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Printmaking & Typography Resources in Special Collections & Archives

An introduction to printed art, ephemera, broadsides, specimens, and secondary sources in Special Collections & Archives

Screenprinting

Fam-i-ly : a book by Rita MacDonald
Call Number: Special Coll Rare -- N7433.4.M332 F36 1994
Publication Date: 1994
1 v. (unpaged) : ill. (some col.) ; 19 cm.

Artist's book consisting of 1 sheet, accordion-folded and laid in a wooden box in the form of a front door. Drawings of household tools are superimposed over definitions of family roles.

Fam-i-ly (PDF)

Iron by Tana Kellner
Call Number: Special Coll Rare (oversize) -- N7433.4.K449 I76 2008
ISBN: 1893125637
Publication Date: 2008-01-01
1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 28 x 31 cm. + 1 DVD

"Inspired by the artist's installation of the same name, where an automated iron reveals text as it irons out a white dress shirt. The text examines the history of domestic labor and immigration, while the images document the technological progress of ironing appliances (patents included). Printed in invisible ink, the viewer reads the book by ironing the pages. DVD of the ironing installation is included in a back pocket."

Iron (PDF)

Lexicographer's view by Ann E. Kalmbach
Call Number: Special Coll Rare -- N7433.4.K34 L49 1997
Publication Date: 1997
[16] p. : ill., ports. ; 11 x 15 cm.

Lexicographer's view (PDF)

Paper works by Jennifer Grimyser
Call Number: Special Coll Rare (oversize) -- N7433.4.G746 P364 2008
Publication Date: 2008
[9] leaves : mostly col. ill. ; 37 cm. (in portfolio)

In Paper Works, a portfolio of nine silkscreen prints, Grimyser examines the possibilities of a piece of paper. With a humorous tone and playful imagery the artist explores paper, its dimensional qualities, the vastness of a page and the interaction of writing and drawing.

Paper works (PDF)

Scattered memory by Edie Tsong
Call Number: Special Coll Rare -- N7433.4.T76 S23 2005
Publication Date: 2005
[14] p., 1 accordion-folded sheet : ill. ; 31 cm.

Silkscreen illustrations of memories from the artist's life; one sheet, accordion-folded between boards.

Scattered memory (PDF)

Unfolding architecture by Emily Speed
Call Number: Special Coll Rare -- N7433.4.S64 U54 2007
ISBN: 1893125246
Publication Date: 2007
1 accordion-folded sheet : ill. ; 19 cm.

This book was printed on Mohawk Superfine recycled white and Canson Opalux with screenprinted images and letterpressed text in size 10.5 Rockwell using a Vandercook press. The book is housed in a handmade balsa wood box, which unfolds, mirroring the city in the story.

Unfolding architecture (PDF)

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Printmaking @ FSU

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