Susan Allix Explained

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

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."

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, and the National Museum of Women in the Arts,[6] among others.

Works

External links

Notes and References

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