Exhibition Checklist:
Libretto (1993)
Artist: Typography students.
Manifold Tales (1993)
Artist: Typography class. Tyvek folded binding.
The Uncommon Perspective of M.E.J. Colter (1992)
Lynne Avadenka
Letterpress printed on hand made paper. 16 printed pages. Accordion and pamphlet binding.
Frosting (1991)
Meg Belichick
Paper, board and caulk.
Counting (1994)
Susanna Bergtold
Printed by Earl Kallemeyn, Kallemeyn Press, bound by Nicholas G. Yeager. Letterpress printed in three colors.
Flatfishes of the Hudson River Estuary, The; Owls of the Hudson River Estuary; Terns of the Hudson River Estuary; L’Etat de Fourire: Various Island Postal Services; L’Etat de Fourire: Mirages de Mer (1993)
Helen Buttfield
Watercolor, color laser prints, letterpress printing. Number of pages vary depending on each book. Hand sewn bindings with soft covers.
Beans (1991)
Marylee Bytheriver
Letterpress with linoleum block prints.
El Sol y Los de Abajo (1992)
Carolee Campbell
Author and artist: Jose Montoya. Letterpress with wood type on title page. Modified accordion binding.
Satanic Loves (1994)
Margarita Becerra Cano
Letterpress printing, photographs, handmade paper, mixed media.
#2 Capital Letters (1992)
Martha Carothers
Author: Beatrice Warde; born and died, 20th century. Laserprinter, bound in cloth covered boards.
Good War, Bad Peace (1991)
Martha Carothers
Letterpress, LaserWriter, pencil and hand-stamping. Bound in cloth covered boards.
Song of Songs (1991)
Maureen Cummins
Unknown author, illustrated by Maureen Cummins. Letterpress with hand-colored woodblock prints. Accordion bound into purple covers of Japanese silk.
The Lark (1993)
Guy Davenport
Printed by Barry Magid/Dim Gray Bar Press, Author & Artist: Guy Davenport. Letterpress with illustrations. Case binding with illustrated Sekishu dust jacket.
If There Weren’t So Many of Them You Might Say They Were Beautiful (1992)
Barbara de la Cuesta
Author & Artist: Barbara de la Cuesta. Tom Tolnay of Birch Brook Press cast the type for this book on a Monotype system and printed it on 80 lb. Mohawk Vellum Text in Black Marvel ink. Linocuts are printed in Superior Sepia. A V-45 Miehle vertical was used for the text. Type on the cover was set by hand and printed on a 10″ x 15″ Chandler & Price.
Selected Discourses Regarding War and Peace (1993)
Elsi Vassdal Ellis
A collection of quotes illustrated by Elsi Vassdal Ellis. Linoleum cuts, zinc cuts, letterpress with lead and wood type. Non-adhesive binding using a German Medieval chain stitch.
Picture Alphabet (1993)
Dikko Faust
Art by E.K. Smith & Dikko Faust, and K1 students from PS 234. Letterpress with wood type, metal type and styrographs.
Travelog Map & Guide (1994)
Dikko Faust
Artist: Esther K. Smith & Dikko Faust; Illustrator: Jessie Hartland. Letterpress with photo engravings and hand set type. Bound folded in wrapper.
Mr. Bear’s Song (1994)
Fiona Garrick
Letterpress printed, hot metal type, copper engravings, archival papers, and hand marbled endpapers. Handbound in leather with a slipcase.
Poet in Cuba (1992)
Christine Le Goff
Text by Rene Depestre. Handmade paper and museum board. Case binding.
Alchemical Lion (1991)
Jim Lee
Text by Jesse Glass. Letterpress, offset and silkscreen printed with woodcuts. 10 panels. Co-published with Brandywine Workshop.
Bologna Sample (1992)
Angela Lorenz
Lithograph, watercolor, cord handle. 4 folding sheets of card, 8 pages of text. Bound to appear as a decorator’s sample book.
Pandora’s Hieroglyphic Primer (1992)
Angela Lorenz
Silkscreen and handcolored on cotton, buttons sewn on. Bound with a safety pin.
Lizards (1992)
Jim Machacek
Book featureing original alphabet sentences set in 18 pt. Gil Sans in one directin and 14 pt. Litho Roman in the other, with engraved illustrations. The cover image comes from a passage on the natural history of reptiles found in a Czechoslovakian textbook inherited from the Machacek grandfather.
Lina Tsipin Poems (1994)
Mikhail Magaril
Poems by Lina Tsipin, artist: Mikhail Magaril. Cyrillic language text letterpress printed with photo engravings. Accordion binding with leather covers.
The Lark (1993)
Barry Magid
Printed by Barry Magid/Dim Gray Bar Press, Author & Artist: Guy Davenport. Letterpress with illustrations. Case binding with illustrated Sekishu dust jacket.
Numbering the Days of Eternity (1994)
Ruth McGurk
Letterpress and colored pencil. Non-adhesive long stitch binding.
Towers (1992)
David Moyer
Letterpress with wood engravings.
Loxahatchee, Everglades, Florida (1992)
Denise Mullen
Letterpress with polaroid transfer photos. Embossed leather bound accordion fold binding.
The Anti-Warhol Museum (1993)
Bonnie O’Connell
Printed offset. Star shaped concertina binding with reverse fold inner concertina. Co-published with Nexus Press.
Nebraska (1991)
Bonnie O’Connell
Author: Ron Hansen; Artist: Karen Kunc; Cover art, head and tail pieces: Bonnie O’Connell. Letterpress with multiple color woodcuts. Two section pamphlet stitch binding.
Happy Accidents (1993)
Richard Pardee
Intaglio, relief, collograph, chine colle, photo engravings, wood and metal type on handmade paper.
The Sun in the Road (1990)
Sarah Plimpton
Aquatints and letterpress. Loose pages housed in a box.
John Donne: a fragment (1993)
Robin Price
Author: John Donne, born 1572, died 1631. Artist: Robin Price. Letterpress with monotype prints. Accordion style binding over boards.
Street of Crocodiles (1990)
Nina M. Schneider
Text by Bruno Shulz, died c. 1942, designed and printed by Nina Schneider, title page illustration by Jean Butterfield. Letterpress printed. Linoleum cuts and foundry type. Single signature binding with dust jacket.
the Blind Men and the Elephant (1994)
Carol Schwartzott
Author: John Godfrey Saxe; born 19th century; Artist: Carol Schwartzott; Printed by: Anthony Amendola. Hand-colored paper. Deluxe edition with wooden box.
Lizards (1992)
Genie Shenk
Book featureing original alphabet sentences set in 18 pt. Gil Sans in one directin and 14 pt. Litho Roman in the other, with engraved illustrations. The cover image comes from a passage on the natural history of reptiles found in a Czechoslovakian textbook inherited from the Machacek grandfather.
Trains (1993)
Steven Stankiewicz
Etching, hand bound.
If There Weren’t So Many of Them You Might Say They Were Beautiful (1992)
Tom Tolnay
Author & Artist: Barbara de la Cuesta. Tom Tolnay of Birch Brook Press cast the type for this book on a Monotype system and printed it on 80 lb. Mohawk Vellum Text in Black Marvel ink. Linocuts are printed in Superior Sepia. A V-45 Miehle vertical was used for the text. Type on the cover was set by hand and printed on a 10″ x 15″ Chandler & Price.
Acrophony (1991)
George A. Walker
Handmade paper, board, letterpress printing, woodcuts, linocuts, and compact disc. Housed in a box.
Specialist (1993)
James Wintner
Text by Robert Sheckley, illustrations by Susanna Bergtold, letterpress printing by Jerry Kelly, etching by Nathan Kanovsky. Letterpress and die cut with line cut engravings. Photoetched aluminun cover.