It’s Fine Press Friday!
This week we highlight Amidst This, by Portland based book artist and designer Timme Lu. Described by Lu as “An internal dialogue; a conversation between pages. Conversation between textures, senses, insecurities, anxieties, and self-doubt,” the book was published in 2020, released in a limited edition of 35. Lu completed the design, printing, and binding in Portland, OR, in collaboration with IPRC and Caldera Arts. The type is set in Century Italic and Century Light. The paper, varying in translucent, alternates in Sekishu and Glama Natural.
Lu’s geometric designs layer atop his writing, creating visually striking erasure poems. Scattered among triangular shards, one reads: “a / Shattered / piece / Missing.”
This book was acquired in memory of Senior Academic Librarian Kathy Bowes, who died in 2021.
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--Amanda, Special Collections Graduate Intern
