Skeuomorph Press

Skeuomorph Press is an experiential research & pedagogy studio for the history & art of the book—we are housed @ChampaignFabLab & sponsored by @iSchoolUI

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Thanks 2 generous local community members, today we added a bunch of new equipment, including:

1. Six—that’s right, SIX—trays of gorgeous wood type
2. A new type cabinet with a few fonts, including Hebrew!
3. A tabletop proofing press
4. A new galley cabinet & book binding press

[Zak Fisher @senseshaper]

@ryancordell of University of Illinois’ @SkeuomorphPress just sent me this fantastic print and I LOVE it.

The printing squirrel was AI generated, reproduced, and printed.

As someone into printing AND Woody Guthrie, this hits where I live.

[U of I News Bureau @NewsAtIllinois]

#ILLINOIS information sciences and English professor Ryan Cordell has created a book arts studio with a refurbished hand press at @ChampaignFabLab to teach the history of printing technology.

Get a behind the scenes look. ▶ https://t.co/KYo2CYFlBu

[Lori Newcomb @greenesghost]

https://t.co/ls9GfMpvqP

Hand press, hands-on: building embodied knowledge of early modern presswork with my grad students and @ryancordell @SkeuomorphPress.

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Tomorrow we’re co-hosting a "print crawl" with @IllinoisRBML—at RMBL you can print the outside of a holiday card using a reproduced woodcut from a Renaissance bestiary & at Skeuomorph you can print a wintery nineteenth-century poem on the inside! https://t.co/lfSepaO19F

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We were so pleased to have a photographer from the UIUC’s Communications office join us for a recent workshop with Lori Newcomb’s graduate Early Modern Seminar. Here are some of our favorite pictures. Look for a story from the university news Thursday!

https://t.co/rwar6DCxjG

[Lori Newcomb @greenesghost]

@SkeuomorphPress So glad to bring the EarlyModBodSquad to the Press!

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It was great hosting Lori Newcomb’s “Re-reading Embodiment in Early Modern Britain” grad seminar in the press yesterday. We set type, learned to cooperate to keep the hand press running, & had so much fun we didn’t even notice when class ended!

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New goodies at the press!!

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Here’s a little sneak peek of the print staff have been prepping for this Sunday’s Halloween Open Hours @ChampaignFabLab — come visit on 10/30 between 1-6pm! https://t.co/fodpgqy0Ug