Author(s): Tara McLeod et al.

Design

Description: Chronicling the work of Tara McLeod, New Zealand's most revered private press printer, this book presents a selection of over 300 images of his prints, his books and his 3D work. Accompanied by essays from Riemke Ensing, Bronwyn Lloyd, Paul Thompson, Donald Kerr, Jurgen Wegner and Alan Loney. Additionally a McLeod letterpress print has been tipped-in. This book provides a context and a benchmark for letterpress printers, setting both a challenge and an incentive to emerging young artists and designers to explore the unlimited potential of this medium in their own ways and to expand the boundaries of what is possible with a new spin on old technology.

Contents: Foreword, Keith Maslen - 4 McLeod: The medium and the message, Christine & Tara McLeod - 8 Looking Gorgeous - The Pear Tree Press, Riemke Ensing - 36 "A cultural prospect worth doing" Tara McLeod and the Holloway Press, Bronwyn Lloyd - 50 Tara McLeod, Master Printer, Donald Kerr - 62 On the Playful Shaping of Letters, Alan Loney - 68 A Certain Zizz, Paul Thompson - 74 It's 25 years of Cheese fog polka!, Jurgen Wegner - 94 Type Specimens - 98 Wallhangings, broadsides, posters - 110 Bookwork - 146 Typography in the third dimension - 166 Biography -188

Promotional Information: NZ's master printer celebrated in new book Orewa-based master printer with work in many public and private collections around the world, Tara McLeod, has had his work collated into a beautiful hardback volume to be launched in February. Presenting a selection of over 300 images of McLeod's prints, books and 3D work this book also includes essays from Riemke Ensing, Bronwyn Lloyd, Paul Thompson, Donald Kerr, Jurgen Wegner and Alan Loney. Additionally a highly collectable, limited edition, McLeod letterpress print on rare paper has been tipped-in to every copy. This book provides a context and a benchmark for letterpress printers, setting both a challenge and an incentive to emerging young artists and designers. Challenging them to explore the unlimited potential of this medium in their own ways and to further expand the fast-moving boundaries of what is possible with a new spin on this old technology. Although not a complete catalogue of the works of The Pear Tree Press this book presents a representative sample of McLeod's work, far more exists in private collections and in the form of ephemera - leaflets, posters, invitations, cards and bookmarks. The publisher, Lesley Smith, thanks Copyright Licensing New Zealand for their generous financial contribution towards production costs, "without their support this important book would not have been possible".