Susan Allix

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Susan Allix (b. 1943) is a British typesetter, bookbinder, and artist known for her work in book arts.

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Early life and education

Allix attended Guildford School of Art where she studied painting. She has an MA in printmaking at the Royal College of Art. [1] She studied engraving in Italy while on a Prix de Rome scholarship. [2]

Career

The Smithsonian says of Allix's work, "Allix’s books are distinctive in that she handles every aspect from conception to production: printing, typography, layout, and binding or box making.  She prints in limited editions using letterpress-printed text, illustrations printed as etchings, linoleum cuts, woodcuts, pochoir stenciling, and hand-painted additions; she also binds the books herself.  The paper used for the books’ pages is usually collected from her travels or ordered with a specific purpose in mind and runs the gamut from commercially molded sheets, to decoratively patterned sheets, to handmade fine art papers." [2]

Allix works under the imprint the Willow Press. [3]

Her work is in the U.K. Government Art Collection, [4] the Yale Center for British Art, [5] the Smithsonian Libraries, [2] and the National Museum of Women in the Arts, [6] among others.

Works

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References

  1. "Susan Allix Biography". Annex Galleries Fine Prints. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Egyptian Green". Smithsonian Libraries and Archives. 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  3. "Susan Allix and the Willow Press · The Word Embodied: Scripture as Creative Inspiration in Twentieth-Century Book Arts". Bridwell Library. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  4. "Susan Allix". Government Art Collection. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  5. "[Prospectus for Susan Allix's Sea Air : prints of the sea with poetic interludes and interventions]. - YCBA". Yale Center for British Art. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  6. "Susan Allix". NMWA Library & Research Center. Retrieved 5 March 2023.