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Sappho
Schierlingspresse; Dreieich, Germany; 1987
Author: Doris Sdun
Artists: Doris & Dieter Sdun
Printer: Dieter Emil Sdun
Binder: Helmut Fetschele
Contact: info@forumbookart.de
Edition of 70, 48 pages, hand set in Futura and letterpress printed on facsimile printer paper. Text fragments by the Greek poet Sappho, shortened by Diktagramm. Names of 25 female poets (in alphabetical order) in anagram form. Schierlingspress was founded in 1984 in Dreieich near Frankfurt, in the former studio of Sascha Juritz (Pawel Pan Presse). In 1996 the workshop moved to southern Spain, where it is now called Prensa Cicuta. New work in the studio in Los Guiraos (Cuevas del Almanzora Almeria) is with predominantly Spanish authors. Member of Centro Integral del Papel y las Artes del Libro (CIPAL); Benalúa - Guadix (Granada). |