exhibits and represents artists working across a variety of disciplines with particular focus on contemporary book arts, works on paper, collage and assemblage. |
910 Santa Fe, #101, Denver, Colorado, USA at the north end of the 910 Arts Complex street entrance just south of Swift's Diner Open |
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Amy Pirkle |
Jessica SpringTacoma, Washington, USA
Printer’s BlocksMagnani Revere, handset type and ornaments 11 ½ x 2 x 9 28, 1 ½ (cubes) © 2012 Printer’s Blocks is an abecedarium composed of vintage wood type and printer’s blocks letterpress printed on Magnani Revere and formed into cubes. Letters are arranged in a box as they would be in a case of type (with J and U following Z) since those letters were not used by early English printers. Two sides of each block include a variety of handset patterns created from American Type Founder’s Dainty Border No. 1-that like the border-can be arranged to delight. 
An Inflammatory Guide: Banned & Challenged Books You Should Readphotopolymer plates, Zerkall Frankfurt 3 ¾ x 3 ⅛ (closed), 33 (extends) © 2012 Published for Banned Books Week, this letterpress-printed accordion is bound in a fluorescent matchbook cover foil-stamped “Open Mind Before Striking.” It features books banned and challenged under categories like racism, nudity, or homosexual content with quotes about censorship and intellectual freedom. A collaboration with Sweet Pea Flaherty of King’s Bookstore, a portion of proceeds benefits Freedom to Read Foundation. 
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