Tuesday, June 18, 2013

2013 Printer in Residence Programme, University of Otago Library

The Printer in Residence programme for 2013 will be a collaborative one, where three printers – Tara McLeod (Pear Tree Press, Auckland), Rob Lamb (Gumtree Press, Oamaru) and John Holmes (Frayed Frisket Press) will be working away in the Otakou Press room, University of Otago Library, starting 1 July. 

The 2013 PIR project is to print typographic or image-based posters using quotations from the following NZ writers: Riemke Ensing, Cilla McQueen, Charlotte Grimshaw, Emily Perkins, Elizabeth Knox, Jenny Borchardt, Fiona Kidman, Bernadette Hall, and Emma Neale.

There will be a selection process, with only six writers making the final cut. And only one quote each. The six quotations will be a springboard for the printers’ creativity, and what is finally produced. Come 1 July, the magic of the process will begin.

The set of six will form a poster package, as yet untitled. Only 100 sets will be hand-printed on Fabriano Rosapina paper. The cost of each set will probably be about NZ$200.00 (incl gst).

Orders for this item are already rolling in, so please do contact me for further details.


Dr. Donald Kerr, F.L.S.
Special Collections Librarian
University of Otago
P.O. Box 56
Dunedin, New Zealand
Phone: (03) 479-8330
Email: donald.kerr@otago.ac.nz

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