The following is a reasonably complete list of all exhibited/published works. If there is a story about the work on this site or elsewhere, the title will be linked to it. The geographical location at end of each listing is the place of making. The listing of ephemera is not complete, but substantial.
EARLY BOOKS (pre-Ampersand Duck)
Echo (1996)
Artist’s book. Letterpress on watermarked handmade rag paper made by the artist), own text, unbound in blue paper slipcase. 75 x 75 mm. Edition of 7, Graphic Investigation Workshop, Canberra School of Art.
Clown i (1996)
Artist’s book. Laserprinted text on commercial stock, text by Henri Michaux, sewn bookblock with machine-embroidered handmade rag momigami paper cover. [Square layout] Edition of 2, Graphic Investigation Workshop, Canberra School of Art
Clown ii (1996)
Artist’s book. Laserprinted text on commercial stock, text by Henri Michaux, sewn bookblock in handmade collaged box. [Landscape layout] Edition of 2, Graphic Investigation Workshop, Canberra School of Art.
Lingua Arcana Matrum (Amare) (1998)
Artist’s book. Letterpress on various Asian papers with photocopies on acetate, own text (Latin composed for the artist by Robert Barnes), unbound in sheer cloth drawstring bag with white plastic peg and altered handstitched breastpad. Book 102 x 102mm, bag 110 x 140 mm. Edition of 5, Graphic Investigation Workshop, Canberra School of Art.
I am Writing to You From a Far-Off Country: Experiencing Henri Michaux (2000)
Artist’s book. Digital images from collage, laserprints, pen & ink on paper, perspex box. Unique. Graphic Investigation Workshop, Canberra School of Art. Available.
Shared Rooms: Poems by Anna Akhmatova with Translations by Natalie Staples and Imitations by Rosemary Dobson and David Campbell (2002)
Artist’s book. Letterpress and monoprints on Zerkal Wove paper, housed in screenprinted acetate envelopes, contained in a bookcloth-covered box with a perspex drawer (boxed) or a printed card slipcase (softbound ). English text handset in Perpetua and Times metal type; Russian text computer-set in Latinski and printed by letterpress using photopolymer plates. 2 edns: 5 single sheets, boxed, 6 concertina, softbound. Canberra: Printmedia & Drawing Workshop/ E+ABS, Canberra School of Art. Available.
AMPERSAND DUCK BOOKS
Playing with Anna’s Ghosts (2005)
Artist’s book. Letterpress on Zerkal (overprints of Shared Rooms) sewn into a concertina binding with removable hard cover and slipcase. Unique. Downer, Canberra.
Time Limit Applies (2005)
Artist’s book. ACT Government parking vouchers in a yellow manilla Japanese binding and slipcase, c. 120 x 60 x 10mm. Downer, Canberra.
Inconsolable Jubilation (2005)
Artist’s book. Solvent transfers and graphite drawings on black and white handmade paper (made by artist). Coptic bound in acetate with waxed linen thread. Unique. Downer, Canberra. Available.
What You Left Behind (2005)
Artist’s book. Manipulated digital images printed as photos and housed in a black hand-made coptic-bound photo album. Edition of 2. Downer, Canberra. Available.
Elegy to Lost Times (2005)
Artist’s book. Oil on paper monoprints with solvent transfers and collage. Snake concertina structure with tie of video tape. Edition of 5. E+ABS, Canberra School of Art. Reworking of student prints. Not to be confused with Elegy to Lost Time.
Elegy to Lost Time (2005)
Artist’s book. Oil on paper monoprints with solvent transfers and collage. Snake concertina structure with paper slipcase. Edition of 5. E+ABS, Canberra School of Art. Reworking of student prints. Not to be confused with Elegy to Lost Times.
RobinsOn cruSoE (2006)
Artist’s book. Mixed media, including x-rays, photographic paper, collage and letterpress, contained in a solander box made from a vintage book cover. Unique. Downer, Canberra.
Red Wine, Red Roses and Red Hot Sex: for Sacha (2006)
Set of 3 books: flutter, concertina and pop-up bindings using manipulated & recycled letterpress broadsides. Unique set. Downer, Canberra.
pr0n coktales (2007)
Chapzine. 2-colour letterpress on tyvek. 8pp, with a hand-rolled and hand-stitched cover. Text is computer-generated spam. Edition of 100, printed in the ANU School of Art Book Studio. Available.
Transmigration (2007)
Fine press volume. Hand-set letterpress, relief prints, casebound. Poems by Nan McDonald, with drawings by Jan Brown. Edition of 90, printed in the ANU School of Art Book Studio with financial aid from ArtsACT. Available.
Snatches: a mystery in six parts (2008)
Artist’s book.Letterpress and ink drawings on polyester sheets. Collaboration with byrd. Text from various sources. Unique, printed in the ANU School of Art Book Studio. Available.
Poems to Hold or Let Go (2008)
Fine press volume. Relief letterpress, wood engravings, casebound. Poems by Rosemary Dobson, with wood engravings by Rosalind Atkins. Edition of 200, printed in the ANU School of Art Book Studio with financial aid from Arts ACT. Available.
Poems to Hold or Let Go (special binding) (2009)
Exhibition binding: Long-stitched limp binding on rag momigami paper (made by the artist) and vintage Victorian cotton thread. Title embossed using lead type. 2 copies, numbered in roman numerals as part of the deluxe edition for the exhibition Books to Hold or Let Go.
Grieving i (Hold and Let Go) (2009)
Artist’s book installation in two parts. Letterpress overprints (from Poems to Hold or Let Go) and vintage book spines. ANCA, Canberra. Available.
Grieving ii (Folding the Sheets and Sides to Middle) (2009)
Artist’s book installation in two parts. Letterpress overprints (from Poems to Hold or Let Go) folded into origami. ANCA, Canberra. Available.
Me, Like a River (2009)
Artist’s book. Concertina flag/tunnel book of letterpress offcuts from the book Shared Rooms. Unique. ANCA, Canberra.
The Pillowbooks (2009)
Artist’s book. Embossed letterpress on BFK Rives White 250gsm paper, watercolour, thread. Text (from a song by Machine Translations) produced using wood type letterpress. A set of two concertina books. ANCA, Canberra.
Night Ladders (Escape*, Grim*, Vision, After) (2009)
Series of 4 artist’s books using paper-cut offset letterpress and vintage book covers. ANCA, Canberra. (* = available.)
Feel the Fell (2009)
Artist’s book. Letterpress and offset letterpress ink on Chinese roll paper with handsewn whirlwind binding. Text by Gerard Manley Hopkins. Unique. ANCA, Canberra.
Blue (2010)
Artist’s book. Found text collage on antique pianola roll fragment. Unique. ANCA, Canberra. Available.
Learning Absence, 1986 (2010)
Artist’s book. Poem by Rosemary Dobson. Monoprints and letterpress. Hardback stab binding.Book Art Object project #1. Edition of 13. ANCA, Canberra. Available.
Skyhooks (2010)
Artist’s book. ‘string books’ of paper-cut offset letterpress, hand-sewn. Edition of 2. ANCA, Canberra. 1 available.
Paper Wrestling (2010)
Artist’s book. Poem by NZ poet Claire Beynon. 3-colour letterpress and origami. Book Art Object Project #2. Edition of 20. ANCA, Canberra. Available.
Quagmire (IT & Lies) (2011)
Artist’s book. Original text inspired by an excerpt from Jeanette Winterson’s Art and Lies. Inkjet prints and letterpress on Como cartridge, spiral bound with boxboard cover. 210 x 158 x 10mm. Book Art Object Project #3. Edition of 12. Hackett, Canberra. Available.
Dear Lady (2012)
Fine press book. Text is a letter by Sydney Smith to Lady Georgiana Morpeth, 1820. Letterpress accompanied by wood type hand-engraved by Rosalind Atkins. Printed three colours on Magnani Velato Avorio handmade paper with a printed cover of Shin Inbe Ash paper, handsewn. 145 x 130 x .75mm Edition of 20. Hackett, Canberra. Sold out.
BROADSIDES
Dirge (2004)
Letterpress on offset lithography monoprint and solvent release. 210 x 250mm. Edition of 21, made for an Acteus Reus Press print exchange. Book Studio, ANU School of Art. Available.
Arsehattery (2007)
Letterpress on found coated stock, limited but unnumbered edition. Book Studio, ANU School of Art.
Red Roses, Red Wine and Red Hot Sex: For Sacha (2007)
Letterpress on black Arches BFK. Edition of 10. Book Studio, ANU School of Art. Available.
Pocket Garden (2008)
3-colour letterpress plus fingerprints on Tyvek. Produced for the El Mutanabbi Street Broadside Project. 455 x 305 mm (18”x12″). Edition of 15. Book Studio, ANU School of Art.
Poems a Long Way from Basho (2008)
Letterpress on white Arches offcuts. Edition of 5. Present for Rosemary Dobson, poet. Book Studio, ANU School of Art.
Country Show (2009)
Exhibition broadside. Letterpress and rubber stamp on coated stock. 2 colour runs: Woodchop (blue & orange) and Fairy Floss (pink and blue). Edition of ten each. ANCA, Canberra. Available.
Prime (2010)
Folio of 9 letterpress broadsides featuring poems by Robert Adamson (A) Stephen Edgar (A), Michael Harlow (NZ), Sarah Holland Batt (A), Les Murray (A), Vincent O’Sullivan (NZ), Sue Wootton (NZ). Edition of 100 for Otakou Press, Dunedin, NZ.
Edition of 100, printed on Fabriano Rosapina 220gsm paper, 500 x 350mm. Housed in a hardcover folio made by the University of Otago bindery.
Miniature broadside series (2010)
Letterpress on paper, one batch is 45 x 32 mm in editions of 10 to 20. Second series is variable but similar sizes & editions. ANCA, Canberra. Available.
Vocal Chords (2010)
Letterpress and collage on paper. Unique. ANCA, Canberra. Available.
Reflex (2010)
Letterpress and collage on paper. Unique. ANCA, Canberra. Available.
Grief Hankie (2010)
Artist’s broadside. Solvent release on linen handerchief. Text by Rosemary Dobson. Made for The Hankie Project (curated by Julie Barratt). Unique. ANCA, Canberra.
The Amputation (2011)
Letterpress on Magnani Pescia. Poem by Lisa Morriset. Private commission. Edition of 22, 385 x 190mm. Hackett, Canberra. Available from poet, request can be passed on if you are interested.
Revelation (2012)
Letterpress and monoprint on Arches Rives BKF paper. Poem by Jemal Sharah. 400 x 300mm. Edition of 50. Hackett, Canberra. Available.
Swung Weight (2012)
Letterpress on Rives BFK paper. Poem by Angela Gardner, set and printed by AG and CF. 220 x 660mm. Edition of 25. Hackett, Canberra. Available.
Discontent (2012)
Letterpress on Fabriano Tiepolo 290gsm paper. Text by the artist. Edition of 20, 350 x 350mm. Hackett, Canberra. SOLD OUT.
COMMISSIONED/STUDIO WORKS
Fiona Foley, Samsara (print folio), 2003. Letterpress printer, title page and colophon. Edn of c. 12. E+ABS, ANU School of Art.
Jan Brown & Ian Templeman, Icarus: A Father Recollects (book), 2004. Letterpress and relief printer, assemblage. Edition of 16. E+ABS, ANU School of Art.
Sally McInerney, Family Fragments (book), 2005. Letterpress printer for titles & boxes. Edition of 17. E+ABS, ANU School of Art.
Helen Geier, Prime Numbers (print folio), 2005. Digital printer, assemblage/stitcher, promo designer. Edition of 20. E+ABS, ANU School of Art.
Dianne Fogwell, Soothsayer (book), 2005. Bookbinder (coptic). Edition of 3. Private commission. Downer, Canberra.
Annette Iggulden, Juarez, She Played with Stars (wall-book), 2006. Printer (relief) and binder. Edition of 9. E+ABS/ANU Book Studio, ANU School of Art.
Petr Herel, Livre des Fuites (book), 2007. Letterpress printer. Edition of 9. Private commission, Book Studio, ANU School of Art.
GW Bot, Black Swan (book), 2007. Letterpress printer and bookbinder. Edition of 19. Book Studio, ANU School of Art.
Angela Gardner, Light-trap Press, Twelve Labours and The Night Ladder (books), 2009. Technical advisor. Editions of 25. Book Studio, ANU School of Art. Available.
Tushar Joag (Unicell), UNICELL Proposal to Utilise the FSI of the Monuments and Heritage Buildings in Bombay (print edition), 2008. Designer and printer. Edition of 16? Book Studio, ANU School of Art. www.unicellpwc.org
Simryn Gill, A Long Time Between Drinks (folio), 2010. Letterpress printer for title page & colophon. Private commission. ANCA, Canberra.
Patsy Payne & Sarah Rice, Those Who Travel (book), 2010. Pounced graphite drawings on lithography and letterpress on grey Magnani paper, loosely sew with embossed paper cover. Poems by Sarah Rice, printing by Patsy Payne and Shellaine Godbold, drawing by Patsy Payne, typography and binding by Ampersand Duck. 160 x 290 x 10mm. Edition of 16. Printmedia Workshop, ANU School of Art and ANCA, Canberra. Available.
Footprints, Central Victorian Printmakers folio (title/colophon), 2011. Letterpress on printmaking paper. Commission, edition of 25. Hackett, Canberra.
Talking About Love, Mirabel FitzGerald (book), 2011. Intaglio and relief on hemp paper with ink rubbings, solvent release, burning and letterpress. Typographer. Edition of 3. Private commission. Hackett, Canberra.
Le vierge, le vivace et le bel aujourd’hui, Tanya Myshkin (book), 2012. Text by Stephen Mallarme. Letterpress and wood engravings. Unbound with marbled endpapers and loose paper / mylar cover. Edition of 12. Queanbeyan, NSW and Hackett, Canberra. Available.
EASS BROADSIDE RESIDENCY WORKS
Natalie Azzopardi, Game Over series (2010)
Letterpress on Fabriano Rosapina. Four images: Mario (edition 55), Pacman (edition 50), Space Invaders 1 (edition 20), Space Invaders 2 (edition 14). ANCA, Canberra. Available.
Peter McLean, Sky (2011)
Wood engraving, direct relief print and letterpress on Iwaki washi. Edition of 50. ANCA, Canberra. Available.
OTHER
Art prints & drawings
Come and See! (2000)
Letterpress and relief prints on Magnani Incisioni paper. Part of proposed children’s book called ‘Come and See!’, entered into the 2000 Noma Concours Illustration competition (won Encouragement Award).
The Lost Book of Set Destinations: Fragments 1–8(2007)
Letterpress on Hahnemuhle paper, each unique. Text sourced from a variety
of hell-type left by students at the Canberra School of Art. Available.
Stain (2010)
Altered book work. Pages from hymnal, sticky tape, backing paper. Unique. ANCA, Canberra. Available.
Papillions (2010)
Altered book work. Paper-cut sheet music. Unique. ANCA, Canberra.
Fleurons (2010)
Reduction letterpress print using ornaments. Edition of 40. ANCA, Canberra.
Sunlight & Shadows (2011)
Altered book work. Paper-cut offset letterpress, vintage book. Unique. ANCA, Canberra. Available.
Dream Queen (2011)
Print edition. Monoprinted vintage block with letterpress and sticker laminated onto archival gold paper. 210 x 280mm. Produced in edition of 49 for Rona Green’s Freaks of Nature folio. ANCA, Canberra.
White Noise Monoprint series (2011)
Letterpress on Rives BFK. Wood type matrix, hand-wiped monoprints. 226 x 250mm. Hackett, Canberra. Available.
Transmission edition (2011)
Letterpress on Rives BFK. 226 x 250mm. Edition of 10. Hackett, Canberra. Available.
Wearable work
Thrill (2010)
Bracelet. Wooden bangle covered in sheet music (from Michael Jackson’s Thriller), diamantes. Unique. ANCA, Canberra. Available.
Serenade (2010)
Bracelet. Paper beads (from single sheet of music), jewellery fittings. Housed in vintage silver cigarette case lined with pianolo roll shards. Unique. ANCA, Canberra.
Phat Groovers (2011)
Brooches. Vinyl record shards, diamantes, pins. Edition of 10. ANCA, Canberra. Small number still available.
Oddhams (2011)
Brooches. Repurposed book covers (from Odhams Children’s Encyclopedia), pins. Edition of 12. Small number still available.
Pretty Woman (2011)
Brooch. Videotape (from movie Pretty Woman), vintage buckle, pin. Unique.
Ephemera
The Owl & the Pussycat (2004)
Wedding announcement card (personal). 2-col letterpress on folded Hahnemuhle paper & other stock. Front text by Edward Lear. Edition of c.100. E+ABS, ANU School of Art.
Ampersand (2006)
Group chapbook from letterpress workshop. Single colour letterpress printed 4-up, handsewn. Edition of c. 20. Caren Florance design & instruction. Book Studio, ANU School of Art.
Alphabet (2006)
Group chapbook from letterpress workshop. Single colour letterpress printed 4-up, handsewn. Edition of c. 20. Caren Florance design & instruction. Book Studio, ANU School of Art.
Transmigration prospectus (2007)
Letterpress and relief print on Rives BFK stock. Limited but unnumbered. Small number still available.
Poems to Hold or Let Go prospectus (2008)
Relief-printed letterpress on Magnani stock. Limited but unnumbered. Small number still available.
Wipe (2009 — )
Various prints on toilet paper submitted to Field Studies over the years, both individually and collaboratively with byrd.
Country Show splash flyers (2009)
1-colour wood-type letterpress on thin blue bond stock. Limited numbers but unnumbered.
Flotsam & jetsom (2004– )
Various blank books and clamshell book boxes, mostly made from parts of vintage books.
Mark Ferson ex libris (2010)
Typographical design of wood & metal letterpress on gummed stock. ANCA, Canberra.
Poems a long way from Basho (2010)
Small trifold poetry flyer, letterpress on Magnani paper, edition of c. 50. Present for Rosemary Dobson, poet, for her 90th birthday. Distributed among party guests and family.
Greeting cards for Craft ACT (2010/2011) All 150mm square unless mentioned. Produced at ANCA and Hackett, Canberra.
1. ‘Sorry Tree’ card: 2 col, wood type (metallic brown) & hand-rolled colour (sea green) on white Fabriano Tiepolo, edition of 40.
2. ‘White Light’: vintage lighthouse block in pewter on white Fabriano Tiepolo, edition of 45.
3. ‘Dark Light’: vintage lighthouse block in silver on black card stock, edition of 50.
4. ‘Mulberry Love’: typographic design in 2 colours on white Fabriano Tiepolo, edition of 45.
5. ‘Chooky Blue’: vintage chicken block in metallic blue on grey Magnani (100x 100mm), edition of 35.
6. ‘Santa LOL’: 1-col typographic design on white BFK Rives, edition of 38.
7. ‘Lippy Kiss’: 1-col (graduated tones) typographic design on white BFK Rives, edition of 60.
Available.
Sticker labels for Fair & Square catalogue (2011)
Ampersand wood type labels for Charles Sturt University Gallery, Wagga Wagga, NSW (Thomas Middlemost commission). 53mm square, over 500 to stick on front of catalogue (design & layout also by &Duck). ANCA, Canberra.
Change of Address cards (2011)
1-colour letterpress on commercial pre-cut card stock, edition of 75, unnumbered. Personal use. Hackett, Canberra.
Vinculum contribution (2011)
1-colour letterpress on Magnani paper. A5 size, edition of 100 for the occasional publication of the NZ Association of Handprinters.
ANU promotional flyer design prints (2011)
1-colour woodtype prints, eventually scanned & incorporated into institutional promotional flyers. Unique. Various sizes.
Friends don’t let friends… (2011)
1-col letterpress and vintage block print, unlimited number on various stock. Available.
Type Sampler (2012)
Type specimen, printed on kraft stock and hand-sewn as a pamphlet. Limited edition plus digital issue. Available.
byrd&shite 1 (2012)
Zine. Letterpress, enamel spray on commercial book pages, pamphlet sewn. Collaboration with byrd. 16pp, 10x10mm. Edition of 50, unnumbered. Available.