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Bitter Chocolate, Julie Chen, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2016

Bitter Chocolate, Julie Chen, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 volume. "Bitter Chocolate was written and designed by Julie Chen. Illustrations of the cacao forest and cacao pods were created by Keri Miki-Lani Schroeder. All other images were created by Julie Chen. All elements were letterpress printed from photopolymer plates on a variety of papers including Old Masters handmade paper from Papeterie Saint-Armand in Montréal, Zanders Elephant Hide and Hahnemühle Ingres"--Colophon. Commissioned for inclusion in "Just one look," an exhibition of contemporary book arts held in the Special Collections Division of the University of Washington Libraries from March 31-July 29, 2016. Limited edition of 50 copies, signed and numbered. …


Office Workers Notebook, Danielo Garcia, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2016

Office Workers Notebook, Danielo Garcia, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

84 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color). Edition of 25 numbered copies. "In the design of a traditional steno pad this book surveys found photographs from ... the New York Public Library. Artist, Danielo Garcia, sourced and photographed hundreds of advertisements, stock-photographs, and archive copies in the production of this faux-notebook, limited edition, publication."--Publisher website. Five color Risograph printing. Spiral bound, at head of text. Library has copy no. 17, signed by the author.


Women At The Crossroads, Women At The Forefront, American Women In Letterpress Printing In The Nineteenth Century, Dianne L. Roman Ms Jan 2016

Women At The Crossroads, Women At The Forefront, American Women In Letterpress Printing In The Nineteenth Century, Dianne L. Roman Ms

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The significant role of the female printer in the American home-based print shops during the colonial and early republic periods has been documented in print history, socioeconomic, labor, and women studies, yet with the industrialization of the printing trade, women’s presence is thought to have disappeared. Contrary to the belief that industrialization of the print shop eradicated women’s involvement in skilled employments such as typesetting, the creation of the Women’s Cooperative Printing Union in California and the creation and chartering of the Women’s Typographical Union in New York, both in the late 1860s, clearly indicate that women continued to work …