ISSUES: of Consequence.
[Pasadena]: Archetype Press, 2006. One of 35 copies. Designed and letter-press printed, by students of Art Center College of Design using foundry metal and wood type, photopolymer plates, linoleum cuts, and silk screens. Hand bound. 100% hemp paper. A fine copy. Cream-colored Coptic binding with lace over wrappers. Quarto. 10 x 8 in. [60] pp. Item #17940
“Established at the College in 1989, Archetype Press offers students the unique opportunity to practice what has become a Digital Age rarity: setting type and printing by hand. Archetype’s collection of rare American and European metal foundry type, wood type and ornaments—originally belonging to Vernon Simpson’s legendary typesetting shop in Hollywood—is the largest in California and among the largest of any design school in the country. The extensive metal and wood type collection resides in 2,500 antique wooden drawers. Students learn to set and print type on an impressive set of printing presses: nine Vandercook proof presses, a Chandler & Price platen press and a Heidelberg Windmill press” (Archetype Press page on Art Center website).
The present work contains the printed works of 7=seven Art Center College of Design students addressing environmental precarity. A brief foreword by Professor Gloria Kondrup (project lead) reads, “Our awareness of the limitations and frailty of the environment is perhaps a reaction to the biological as well as psychological crisis of living in a world where the man-made environment has become increasingly destructive. A continuing discourse of environmentalism can perhaps reconnect the human spirit to the natural universe, and can create a voice, small or large, that addresses issues of consequence.”.
Price: $200.00