Preservation Services at Dartmouth College: Samplings of Student Work in the Book Arts Workshop, part 2

Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Samplings of Student Work in the Book Arts Workshop, part 2

In part 1 of Samplings of Student Work in the Book Arts Workshop we saw the finished product of many projects. Here are some photos of the work as it was happening.


Mallory Byrd '19 made this great transparent book for the course, Collage: Bridging the Gap, photo 1

Mallory Byrd, photo 2

Mallory Byrd, photo 3

Jordan Craig '15 and Isaac Smith '15 made awesome books for Studio Art Senior Seminar.

Here's another shot of Jordan Craig's Senior Seminar books using the Coptic style binding.

Carly Schnitzler '16 punches out all the vowels in her letterpress printed book.

Kassaundra Amann '16 used leaves and bark to create her plates for pressure printing the pages to her book, photo 1

Kassaundra Amann, photo 2

Marie Schwalbe '16 needed a range of purple paper so she printed it on the Vandercook! Photo 1

Marie Schwalbe '16, photo 2

Carly Schnitzler '16 at it again, setting and printing a lot of type!

John Gilmore '17 got a chance to print in just about every way available. Here he is using polyer plates on the Vandercook.

The Studio art course, The Artist's Book and the Film course, Handmade Cinema got together to make a film using letterpress, nature printing and rubber stamps, photo 1

The Studio art course, photo 2

It was a busy time during finals for the Photo 1 and 2 students.

For History of the Book students as well!

Written by Sarah Smith

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ShwetablogJune 3, 2016 at 8:03 AM
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Deborah Howe Is the Collections Conservator at Dartmouth College Library. She's been involved in the book community for over 20 years. She is a member of the Guild of Book Workers and teaches classes in the Book Arts program.

Ryland Ianelli Is a cartoonist and Project Specialist in the Dartmouth Preservation Services department. He graduated from Reed College with a BA in Art History in 2008 and, more recently, from the Center for Cartoon Studies with an MFA in Cartooning in 2010. In addition to his work in Preservation and the Digital Production Unit, he is currently drawing and writing for various independently published comics and anthologies.

Barb Sagraves has been head of Preservation Services since its creation in 1995. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan SLIS program, has an MA in Medieval History from Michigan State University, and a BA in History from the University of Oklahoma. In her role as department head, Barb has overall responsibility for the preservation program and policies at Dartmouth College Library and is in charge of the Book Arts Program.

Jenny Mullins has been the Digital Preservation Librarian for Dartmouth College Library since May of 2014. Prior to coming to Dartmouth, she preserved video and audio collections, helped build a digital repository and worked in book and paper conservation labs. Jenny is a member of ALA and co-chair of the Preservation Metadata Interest Group for 2015-17.