Susan Allix
Susan Allix (b. 1943) is a British typesetter, bookbinder, and artist known for her work in book arts.
Early life and education
[edit]Allix attended Guildford School of Art where she studied painting. She has an MA in printmaking at the Royal College of Art.[1] She studied engraving in Italy while on a Prix de Rome scholarship.[2]
Career
[edit]The Smithsonian says of Allix's work, "Allix's books are distinctive in that she handles every aspect from conception to production: printing, typography, layout, and binding or box making. She prints in limited editions using letterpress-printed text, illustrations printed as etchings, linoleum cuts, woodcuts, pochoir stenciling, and hand-painted additions; she also binds the books herself. The paper used for the books' pages is usually collected from her travels or ordered with a specific purpose in mind and runs the gamut from commercially molded sheets, to decoratively patterned sheets, to handmade fine art papers."[2]
Allix works under the imprint the Willow Press.[3]
Her work is in the U.K. Government Art Collection,[4] the Yale Center for British Art,[5] the Smithsonian Libraries,[2] and the National Museum of Women in the Arts,[6] among others.
Works
[edit]- Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam[2]
- Pyramids, 1995[2]
- Palm Tree Sketchbook, 2006[2]
- Colours of Persia, 2011[2]
- Egyptian Green, 2003[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Susan Allix Biography". Annex Galleries Fine Prints. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Egyptian Green". Smithsonian Libraries and Archives. 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- ^ "Susan Allix and the Willow Press · The Word Embodied: Scripture as Creative Inspiration in Twentieth-Century Book Arts". Bridwell Library. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- ^ "Susan Allix". Government Art Collection. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- ^ "[Prospectus for Susan Allix's Sea Air : prints of the sea with poetic interludes and interventions]. - YCBA". Yale Center for British Art. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- ^ "Susan Allix". NMWA Library & Research Center. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
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