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I feel like a conspiracy theorist right now with my Fred ideas, I think I should be wearing a tinfoil hat.
Like, “THE FEDS KILLED FRED, HE WAS KILLED BY THE FEDSSS” or “IT WAS A COVERUP, HE FAKED HIS DEATH”
Makes me wonder if there’s conspiracy theorist employees on the island, like meeting in a basement discussing their theories
It’s Fine Press Friday!
Blustery winter weather has arrived here in Milwaukee! It seems fitting this Fine Press Friday to feature the color wood cuts of Alaskan scenes from Dear Fred by artist Danny Pierce, printed in an edition of 28 copies at his Red Door Studio in Kent, Washington, in 1994. The type face is 18 point Garamond. The text pages are Cranes Distaff Linen. The woodcuts are on Stonehinge made by Rising Paper Co. The end sheets are Canson Mi Teintes. Binding: Red Door Studio, loose pages in a linen covered box. Each print is signed and titled by the artist.
In an artist statement about Dear Fred, Danny Pierce wrote:
“In 1959 the University of Alaska at College, Alaska received a Carnegie Grant to strengthen its Humanities Program. I was invited to be the first Artist in Residence and to establish an Art Department. I accepted the challenge. I sent letters back to our good friend Fred Meadowcroft. He in turn gave these letters to the Kent News Journal who published them under “Piercing Alaska”. This book-folio contains these letters and a series of original woodcuts to pictorialize them.”
Danny Pierce was a prolific painter, printmaker, and book artist. He founded his Red Door Studio in Kent, Washington in 1959, and moved it to Shorewood, Wisconsin in 1965 after being hired to teach printmaking here at UW-Milwaukee. He retired as professor emeritus of art at UW-Milwaukee in 1985 and returned to Kent, Washington, where he continued to produce books for his Red Door Studio. He passed away in 2014 at the age of 93.
We have over 20 of Danny Pierce’s books in our collection, and you can view more posts on Danny and his Red Door Studio.
You can also learn more about Danny’s work and life in our online exhibit, “DANNY: 36 Years at the Red Door Studio.”
-- Sarah, Special Collections Undergraduate Assistant
Rest in peace Best Boy.
I have the next chapter of Dear Fred, scheduled to be posted! I’m also thinking of changing the name, so I’ll let you know if I do. I hope everyone had a good/ has a good day.
~Hope
Dear Fred?
Okay. I’ll do a happy and then the sad one. Fair?May 2nd 1996Dear Fred,
I’m gonna need my broom back.Seriously. I said you could BORROW not own. Besides, you can buy your own now. And mine better not come back with some sort of “funny” jinx on it or I swear you’re off my Christmas list. And before you say that’s being prejudiced against gingers: The rest of your family is still on it. Immediate family. Never giving Great Aunt Muriel a present ever again.She still complains about it.
Lee JordanMay 2nd 2016
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Dear Fred,Eighteen years. When it gets to over 20, it’ll be very odd because then we’ll have had more time without you than you had with us.
And don’t roll your eyes and scoff wherever you are about how I shouldn’t be boring and mopey after all this time. I’ll be as boring as I bloody well please.
My Christmas list is basically ridiculous now.I have to start planning the day AFTER Christmas instead of just in the middle of the summer.I triple check my lists. I thought there were too many Weasleys before. In addition to the original count, there are now: Ginny’s spawn, George’s spawn, Percy’s, Ron’s, Bill’s–thank Merlin for Charlie’s dragon fetish because otherwise I’d be broke.
If Teddy and Victoire work out, I’ll have to worry about ANOTHER generation.
I’m surprised /I/ haven’t married a Weasley.The next-next generation of Hogwarts is gonna have a hell of a time finding someone to safely fall in love with at this rate.
You probably love it. All the chaos. All the shouting and giggling and your Mum pointing at one of her grandkids to do something and not bothering with shouting a name to save time and me going broke because I just can’t help but want them to have a better time of all this than we did at their age…
Why am I thinking about Christmas in May, anyway? Oh. Right. It doesn’t matter how many more Weasleys there are, mate.
We still miss you.
Lee Jordan
PS I’d put you back on the Christmas list, but I don’t think I can owl a package over to you.
Dear Fred
Why are people so selfish? Like I don't understand how you can not give a shot about another person. I get people have been hurt and abused and horrible stuff by other people but when they take and don't give back and then won't bother and help you. It annoys me cause I am sick if it. I am such a fucking eejit for it. If someone asks me to do something and I can and even if I don't want to, I'll still try and do it all because I'd feel awful, especially if they have helped me. But the selfish people I know sit on their holes all day and expect you do stuff for them and when you ask them to do one thing for you, oh Jesus no, too much effort for the poor babas. How do you live like that? Its horrible and what makes it worse is that most people love those type of people who doing and expect everything in return. I don't know Fred.. I really don't know. Yours most men Bitch
Dear Fred
It is Monday, one of the most hated day, why? People are hungover even though they knew they had to get up early and they still drank or stayed up late or got high. The blame an innocent day for no reason but some people might have had a good weekend and they don’t want it to end and I guess that is ok. Me? Eh depends on my mood that day, so far the day is going good but Fred, I have a feeling it may get worse and don’t ask. Actually I am pissed off, I get up every day and do what I have to do and I come home and yes I sit down and get lazy but here is the thing, my roommates are so fucking annoying, non stop playing the a stupid game and one gives out that I don’t do wash up and I totally get that, I should do it more but the other, sits down and doesn’t pay anything and when this person does give money, it barely pays for anything and they piss all over the toilet sit and don’t wipe it and then don’t clean the bathroom, that is my job and believe me Fred, don’t say if I leave it then they will do eventually haha no I did just to see, neither of them attempt it and the one who doesn’t pay anything has a partner and that person is a tick shit, they do nothing like literally nothing and yesterday, they were up for less than 6 hours and they went to bed complaining they were tired, like bitch get up with and deal with boring shit all day and then come home to do boring stuff and watch too eejits play a stupid game and then not be able to sleep until about 2:30am and then tell me your tired. Like I feel lazy all the time but fuck, there person makes me feel like I would 12 hour shifts and been up 24 hours. Like I can’t say this to anyone cause I get the blame, me: “well the roommate2 doesn’t pay enough” Roommate1:”well roommate2 only gets a 100 a week” me:”I get 80 a week and 90 if I am lucky and I still pay what I need and more cause that gobshite won’t pay more” Roommate1:”yeah well, roommate2 has to pay for his partners stuff and fags and roommate2 makes us dinner once every few months” me:”ok, get roommate2 to buy their dinner and stuff like that” Roommate1:”well it is a waste of money if we do that”
I could go on Fred but that is pretty much how it goes. I can’t win and I try to explain it and roommate1 will agree and nod and 5mins later its like I never spoke and I get given out to for being on my phone and talking to people, like to tell the truth I am my phone a lot, mostly cause I have been force to watch the idiots play the game and I have nothing better to do and I talk to about 4 or 5 or if I get anons those people and never get anons and if I talk to those 4 or 5 people it is hardly ever or once a day for about 3mins. Fred I can’t win and I literally can’t afford to do anything and I don’t know anymore. And I try to do work at home but it is so fucking impossible because their game is so loud and music doesn’t do anything to help. Fred, I’m tired and annoyed and just so done..
Your most done Bitch
Dear Fred
I don't like Xmas, I refuse to actually call it by the name everyone else does because is ridiculous, who are we celebrating? Christians stole this day from pagans and lied about Jesus birthday.. He wasn't born in winter, he was born in summer. And that I guess.. I kinda can.. Maybe.. A little get over but the fuckers care more about the tree ( another part of the pagan holiday ) and Santa and how much money you spend and food.. Ok I like the food, it's my favorite dinner and when I have my own family or stop going home for Xmas it will be a sad Xmas cause I like my mams Xmas dinner.. I fake being all xmasy for that dinner. But back to my point, Fred no one cares about baby Jesus but they go to mass to look good and I go cause I'm forced. Like I don't get the bulshit, you pay loads of money for decorations and food and presents and alcohol or you plan expensive trips and all for one day and then the hype is over but we put up the decorations and tree and start celebrating weeks before and weeks after and it's so pointless for one day. I get celebrating the new year cause dude you made to a new year and it's brilliant but well done you made to a fake , materialistic, points holiday. Why on fuck earth did anyone think "oh fuck, well we have this new religion but people still thinks bulshit, I know lets fake the birth cert of a high, merciful person and take the pagan holiday, more people will like us and in years to come let's make it all about money and stop caring about the reason we stole this day." I expect that's how it went. Yours most annoyed Bitch
