The River
2010
Perkolator Press
Perkolator Press
http://www.perkolatorpress.com/
The brief text intertwines two narratives centered on the artist's father.
Illustrations printed in blue, gray, green and yellow. Includes one folded leaf. Bound in paper-covered boards with black cloth on spine; a vignette of a covered bridge is on front cover.
"I printed The River during my time as master printer in residence at Penland School of Crafts, February 2010. The images are based on photographs I took of the Broad and French Broad rivers in North Carolina in the summer of 2008 ... Letterpress printed from metal types and reduction linoleum on Nideggen paper. Cover image is a scratch negative photopolymer plate"--Colophon.
Title
The River
Creator
Publisher
Perkolator Press
Date
2010
Description
http://www.perkolatorpress.com/
The brief text intertwines two narratives centered on the artist's father.
Illustrations printed in blue, gray, green and yellow. Includes one folded leaf. Bound in paper-covered boards with black cloth on spine; a vignette of a covered bridge is on front cover.
"I printed The River during my time as master printer in residence at Penland School of Crafts, February 2010. The images are based on photographs I took of the Broad and French Broad rivers in North Carolina in the summer of 2008 ... Letterpress printed from metal types and reduction linoleum on Nideggen paper. Cover image is a scratch negative photopolymer plate"--Colophon.
The brief text intertwines two narratives centered on the artist's father.
Illustrations printed in blue, gray, green and yellow. Includes one folded leaf. Bound in paper-covered boards with black cloth on spine; a vignette of a covered bridge is on front cover.
"I printed The River during my time as master printer in residence at Penland School of Crafts, February 2010. The images are based on photographs I took of the Broad and French Broad rivers in North Carolina in the summer of 2008 ... Letterpress printed from metal types and reduction linoleum on Nideggen paper. Cover image is a scratch negative photopolymer plate"--Colophon.
Rights
Courtesy of the artist
Source
Vanderbilt University Special Collections, Southern Civilization Collection
Files
Collection
Citation
Pirkle, Amy, “The River,” Gallery, accessed September 1, 2026, https://gallery.library.vanderbilt.edu/items/show/1256.