For the Love of Letterpress - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook For the Love of Letterpress write by Cathie Ruggie Saunders. This book was released on 2019-08-08. For the Love of Letterpress available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Letterpress Now
Letterpress Now - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Letterpress Now write by Jessica C. White. This book was released on 2013-01-01. Letterpress Now available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Explains how to use various types of presses, and includes twenty projects ranging from cards and calendars to stationery and masks.
General Printing
General Printing - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook General Printing write by Glen U. Cleeton. This book was released on 2006-09. General Printing available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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
Little Book of Letterpress
Little Book of Letterpress - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Little Book of Letterpress write by Charlotte Rivers. This book was released on 2010-08-25. Little Book of Letterpress available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Thanks to traditional letterpress technique's popularity in DIY and indie-crafter circles, it's become the darling of the stationery world with innovative new studios popping up all over the globe, from Texas to Denmark. Little Book of Letterpress is a treasure trove of remarkable work from some of the hottest and coolest letterpress studios working today, including Egg Press and Hello Lucky. Featuring an enlightening history of the craft, explanations of the different types of presses, sneak peeks into the studios, and details about the process of creation, this volume is the epitome of handcrafted hip.
Adventures in Letterpress
Adventures in Letterpress - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Adventures in Letterpress write by Brandon Mise. This book was released on 2014-02-10. Adventures in Letterpress available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Tactile, retro and idiosyncratic, hand-printed objects have an undeniable appeal, especially in a digital age. In recent years, the nearly obsolete craft of letterpress has been resurrected by artists and designers who have rescued cast-iron presses from basements and scrap yards. Adventures in Letterpress features over 200 examples of the resulting work: elegant cards, edgy broadsheets and everything in between. Beautiful, humorous and sometimes just plain weird, the projects featured in the book perfectly illustrate the vibrant future of this once-endangered medium.
