Esther K. Smith

Esther K Smith is the author of HOW TO MAKE BOOKS, Making Books with Kids, Magic Books & Paper Toys, and editor of the Rizzoli reprint of WH Page’s Specimens of CHROMATIC WOOD TYPE, Borders &c. Artistic Director at Purgatory Pie Press, Esther K Smith makes collaborative limited editions with letterpress printer Dikko Faust, Susan Happersett and other artists & writers. Purgatory Pie Press works are in public and private collections throughout the world including Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Cooper Hewitt, London’s V&A, and Tate Modern Museum.
Relevant Links
- Purgatory Pie Press
- Pulled in Brooklyn
- IG: @purgatorypiepress
- Purgatory Pie Press: 40 Years & Counting
- “A Fine Press in the City” by Richard Goodman, Fine Books & Collections
- “FORTY YEARS OF PURGATORY PIE PRESS” by Esther K. Smith / From Parenthesis 35
- “Purgatory Pie Press: Interview with Esther K. Smith” (2012) The Library as Incubator Project
- “Sorry Dante, This Purgatory is Different!: An Interview with Purgatory Pie Press” by Osman Can Yerebakan. Filthy Dreams (2014)