"Letterpress printing for the 21st century"
If any of the books have inspired your own letterpress projects, check out the Boxcar Press' services and polymer platemaking capabilities.
Founded as an artist's press in 1991, their goal is to reveal the wonder of the book form through artist's editions and presentations, and to teach functional design, creative writing, and problem-solving through the making of books and pop-ups.
some fun and upbeat structures
artist books dealer that we have talked about in class. They have some really neat things on their site. You can see what artist/press is in your state to see what might be near by and accessible.
A celebratory discussion from the American Antiquarian Society to mark the completion of the series, from "The Colonial Book in the Atlantic World" to "Print Culture in Postwar America", published in collaboration with the University of North Carolina Press and with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Center for the Book at the Library of Congress.Through these publications and the AAS Program in the History of the Book, the Society is acknowledged as a leader in the emerging international field of book history. The United States series- from Codex to the Kindle- is a lively consideration of authorship, reading, and publishing in the development of American life and culture.
Looks like a very informative youtube video!