Amphora no. 195 and 196
Amphora issues 195 and 196 have been mailed to our member subscribers, featuring:
195
Michael Wilcox (1939–2023): A Legend in His Own Time
— Merrill Distad finds the fine design in a bookbinder's life.
In Praise of the Field
— Kevin Andrew Helsop discovers James Nowak's home ground.
A Place for the Imagination to Play
— Ágnes Cserháti gets graphic with Patrick Jenkins.
The Density of Interconnectedness
— Ágnes Cserháti spins a web of micropresses.
Blockbusters, Doorstops and Books
— Peter Mitham weighs in on big books.
196
Two-Hundred Percent Prints: Transformations by Mary Pratt and Arikushi Masato
— The synergy of painting and Japanese woodblock printing proves transformative, as Tom Smart discovers.
Putting Pen to Paper
— 2023 Robert R. Reid Award winner Martin Jackson reflects on an illuminating career in calligraphy.
Grendel on the Loose
— Ágnes Cserháti offers a retrospective on micropress Junction Books.
No need to postpone reading the two Amphora issues that just landed in your mailbox. Readers can expect another two issues (for 2024) to be distributed by September, as part of the effort to return to more timely publishing. A special issue for 2025 marking the 60th anniversary of the Alcuin Society, guest-edited by Deborah Barnett, designer, master printer, and owner of Someone Editions in Toronto, is in progress and planned for mailing by the end of 2026.
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