Saunders and Chiplis offer this guide to letterpress, beginning with argument for the allure and passion of the technique and a historical primer. An introduction to terminology and basic
operations is presented, followed by details of press operation, relief matrices, and contemporary techniques including found objects, pressure printing, hand inking, splatter, backward
transfer, stencil, and others. The winding-down chapters address design considerations such as concept creation, choice of materials, and self-evaluation. A gallery and poetic conclusion round
out the book. A formal bibliography is not included, but a further-reading list, glossary, and list of resources are provided. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
