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Wayzgoose from Katoomba: Fine Bindings from the Australian Press of Jadwiga Jarvis and Mike Hudson
Location, time
- John Wilson Special Collections
- Central Library
- 801 S.W. 10th Avenue
- Portland, OR
- July 2–August 31
- Tuesday: 2:30–5:30 p.m.
- Wednesday: 3:30–7 p.m.
- Friday: 10 a.m.–2 p.m.
- Saturday: 2:30–6 p.m.
About the exhibit
Australians Jadwiga Jarvis and Mike Hudson of Wayzgoose Press in Katoomba, New South Wales, make fanciful and beautiful books by hand. Recognized as one of the most important fine presses in Australia today, Wayzgoose is considered eccentric for its bold printing with often comical linocuts and for its rare, yet whimsical, elaborate designer bindings.
These books, part of a generous Wayzgoose Press collection gift to the John Wilson Special Collections by Portlanders Seymour and Carol Haber, are extremely scarce in these bindings: At most only five copies for each book were produced in this manner, and almost none are located outside of Australia.
For more information contact John Wilson Special Collections Librarian Jim Carmin at 503.988.6287.
