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BROWSE
Client
Columbia University
Quantity Produced
1,000
Production Cost
$5,000
Production Time
2 weeks
Dimensions (Width × Height × Depth)
8.5 in × 5.5 in.
Page Count
104
Paper Stock
Via Vellum, warm white, 70 lb. text by Mohawk
Number of Colors
7 spot colors with 2 sections printed 4-color process
Varnishes
–
Binding
Nested signatures in a fold around cover
Typography
–
Designed by the MFA students Columbia University School of Arts Visual Arts Program students and printed by The Uses of Literature — a small independent press and publisher run by Duncan Hamilton in Brooklyn, New York — this catalogue is a welcome change from the glossy and smiling-kids catalogues that most schools, even for their creative MFA programs, put out. In the description of the project, Duncan continually refers to a process called “stencil printing” and since I didn’t see anything that actually looked stenciled I thought I would ask:
I use the term “stencil printing” to describe the process of printing using Risograph duplicators but perhaps a more accurate term would be “mimeograph print.” The Risograph printer uses a thermal process to burn a very fine quality stencil which is then wrapped around an ink drum. The drum is rotated as paper is passed through the machine and ink is pushed through the stencil onto the paper. The paper travels through the Riso in a relatively straight line (rather than the torturous route that paper is forced to travel through a photocopier) which makes it possible to print unusually heavy and light paper stocks.
Mimeograph machines have been around for about 130 years (I had a hand cranked model when I was a teenager in the UK) but the production of the digital mimeograph or duplicator is a relatively recent development.
I tend to use the term “stencil print” rather than mimeograph or duplicator because essentially the process is based around the production of a stencil (even though of a very high quality). “Duplicator” sounds too mechanical and “mimeograph” too old fashioned.
Columbia University Visual Arts MFA Catalogue
Production Method
Design
Designed by students from the Visual Arts MFA at Columbia University
Printing
Stencil printing: The Use of Literacy
Offset printing: G & P printing, NYC
This post was published in the original layout of FPO so all images are smaller. Project descriptions as well as production lessons are quoted in the main content area.
Post Author
Armin
Armin Vit
Editor of FPO and co-founder of UnderConsideration LLC.
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Date Published
July 21, 2009
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Books
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