American Letterpress: The Art of Hatch Show Print

Love this short video piece on Hatch Show Prints in Nashville, TN.  They’ve been making posters since 1879!    

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Museum of Modern Art German Expressionist Prints site

The Museum of Modern Art has now put much of their collection of German Expressionist works online. It’s an impressive collection, including thousands of works in printmaking, and there’s lots of fantastic images and information.   http://www.moma.org/explore/collection/ge/index

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New print-related DVD in the library: Proceed and Be Bold!

There’s a great new documentary about letterpress printer and poster-maker Amos Kennedy, Jr. called Proceed and Be Bold. It’s funny, informative, and provocative, well worth checking out.  I’ll be placing it on reserve for a few weeks this term, so check at the circulation desk if you don’t see it in the stacks. Here’s a [...]

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Putting a price on antique printing

Presses, lead letters, and other contents of old North End plant in Boston going up for auction.

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Steamroller printing at Printopolis

Maybe some day we can do this here …. crazy big printmaking at OCAD U from stan.k on Vimeo.

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