Latest Releases
Broadside Residency Posters! On sale now!
Natalie Azzopardi has been working hard in Studio Duck over the last few months, producing not one, but FOUR fantastic and very funky broadsides. The results can been seen in the Duckshop, just to your left on the sidebar <==, and the story behind the scenes is told here.
Those Who Travel: Patsy Payne & Sarah Rice in collaboration with Ampersand Duck. Released April 2010. 40pp, letterpress, lithography & pounced drawings. For more details, see here.
Publication
‘Stop the Presses: The Allure of Ink’, Artlink Vol 30, no. 2, 2010: The Underground, pp. 42-44.
Exhibitions
The Story is the Thing, Tuggeranong Arts Centre, ACT, until 6 June 2010
Call of the Small, Canberra Museum & Gallery, ACT, August 2010
Workshops
5 June 2010, Concertina Books Come Alive, Tuggeranong Arts Centre, ACT
Description: Sometimes stories need a little help from the structure of the book to bring them to life. At other times, a creative book structure can evoke new ways of storytelling. This workshop looks at concertina books and the ways that they can be assembled and manipulated to make the pages come alive. Learn how to fold, cut and stitch to make books with little or no glue, and throughout the session we’ll be discussing interesting ways to incorporate text. All skill levels are welcome.
21-25 June 2010 ANU School of Art Typography and Book Winter School
The ANU Printmedia & Drawing Workshop is offering a Book & Typography Winter School. This is a rare opportunity to access the Book Studio’s excellent collection of letterpress equipment to learn about physical typography and gain basic book design and bookbinding skills.
This will be a loosely-structured course that will primarily cater at the time to the skill levels and needs of the participants. Indication should be made below whether you are interested in formal teaching or personal experimentation, as the latter is possible if you have prior experience.
Concrete learning outcomes are: handling wood and metal type; how to work a flatbed cylinder press; traditional and alternative printing methods; basic book imposition methods; simple bookbinding methods.
This winter school is especially suitable for graphic designers who want to play with physical typography, book artists interested in accessing letterpress for small amounts of text, and design students.
The course will run from 21-25 June and costs Aus$750 for the week. This fee includes lunch and materials (basic papers & all inks). Accommodation and other meals are NOT included.
Download an information/enrolment form here
Residencies
August/September 2010: Printer in Residence, Otago University, Dunedin, New Zealand
Working on a portfolio of broadsides using poems by 3 Australian and 3 New Zealand poets.
October/December 2010: Artist in Residence, Majura Women’s Group, Canberra
