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The text repeats the phrase, "The more I know, the less I know," and as it is printed down the print, it becomes increasingly fragmented. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents Vamp & Tramp Internet: "Handmade paper from shredded paper currency with rag pulp including clothing from the victims named. Handset types used include Stymie, Clarendon, Baskerville, and Neuland. Metal relief engravings and woodcuts created for the images and printed by John Risseeuw at his Cabbagehead Press in Tempe, Arizona. Signed and numbered by the artist. Risseeuw created a piece about the world arms trade, printed on paper made from clothing of victims of armed conflict and recycled currency from the top 10 arms-exporting nations. John Risseeuw, Content-Specific Handmade Paper in Prints and Artist Books: "I started with an appropriate quote about arms sales, then printed a list of the top ten arms exporting nations between 1990 and 1994. The U.S. was (and is to this day), to my regret, the top exporter by far. I began a list of arms sold as well as some woodcut and engraved images. Inside the piece, the facts continue about the value of arms sold, the list of arms, and...

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A man's profile is subtlely impressed by blind scoring on the right side of the print. The layered text is printed in various fonts, sized and colors and reads "meet the new boss same as the old boss" and "The up sid's down, the black shirt's brown, same old rig-a-doo!" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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John Risseeuw, the Curatorof the exhibition acknowledged loan from the Sackner Archive that included 27 of the 67 works. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The books in this exhibibition fall mainly into the category of Illustrated fine press books. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The aphorism by Thoreau (1854) printed on this work reads "Our life is frittered away by details." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The theme of this broadside is impeachment of the Bush government cabal for a litany of reasons expressed in different dimension snd colored typefaces. It was printed as a demonstration project at the conference. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The word "relax" is printed and repeated in three typefaces. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This portfolio, solicited and collated by Fluke and Risseeuw, was shown for the first time at the Cortona International Print Symposium: A Print Odyssey 2001. The editors define sock as "...in printing, the use of heavy pressure, usually on dampened paper, to drive types that may be uneven or worn deep into the paper for a readable text." They defined Kiss as "...in printing, a light impression with just enough pressure to transfer the ink from type to paper, leaving no permanent indentation in the paper." The paper stock for the prints varies widely as do the techniques of printing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.