Letterpress printing posters and booklets
Content Description
Printed posters and booklets created by Andrew Rippeon and by his students, from spring 2014, through spring 2016. Students include those in English 204-03: Poetry and Poetics, Fall 2014, English 204-02, Spring 2015, Exploration Adventure: Letterpress & Book Arts Trip, 2015. Posters -- printed letterpress on a Vandercook no. 2 Proof Press -- created for various events and by students; booklets printed by students. 4/12/2017: Additional posters added from spring and fall 2016. 10/22/2019: additional booklets added from spring and fall 2017.
Acquisition Type
Gift
Provenance
From Andrew Rippeon via Margaret Thickstun and via Christian Goodwillie
Restrictions Apply
No
Dates
- Creation: 2014-2016
Inventory
3 posters for Spring 2014 Reading Series (for Roxane Gay, James Wells, and Jules Gibbs), 1 poster for Milton Marathon Reading, April 2014; 1 poster for the 2014 International Writers Festival, featuring Christian Bök, Larissa Lai, and Cecilia Vicuña; 1 poster designed by Andrew Rippeon and printed by students at Orientation 2014, featuring a poem by Agha Shahid Ali; booklet Nightingale (fall 2014), cover printed letterpress from handset type; 3 posters handset and letterpress printed by students Dec. 2014 and March 2015, featuring poetry by Gary Leising, Sarah C. Harwell, and Jennifer Bartlett; booklet Real Toads (spring 2015), cover printed letterpress from handset type; XA Book Arts folded flier (2015); poster for the Literature and Creative Writing Department's presentation by Claudia Rankine, Feb. 2016. Added 4/12/2017: about 30 more posters and other letterpress creations, some duplicates, including broadsides by students under the leadership of Emma Reynolds '17; also a sample printed (using a 3-D-printed letter B) during the Maker Walk "Revived Typefaces and Recycled Tables" walking tour led by Luke Gernert '17 and Mackenzie Bettman-Adcock '18, 12/15/2016. Unpacking My Library, Lit 154, Spring 2017 (booklet); New Shoes, by Lit 204-03, Fall 2017 (booklet).
