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Silverman, Randy | Bernard C. Middleton, MBE (1924-2019): | Bernard Chester Middleton was born in London in 1924 to Doris Hilda Webster, a secretary to a well-known barrister, and Regent Marcus Geoffrey Middleton, a talented bookbinder. At the age of thirteen in 1938, Bernard earned a trade scholarship to attend the Central School of Arts and Crafts in Londo... | 1995 | |
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Silverman, Randall H. | Fiber and talent intertwine at Twinrocker | Seventeenth century philosopher John Locke compared the newborn human mind to a blank sheet of paper, a page devoid of any mark, ready to receive on its surface the unique characters of an individual's soul and circumstance. As history demonstrates, not all minds-or sheets of paper-are created equal... | Twinrocker Homemade Paper; Mold-made paper; Papermaking | 1995 |
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Silverman, Randall H. | Grain in the ink | When the brothers Charles and Herbert Hatch coined the phrase, "Advertising without posters is like fishing without worms," they adopted the stance of "early birds." Co-founding Nashville's Hatch Show Print in 1879, their commercial poster art was a critical factor in success and failure of many 19t... | Poster; Hatch Show Print; Country Music Foundation | 1995 |
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Silverman, Randall H. | Origins of offset | The connection between this printed magazine you are reading and a discarded tin of tuna fish packed in oil or spring water is particularly fascinating, but requires a bit of historical sleuthing, and a brief excursion through the increasingly industrial 19th century. | Tinplate; Direct lithographic printing; Offset lithography | 1995 |
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Silverman, Randall H. | Utah Bookbindery | Bookbinders have historically challenged the abnormally-long hours required to generate a profit within their craft. A general strike among London bookbinders in 1786, for example, was organized to reduce the workday from 14 to 12 hours and bring bookbinding into line with comparable trades. The str... | Library bindery; Efficiency; Glen Hancock | 1995 |
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