For the love of letterpress : a printing handbook for instructors & students
Title:
For the love of letterpress : a printing handbook for instructors & students
Author:
Saunders, Cathie Ruggie, author.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
London : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2015.
Physical Description:
160 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Summary:
"Conveying the authors' love of the letterpress process and product, this book covers everything you need to know to create beautiful work. Beginning with the technology and history of type and the printed page, it continues with the fundamentals of measurement, terminology and the lay of the case. Guidance on planning the concept, gathering inspiration and critiquing your work will help you develop your skills or show you how to lead others to do so. The authors also show how contemporary digital processes are highly compatible with letterpress and have expanded its boundaries in the 21st century. A must for students who wish to learn letterpress and instructors as a handy reference."--Page 4 of cover.
General Note:
Reprint. Originally published: London : A&C Black, ©2013.
Language:
English
Contents:
1. The sensual, printed artifact. The allure ; The passion -- 2. The historical legacy: connecting the past and future -- 3. Printer's primer. Terminology and measurement ; Lay of the case ; Spacing and leading ; Setting type by hand ; Alignment ; Tying up the form ; Ink ; Paper for proofing ; Proofing -- 4. Press and printing. Paper ; The Vandercook Proof Press ; "The editioning press" ; Lockup ; Press operation ; Checking the impression ; Makeready ; Registering multiple colors ; Editioning ; After printing: cleaning the press ; Platen presses (Chandler & Price) -- 5. Relief matrices. Foundry type ; Monotype ; Linotype ; Ludlow ; Wood type ; Images ; Ornaments ; Woodcuts ; Wood engraving ; Linoleum ; Plates: magnesium, zinc ; Copper, photopolymer ; Laser cut materials -- 6. Contemporary processes. Found objects and other materials ; Pressure printing ; Split fountain ; Debossing ; Damping or dampening ; Monoprint ; Hand inking ; Splatter ; Ghosting ; Backwards transfer ; Floriated initial image transfer ; Brayer roll-outs ; Stencil -- 7. Creating a concept. Sources of inspiration ; "Kindling" ; "Winnowing" ; Time management -- 8. Envisioning the object. Structural possibilities ; Relationship of content and structure ; The function of dummy structures ; Choosing appropriate typefaces ; Choosing appropriate paper ; Choosing an appropriate color palette ; The colophon --- 9. Assessing the object envisioned. Critique format models ; The synergy of form and content -- 10. Gallery of letterpress -- 11. Conclusion -- Appendices. Further reading ; Glossary ; Additional resources ; Index.
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ISBN:
9781408139417
Format :
Book
