdition of 200 American Weather is a collaboration between writer Mary Margaret Alvarado, artist Corie J. Cole, and publisher Aaron Cohick. Alvarado first published the titular essay in 2015, in the immediate aftermath…
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Bibliographic Performances & Surrogate Readings
Bibliographic Performances & Surrogate ReadingsJanelle Rebel2024The Everyday Press Perfect-bound softcover with French folds353 pages5.25 × 7.75 in. closedLetterpress cover, offset inside Bibliographic Performances & Surrogate Readings is a bibliography of bibliographies. Not just any bibliographies, though — author Janelle Rebel is both an artist and a librarian, and the collected bibliographies reside at that same…
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The Usual Arteries
The Usual ArteriesErin DorneyIlluminated Press2024 4.25 × 4.25 in. foldedSingle cut and folded sheet in a paper slipcaseInk jet inside with letterpress and screen printed slipcaseEdition of 250 The Usual Arteries is a single illustrated poem on a single sheet of paper that nevertheless unfolds into a captivating reading experience that thoughtfully engages the book…
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Owed to The Mountain
Owed to The MountainDiane Jacobs2021Scantron Press 12.5 × 12.5 in. closed36 pagesSingle-section softcover pamphletDigital inside with letterpress cover Owed to The Mountain is a lavish tribute to Mt. Hood, which, on clear days, is still visible from Portland, where artist Diane Jacobs resides. The years-long project includes three versions of the book — an elaborate sculptural…
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a story, the truth, and a screenplay
a story, the truth, and a screenplayRuby Figueroa2017 5.125 × 8.25 in.96 pagesLong stitch softcoverOffset insides with letterpress covers I’m a sucker for a character that breaks the fourth wall. The camera shifts, eyes meet through the screen, and we are brought in on real-time reactions and feelings. That slicing of time — cut! —…
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Eulalia #3
Eulalia #3Hope AmicoGutwrench Press2020 4.25 × 5 in. closed32 pagesBinding: Dos-à-dos sewn with a 3-hole pamphlet stitchLetterpress cover and laser insides Eulalia #3 is the third in a series of zines which center on the generative constraint of Amico’s practice – the content for each themed issue is completed in a single sitting. In reality,…
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ISOLATIONS
ISOLATIONS is a process-oriented publication that reveals the labor of poetics and the poetics of labor.
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Plant Out of Place
Plant Out of PlaceSarah Nicholls2019Brain Washing From Phone Towers brainwashingfromphonetowers.com 4.75 × 8.75 in.12 pagesBinding: French fold accordion, stitched into a coverLetterpress and linocutEdition of 250 Despite its unusual format, Sarah Nicholls is emphatic that her work Plant Out of Place is a pamphlet. In fact, Plant Out of Place is one of a three-part…
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Lost Houses of Lyndale
Lost Houses of LyndaleMatt BergstromDesign by Mary Clare Butler2018Fata Morgana Presswww.fatamorganapress.com/ 8 × 5 in.40 pagesBinding: Single-section pamphletLetterpress cover and offset inside In Lost Houses of Lyndale, Matt Bergstrom presents a history of all the recently-demolished homes along a two-block stretch in the rapidly-gentrifying Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago. After a brief introduction, the book proceeds with a…
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