Cutting Edge Letterpress

Meg Belichik Brooklyn, New York Miss Gowanus Letterpress, mixed media Edition of 100 1996 Printed on latex sheets, bound in a pliable lead cover... Could there be a better way to make a book about a polluted canal? The unusual materials make for a reading experience that is far from pleasant.
Inge Bruggeman Ink-A! Press Portland, Oregon Bad News by Lynn Tillman Letterpress, edition of 37 1993 Bold typography: paragraphs read across the spine of the book, creating wide, yet extremely legible, blocks of text.
Walter Hamady The Perishable Press Limited Madison, Wisconsin Depression Dog by Toby Olson Letterpress, edition of 109 Bound by Scott Kellar 2003 Multiple type styles, “illustrations” created from type, margins oddly proportioned or non-existant... Easy enough to do with a computer, but this is set by hand using metal type.
Coriander Riesboard The Skeptical Press El Cerrito, California Defensive Book Letterpress, mixed media on handmade paper Edition of 15 1993 Straight pins embedded in the handmade paper help to drive the point home in this book of warnings. It is practically impossible to read this book without being stuck by a pin. Like trying to hold a porcupine.
Coriander Riesboard The Skeptical Press El Cerrito, California Ghost Book Letterpress, edition of 15 1993 Rather than print from type, Riesboard here prints from plates made from her own handwriting. The book is printed on extremely thin Japanese tissue, in an ink that borders on transparent.
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