In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Vandercook Proofing Press, a limited edition publication of 100 copies is being published by Roni Gross and Barbara Henry to highlight the work that master printers across the county are doing on their Vandercooks. 30 printers have contributed folios that employ techniques from handset type, to polymer, linocuts, pressure printing, woodcuts and a myriad of other methods which they describe in their individual colophons.

A number of the classes at The Center participated in working on another section of folios dealing with various printing-related issues, such as correct inking and roller height issues, handset versus polymer printing and design, etc.

There is a bound section of essays by Henry Morris of Bird & Bull Press, Michael Peich of Aralia Press, Fritze Klinke of NA Graphics, Paul Moxon and Perry Tymeson.

Scheduled for completion in early 2009, there will be a publication party at the Center in late February, which will be paired with a series of panel discussions focusing on artists, teachers and historians who are or have been involved with the press.

Framed master printer folios will comprise a traveling show beginning in January of 2009, and is scheduled to go to The Printing Museum in Houston Texas, Rutgers University in New Jersey, Columbia University in New York, The Book Club of California and the University of Washington.

This project shows an enormous range of work being done on the press today, and contains a good deal of technical knowledge that would be valuable to students and printing aficionados.

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