The Ladies Printing Bee: An Anthology of Thirty-nine Letterpress Printers Addressing the Subject of Women's Work

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Title

The Ladies Printing Bee: An Anthology of Thirty-nine Letterpress Printers Addressing the Subject of Women's Work

Subject

Women Printers
Private Presses--United States
Printing--United States
Artists' Books--Washington (State)--Seattle--Specimens

Description

This traditionally bound book is a collection of works from 36 contributors from the United States, New Zealand, and England. Each entry retains the unique materials and techniques of the original submission. Most contributions were published independently the year before.

Colophon includes: The type was cast by Jim Rimmer at his Pie Tree Press & Type Foundry. The book is case bound in Japanese cloth over boards by Jules with ... assistance from Judith L. Johnson...The Ladies Printing Bee was produced in an edition of 195 copies. The contributors received two copies each.

Entries may contain artist signature, colophon, or other inscription.

Edition size: 195

Creator

Remedios Faye, Jules
Kroupa, Sandra
Faye, Julie Remedios
Shannon, Colleen (Press of Appletree Alley)
Green, Sally (Brooding Heron Press & Bindery)
Coppola, Sheila
Vassdal Ellis, Elsi (Eve Press)
Baudoin, Lisa (Rollingpin Press)
Kuehn, Kathy (Salient Seedling Press)
Dohm, Jocelyn (Sherwood Press)
Bolton, Claire (Alembic Press)
Frey, Valerie (Knickerbocker Press)
Frey, Janice (Magpie Press)
Stonebhurner, Carol
Rice, Felicia (Moving Parts Press)
Sapora, Jenny (Blue Juniper Press)
Serjeant, Elizabeth (Possibility Press)
Blissell, Rebecca (Rolling Bones Letterpress)
Hoggatt, Tina
Michaelis, Catherine (May Day Press)
O'Connell, Bonnie P. (Penumbra Press)
Golden, Alisa (Never mind the press)
O'Malley, Bridget (Honmai Press)
Faye, Jules Remedios (Street of Crocodiles Printery)
Robertson, Barbara
Rups, Pamela (Moveable Feast Press)
Plourd, Dawn (Sammer b Press)
Garrett, Madelyn (Sub Rosa Press)
Black, Dorothea (Scrabbletown Press)
Dolliver, Barbara (Wentletrap Press)
Miller, Martha (Cliffonian Press)
Norman, Bonnie Thompson (Windowpane Press)
Crosetto, Maralyn (Waterland Press)
Blocker, Mare (M Kimberly Press)
Haswell, Judith (Donek Press)
North, Rusty (Sagittarius Press)
Dern, Marie C. (Jungle Garden Press)
Caldwell, Kris
Bytheriver, Marylee (Lunation Press)
Bingham, Anne, 1960- (Hurdy-Gurdy Press)
Wesler, Karen
Blinn, Carol J. (Warwick Press)

Publisher

Street of Crocodiles Printery
Sedro-Woolley, WA

Rights

These materials may be protected under copyright law and may only be used for educational, teaching, and learning purposes. If intended use is beyond these purposes, it is the sole responsibility of the user to obtain the appropriate copyright permissions.

Format

Materials/Printing: Japanese cloth, various paper and methods, Bodoni Book type, Vandercook 4 Proof Press.

Structure/Folds: codex.

Dimensions: 239 unnumbered pages; 21 x 16 x 3 cm (closed)

Type

artists' books (books)

Coverage

Twentieth century (dates CE)

Date Created

1995

Medium

The original object was photographed with a NIKON D300 digital camera at 300 ppi as a JPEG file format. The JPEG file was then modified in Adobe Photoshop.
Photographer Marie A. Andrews
6 total views: front view, interior view

Provenance

Donated by Barbara Robertson.

Citation

Remedios Faye, Jules and Kroupa, Sandra Faye, Julie Remedios Shannon, Colleen (Press of Appletree Alley) Green, Sally (Brooding Heron Press & Bindery) Coppola, Sheila Vassdal Ellis, Elsi (Eve Press) Baudoin, Lisa (Rollingpin Press) Kuehn, Kathy (Salient Seedling Press) Dohm, Jocelyn (Sherwood Press) Bolton, Claire (Alembic Press) Frey, Valerie (Knickerbocker Press) Frey, Janice (Magpie Press) Stonebhurner, Carol Rice, Felicia (Moving Parts Press) Sapora, Jenny (Blue Juniper Press) Serjeant, Elizabeth (Possibility Press) Blissell, Rebecca (Rolling Bones Letterpress) Hoggatt, Tina Michaelis, Catherine (May Day Press) O'Connell, Bonnie P. (Penumbra Press) Golden, Alisa (Never mind the press) O'Malley, Bridget (Honmai Press) Faye, Jules Remedios (Street of Crocodiles Printery) Robertson, Barbara Rups, Pamela (Moveable Feast Press) Plourd, Dawn (Sammer b Press) Garrett, Madelyn (Sub Rosa Press) Black, Dorothea (Scrabbletown Press) Dolliver, Barbara (Wentletrap Press) Miller, Martha (Cliffonian Press) Norman, Bonnie Thompson (Windowpane Press) Crosetto, Maralyn (Waterland Press) Blocker, Mare (M Kimberly Press) Haswell, Judith (Donek Press) North, Rusty (Sagittarius Press) Dern, Marie C. (Jungle Garden Press) Caldwell, Kris Bytheriver, Marylee (Lunation Press) Bingham, Anne, 1960- (Hurdy-Gurdy Press) Wesler, Karen Blinn, Carol J. (Warwick Press), “The Ladies Printing Bee: An Anthology of Thirty-nine Letterpress Printers Addressing the Subject of Women's Work,” Seattle Art Museum Libraries: Digital Collections, accessed April 25, 2024, https://samlibraries.omeka.net/items/show/1470.