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Letterpress-Inkjet Smackdown

posted by Heather Kearns
Friday, December 26, 2008
posted in: Alice C. Sabatini Gallery | Artblog - Life in the 700s
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I stunned some young Books Outside the Binding visitors last week when I told them how, at one time, every book and newspaper page had to be arranged by hand, inked and sent through a printing press. We were looking at handmade bookmarks that one of the curators made on a letterpress. One of the kids ran his finger over a quote from Mark Twain and said, "This is cool ... but why don't they just use a computer and printer?" I thought maybe their age had something to do with their...

A Kinetic Book?!

posted by Heather Kearns
Friday, December 26, 2008
posted in: Alice C. Sabatini Gallery | Exhibitions Now Showing
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Yep! And you can see it in action here (and in the Sabatini Gallery) in our recent Special Collections video of Roll Your Own by artist Dolph Smith.

Our first video: What is Letterpress?

posted by Heather Kearns
Friday, December 05, 2008
posted in: Alice C. Sabatini Gallery | Resources
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When planning our current Books Outside the Binding exhibit in the Sabatini Gallery, curators Brea Black and Zan Popp suggested filming a demonstration at the University of Kansas. This is our very first video!

 

New Art Exhibit: Books Outside the Binding

posted by Heather Kearns
Wednesday, December 03, 2008
posted in: Alice C. Sabatini Gallery | Exhibitions Now Showing
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Books Outside the Binding
12/5/2008 — 2/13/2009
We expect to find books at a library, but chances are you've never seen books quite like these.

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