Showing posts with label private presses. Show all posts
Showing posts with label private presses. Show all posts

Saturday, April 4, 2009

Wait... On Second Thought...

OK... I've got a healthy back-and-forth with myself about a topic. Now I'm thinking about doing book arts (a.k.a. artists' books, a.k.a. original works of art in book form), with a section on private presses. I have some images of some art I've worked on with others that I can put up. And I know plenty of local book artists whose sites I can link to. Additionally my thesis dealt with the link between the form of the book and the affect on the content -- a semiotic link between medium and message type of thing. A real philosophical snooze-fest? Maybe, but it is an original contribution.

So much to think about...

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

considering possible topic(s)

I think I've narrowed options down to two main contenders (we'll see how long this lasts). I am very interested in private presses and artists' books. As the latter are common products of the former, I might be able to cover both...

Interest in private presses (presses privately owned and not run primarily for profit) has increased (in certain circles, that is) over the last several decades.

There is one particular link off the top of my head: The International Registry of Private Presses is now mostly online and information for it can be found here.

Now to think about colors!