Author: Marty Brown Publisher: Letterary Press ISBN: 9781603370066 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 169
Book Description
Covers the practical aspects of finding, restoring, maintaining and operating a letterpress while adapting to current business practice.
Author: Cathie Ruggie Saunders Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 135005125X Category : Crafts & Hobbies Languages : en Pages : 209
Book Description
Winner - American Graphic Design Award, Graphic Design USA Conveying the authors' love of the letterpress process and product, this book presents the technical, historical, aesthetic and practical information necessary for both students and instructors. The 2nd edition of For the Love of Letterpress includes an updated gallery of contemporary images of letterpress printing, as well as a new chapter of letterpress assignments from the United States, United Kingdom and Europe. Both additions attest to the dynamic and continued relevance of the media. The authors show how contemporary digital processes have expanded the boundaries of traditional letterpress. By writing with passion and experience, they indicate why a 15th century printing technology based upon crafting with one's hands, still has appeal and value to 21st century artists and designers. Whether incorporated into an academic curriculum or used for self-study, For the Love of Letterpress is a must for students who wish to learn letterpress and instructors seeking inspiration and reference.
Author: Cathie Ruggie Saunders Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 1350051268 Category : Design Languages : en Pages : 208
Book Description
Winner - American Graphic Design Award, Graphic Design USA Conveying the authors' love of the letterpress process and product, this book presents the technical, historical, aesthetic and practical information necessary for both students and instructors. The 2nd edition of For the Love of Letterpress includes an updated gallery of contemporary images of letterpress printing, as well as a new chapter of letterpress assignments from the United States, United Kingdom and Europe. Both additions attest to the dynamic and continued relevance of the media. The authors show how contemporary digital processes have expanded the boundaries of traditional letterpress. By writing with passion and experience, they indicate why a 15th century printing technology based upon crafting with one's hands, still has appeal and value to 21st century artists and designers. Whether incorporated into an academic curriculum or used for self-study, For the Love of Letterpress is a must for students who wish to learn letterpress and instructors seeking inspiration and reference.
Author: Glen U. Cleeton Publisher: ISBN: 9781734222425 Category : Languages : en Pages : 224
Book Description
General Printing is a comprehensive guide to letterpress printing. With 300 photos and 140 illustrations, it offers detailed step-by-step visual instruction. Key topics include: handsetting type, taking proofs, mitering rules, locking up a form, adding packing and make-ready, feeding a platen press, advanced composition, design, typography, and tricks of the trade. "The best all-around introductory book for traditional letterpress printing, this manual is profusely illustrated with detailed and useful photographs and should occupy a prominent place on the shelf of every letterpress printer. It will serve as the next best thing to an apprenticeship at the feet of a master printer, and is certain to be used as a handy reference throughout your printing journey." --David S. Rose, Introduction to Letterpress Printing
Author: Elizabeth M. Harris Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher ISBN: 9781567922684 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 212
Book Description
"This complete, definitive, and illustrated survey of small nineteenth-century printing presses, written by a former curator at the Smithsonian Institution, is the first history of these lovely, useful, and varied machines. For there were, in those days, small printing presses created for every purpose. And there were, as well, innumerable boys and countless men eager to make their fortunes by investing in one, buying a few fonts of type, printing for a local clientele, and, with luck, building a printing or publishing empire." "What the desktop computer is to today, these small iron workhorses were to the nineteenth century. This book catalogues, describes, and illustrates over a hundred, with their makers, giving machine specifications as well as patent information. It provides a mine of previously undocumented printing information. No one seriously interested in the history of printing technology can afford to be without it."--BOOK JACKET.
Author: Jim Sherrarden Publisher: Chronicle Books ISBN: 9780811828567 Category : Antiques & Collectibles Languages : en Pages : 176
Book Description
"For more than a century, Nashville's Hatch Show Print has produced show-posters for entertainers of all stripes, from country musicians to magicians, professional wrestlers to rock stars. Hatch Show Print: The History of a Great American Poster Shop is the fully illustrated tour of this iconic institution, offering a glimpse into the history of American entertainment through dynamic and distinctive posters from the 1800s to today." "In this day of new media dominance, the hand-carved, hand-set, hand-inked, and hand-cranked ethic and aesthetic of a Hatch Show Print poster is beyond compare. Complete with over 175 illustrations, including historical photographs and scores of beautiful posters, Hatch Show Print is a dazzling document of this legendary print shop." --Book Jacket.
Author: Jessica C. White Publisher: ISBN: 9781782402299 Category : Letterpress printing Languages : en Pages : 192
Book Description
The revival of traditional printing methods has been afoot for the last decade, and the tactile charm of letterpress has ensured that its popularity is on the rise. Ladies of Letterpress is an organization that champions the craft, and in particular seeks to showcase and promote the work of women printers. A gallery of art by its members, the work in Ladies of Letterpress ranges from greetings cards to broadsides and posters, and is offered in a cornucopia of type and illustration styles. What comes through clearly, though, is the quality of the work: every one of these pieces is worthy of display on your wall, and with 80 detachable pages, you can create an instant and beautiful gallery of your own.
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