What We're Made Of
2015
Poems written by Judith Rodby; art and portfolio by Jaime Lynn Shafer; broadside design and printing by Judith Rodby and Jaime Lynn Shafer.
Printed from metal type, photopolymer plates, and linoleum blocks on Magnani Pescia paper and Mohawk paper. Created at the Black Rock Press.
Edition of 25.
Careening Toward the Sun's Caress
Inspired by National Public Radio, Stardate, 1/22/2013. The sun produces outbursts known as solar flares; the Kepler spacecraft detects solar flares.
Typeface: Perpetua
Mira
Inspired by National Public Radio, Stardate, 1/23/2013. David Fabricius (March 9, 1564-May 7, 1617) was a German pastor who discovered the first known periodic variable star, Mira, in August 1596.
Typeface: Futura
Histories of Natural Disasters
Inspired by National Public Radio, "Dying Stars Write Their Own Swan Songs." 1/10/2014. Wanda Diaz-Merced, an astrophysicist blind for many years, orchestrates the deaths of stars.
Typeface: Gill Sans
Geminid Showers in Mid-December
Inspired by National Public Radio, "Geminid Meteor Showers Light Up Both Hemispheres." 12/14/2014. Geminid showers are created by pieces of gravel and dust from a "rock comet" or astroid flying close to the sun.
Typeface: Lydian
Poems written by Judith Rodby; art and portfolio by Jaime Lynn Shafer; broadside design and printing by Judith Rodby and Jaime Lynn Shafer.
Printed from metal type, photopolymer plates, and linoleum blocks on Magnani Pescia paper and Mohawk paper. Created at the Black Rock Press.
Edition of 25.
Careening Toward the Sun's Caress
Inspired by National Public Radio, Stardate, 1/22/2013. The sun produces outbursts known as solar flares; the Kepler spacecraft detects solar flares.
Typeface: Perpetua
Mira
Inspired by National Public Radio, Stardate, 1/23/2013. David Fabricius (March 9, 1564-May 7, 1617) was a German pastor who discovered the first known periodic variable star, Mira, in August 1596.
Typeface: Futura
Histories of Natural Disasters
Inspired by National Public Radio, "Dying Stars Write Their Own Swan Songs." 1/10/2014. Wanda Diaz-Merced, an astrophysicist blind for many years, orchestrates the deaths of stars.
Typeface: Gill Sans
Geminid Showers in Mid-December
Inspired by National Public Radio, "Geminid Meteor Showers Light Up Both Hemispheres." 12/14/2014. Geminid showers are created by pieces of gravel and dust from a "rock comet" or astroid flying close to the sun.
Typeface: Lydian
Reliquiae
2013
Designed and executed by Jaime Lynn Shafer, Julie Garcia, Jihae Kwon, and Na'ama Zussman in the Fall of 2013, Reliquiae explores the phenomenon of the long-term preservation of the human body, and what these practices symbolize, express, and reveal about the societies in which they occur. Beginning with the idea of the body as a relic, the book then details modern embalming practices and examines seven extreme cases of preservation. Combining intriguing detail about the venerated body with imagery of the deceased, the book encourages the viewer to continue the discovery process.
Screen and letterpress printed, linoleum prints on Somerset paper; Blind embossed Burga end sheets; Bound with a long stitch and leather spine.
Edition of 30.
Represented by Vamp and Tramp, Booksellers, LLC.
http://www.vampandtramp.com/finepress/m/marginalia-press.html
Designed and executed by Jaime Lynn Shafer, Julie Garcia, Jihae Kwon, and Na'ama Zussman in the Fall of 2013, Reliquiae explores the phenomenon of the long-term preservation of the human body, and what these practices symbolize, express, and reveal about the societies in which they occur. Beginning with the idea of the body as a relic, the book then details modern embalming practices and examines seven extreme cases of preservation. Combining intriguing detail about the venerated body with imagery of the deceased, the book encourages the viewer to continue the discovery process.
Screen and letterpress printed, linoleum prints on Somerset paper; Blind embossed Burga end sheets; Bound with a long stitch and leather spine.
Edition of 30.
Represented by Vamp and Tramp, Booksellers, LLC.
http://www.vampandtramp.com/finepress/m/marginalia-press.html
Superstition
2013
8 artists and 8 poets in the DC area. Each artist created one broadside interpretation of a poem inspired by the theme "Superstition."
Artists: Sarah Denslow, Sarah Matthews, Jihae Kwon, Na'ama Zussman, Susanne Allen, James Martin, Christy Ball, and Jaime Shafer.
Poets: Maureen Thorson, Katy Bohinc, Adam Marston, Dan Gutstein, Alyse Knorr, Kenneth Jacobs, Meg Ronan, and Ryan Walker.
Superstition is a part of the permanent collections of Yale's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, George Washington's Gelman Library, and Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama.
Screen print, linoleum, letterpress and inkjet printing.
Edition of 30.
8 artists and 8 poets in the DC area. Each artist created one broadside interpretation of a poem inspired by the theme "Superstition."
Artists: Sarah Denslow, Sarah Matthews, Jihae Kwon, Na'ama Zussman, Susanne Allen, James Martin, Christy Ball, and Jaime Shafer.
Poets: Maureen Thorson, Katy Bohinc, Adam Marston, Dan Gutstein, Alyse Knorr, Kenneth Jacobs, Meg Ronan, and Ryan Walker.
Superstition is a part of the permanent collections of Yale's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, George Washington's Gelman Library, and Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama.
Screen print, linoleum, letterpress and inkjet printing.
Edition of 30.
Detail of Shinigami,
Linoleum and letterpress,
Artist: Jaime Shafer,
Poet: Maureen Thorson.
Detail photograph by the artist.
A Container of Responses
2013
Jaime Shafer and Na'ama Zussman
In this piece, the artists attempted to create a visual representation of their collaborating artist. Using fifteen seemingly random questions, the artists revealed glimpses of their counterpart’s persona through visual and textual responses. To imitate the display of a library, particularly the card catalog, they decided that the responses would be fashioned on 6X4 inch cards and the color palette based on shades of black, grey and sepia.
Book cloth, linen thread, inkjet and laser printed.
Edition of 3.
Jaime Shafer and Na'ama Zussman
In this piece, the artists attempted to create a visual representation of their collaborating artist. Using fifteen seemingly random questions, the artists revealed glimpses of their counterpart’s persona through visual and textual responses. To imitate the display of a library, particularly the card catalog, they decided that the responses would be fashioned on 6X4 inch cards and the color palette based on shades of black, grey and sepia.
Book cloth, linen thread, inkjet and laser printed.
Edition of 3.
Circle the Drain
2012
Jaime Shafer and Casey Ritenour
8" x 10" x 3/8", 84 pages.
A collection of essays written as a response to a traumatic sexual assault. It chronicles the act itself and the raw emotion the victim experiences in the aftermath. Through vivid imagery, it challenges the reader to relive the pain a young woman can suffer at the hand of alleged romance.
Digitally produced in InDesign CS6 by Jaime Shafer; photography by Jaime Shafer; essays by Casey Ritenour.
Edition of 100.
Jaime Shafer and Casey Ritenour
8" x 10" x 3/8", 84 pages.
A collection of essays written as a response to a traumatic sexual assault. It chronicles the act itself and the raw emotion the victim experiences in the aftermath. Through vivid imagery, it challenges the reader to relive the pain a young woman can suffer at the hand of alleged romance.
Digitally produced in InDesign CS6 by Jaime Shafer; photography by Jaime Shafer; essays by Casey Ritenour.
Edition of 100.
