More Sources YAY!

Desmet, Anne, and Jim Anderson. Handmade Prints: An Introduction to Creative Printmaking Without a Press. London: A. & C. Black, 2009. Print.

Godfrey, Richard T. Printmaking in Britain: A General History from Its Beginnings to the Present Day. New York: New York UP, 1978. Print.

Ittmann, John W., Innis H. Shoemaker, James Wechsler, and Lyle W. Williams. Mexico and Modern Printmaking: a Revolution in the Graphic Arts, 1920 to 1950. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2006. Print.

Klanten, R., and H. Hellige, eds. Impressive Printmaking, Letterpress and Graphic Design. Die Gestalten Verlag, 2010. Print.

Krejča, Aleš, and A. J. Weelen. Print-making Techniques : A Guide to the Processes and the History of Original Print-making. London: Octopus, 1982. Print.

Martin, Judy. The Encyclopedia of Printmaking Techniques. Tunbridge Wells: Search, 2001. Print.

Meggs, Philip B., and Alston W. Purvis. Meggs' History of Graphic Design. Hoboken, N.J.: J. Wiley & Sons, 2006. Print.

Raizman, David. History of Modern Design. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2004. Print.

Saff, Donald, and Deli Sacilotto. Printmaking: History and Process. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1978. Print.

Schlosser, Leonard B., and Kenneth E. Tyler. Paper and Printmaking Glossary: A Brief Listing of Terms and Definitions in Common Contemporary Use. North Hills, Pa.: Bird & Bull, 1978. Print.

Walker, George A. The Woodcut Artist's Handbook: Techniques and Tools for Relief Printmaking. Richmond Hill, Ont.: Firefly, 2005. Print.

Watrous, James. American Printmaking: A Century of American Printmaking, 1880-1980. Madison, Wis.: University of Wisconsin, 1984. Print.

Most of these sources are about the history and techniques of printmaking - unfortunately most of these books are also from 1978 (before personal computers were even around). However, I have found another great text that I think will help me/ inspire me a lot and it's coming out this month! (Very contemporary) It's "Impressive: Printmaking, Letterpress and Graphic Design", just the title makes me want to buy it, but better yet this is what it says on the publisher's website (www.gestalten.com)

Today’s graphic designers, illustrators, and typographers are rediscovering old printing techniques and handcrafts. They are inspired by passion for the unique; the feel of different papers, press cuts, and embossing; the brilliance of printing inks; and the originality of book binding techniques. The book Impressive presents the results of this passion.

Today’s fascination with old-fashioned printing presses and techniques started with individual designers and smaller collectives that created one-of-a-kind printed material by hand for special occasions, such as weddings or birthdays. Impressivefeatures these artists and their personal work as well as a broad range of business cards, invitations, stationery, and publications that are designed and produced in a way that is both nostalgic and contemporary. Historical styles – from the Victorian grandeur of floral elements and adornments to the aesthetics of classical modernism – are used and referenced as well as combined and reinterpreted in unusual ways. Traditional and more exotic techniques such as silk-screen printing, stamping, woodcut, or linocut are used. What counts is doing it yourself.

Impressive investigates the interplay between traditional handiwork and current trends in graphic design. The work collected in this book shows how relevant and exciting the modern use of traditional design forms can be and how much it can inspire the visuality of the future.

It's like someone read my mind and wrote this book for me - I NEED it! I'm thinking it will be a key source as I continue to research for this thesis.