Dartmouth Book Arts in the Southern Hemisphere

Sarah M. Smith, Book Arts Workshop Special Instructor, will be the Universityof Otago Printer in Residence (PIR) for 2016.  Sarah will be on the Otago campus in Dunedin, New Zealand, from August 1- September 10.  During that time she will print a limited edition for the Otakou Press of poems written by local poet Rhian Gallagher.  The theme of this volume is centered round the life and activities of Freda Du Faur (1882-1935), the first woman to climb Aoraki/Mount Cook, New Zealand's highest mountain. The text will be enhanced by images by the Dunedin artist Lynn Taylor. 120 copies will be printed; 100 will be for sale.

This visit is part of an exchange between Otago and Dartmouth, both members of the Matariki Network of Universities.  While Sarah is working at Otago they will also be hosting the Book Arts 25^th anniversary exhibit which was shown at Baker Library in the spring of 2015.  In the fall Donald Kerr, Special Collections Librarian at the University of Otago, will be visiting and Baker Library will host an exhibit of the University of Otago PIR publications.  Both Sarah and Donald will be speaking on Wednesday, October 5, for the Stephen Harvard Lecture.

Sarah has started a blog to record her adventures: Big Green Kiwi

Written by Barb Sagraves. 

Book Arts Workshop Prize for 2016

The Book Arts Prize is a juried award given every year in recognition of excellence in the creation of a hand printed and bound book made in the Book Arts Studio by a Dartmouth College undergraduate, graduate, or community member.  The cash prizes are made possible through the generosity of the Friends of the Library.  The winners are:

Grand Prize (shared)

Kassie Amann, ‘16

This Must Be The Place

$500 award

Grand Prize (shared)

Marie Schwalbe, ’16

Mountains of Vermont

$500 award

Artist Book

Hyun Ji ( Jenny) Seong,‘16

Memoriscapes – The Book

$150 award

First Prize in Hand Bookbinding

Amalia Siegel, ‘16

Waste / Land

$150 award

First Prize in Letterpress Printing

Matteo Visconti di Oleggio Castello, Grad

$150 award

Honorable Mention in Letterpress Printing

Josh Kauderer, ‘19

Dulce Et Decorum Est

$75 award

All the winning entries are on display in the Treasure Room cases in Baker Library beginning Saturday, June 11.  

Written by Barb Sagraves

AMOS KENNEDY PRINTS!

Thursday and Friday April 7 & 8, 10:00-5:00

Book Arts Workshop, Baker Library

Come print with Amos Kennedy! On Thursday, April 7 & 8, world-renowned letterpress artist Amos Kennedy brings his unique vision and hands-on approach to the Dartmouth community with an all-day, drop-in workshop held in Dartmouth Library’s Book Arts Workshop. Kennedy, the subject of documentary film "Proceed and Be Bold!”, is a self-proclaimed “humble negro printer” whose work raises raises profound questions about race and individuality. Come make a poster, check out the presses, and chat about art, printing, and Kennedy’s new project: the Detroit Printing Plant. 

This Dartmouth community event is sponsored by the Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning (DCAL), the Neukom Institute for Computational Science, and the Dartmouth Library’s Book Arts Workshop.

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

Samplings of Student Work in the Book Arts Workshop, part 1

During the past year, the Book Arts Workshop has had a lot of exciting activity with some beautiful projects being made in conjunction with classes from the Dartmouth curriculum. Here is a sampling of some of those projects.

 Ran Zhuo ’17 from the course, The Artist’s Book, Winner of the 2015 Book Arts Grand Prize

Letterpress, inkjet, photo 1

Ran Zhou, photo 2

Ran Zhou, photo 3

Yujin Nam ’15 from the course, The Artist’s Book, Winner of the 2015 Book Arts Grand Prize

Letterpress, photo 1

Yujin Nam, photo 2

Diane Jang ’15 from the course, The Artist’s Book, Winner of the 2015 Book Arts Prize for Artist Book

Laser cut wood, pen & ink, photo 1

Diane Jang, photo 2

Diane Jang, photo 3

Stephanie Ng ’16 from the course, The Artist’s Book, Winner of the 2015 Book Arts Prize for Artist Book

Ink Jet, pen & ink and graphite, photo 1

Stephanie Ng, photo 2

Also Stephanie Ng, from the course, The Artist’s Book, Winner of the 2015 Book Arts Prize for Letterpress

Letterpress, pen & ink, cut paper and frosted mylar, photo 3

Stephanie Ng, photo 4

Ann Dunham ’16 from the course, History of the Book, Honorable Mention for the 2015 Book Arts Prize for Artist Book

Ink Jet

Carly Schnitzler ’16 from the course, History of the Book, Honorable Mention for the 2015 Book Arts Prize for Letterpress

Letterpress, punched holes, photo 1

Carly Schnitzler, photo 2

Jordan Craig ’15 from Studio Art Senior Seminar, Winner of the 2015 Book Arts Prize for Bookbinding

Etching, cut paper and laser cut boards, photo 1

Jordan Craig, photo 2

Tasha Bock ’15 from the course, The Artist’s Book

Letterpress, ink jet, cut paper, rubber stamp, altered book, pine cone, ceramic numbers, photo 1

Tasha Bock, photo 2

Daniel Alvarez ’15 from the course, The Artist’s Book

Letterpress/pressure print, thread, photo 1

Daniel Alvarez, photo 2

Gina Campanelli ’18 from the course, The Artist’s Book

Letterpress, thread, photo 1

Gina Campanelli, photo 2

Also from Gina Campanelli and the course, The Artist’s Book

Letterpress, photocopy transfer, photo 3

Gina Campanelli, photo 4

Alexa Krupp ’15 from the course, History of the Book

Letterpress, flexible vinyl relief, rubber stamp, photo 1

Alexa Krupp, photo 2

Goutham Kandru ’16 from the course, History of the Book

Laser cut paper and plexi, photo 1

Goutham Kandru, photo 2

Kassaundra Amann ’16 from the course, History of the Book

Letterpress, pressure print from leaves and bark, photo 1

Kassaundra Amann, photo 2

 Kassaundra Amann, photo 3

Marie Schwalbe ’16 from the course, History of the Book

Letterpress, printed and cut paper, photo 1

Marie Schwalbe, photo 2

Marie Schwalbe, photo 3

Written by Sarah Smith