Perkolator Press is the imprint of Amy Pirkle, a book artist and letterpress printer born and raised in the deep South. Perkolator Press was established in Tuscaloosa, Alabama where Amy received her MFA in Book Arts degree in 2007. She currently prints in Gordo, Alabama, but still binds in her studio in Tuscaloosa.
Relationships and memory are the primary inspirations for books printed at Perkolator Press, and particularly relationships and memories Amy shares with family members. Perkolator Press also prints texts by Southern writers whose work shares a similar theme. All books are designed, letterpress printed, and bound by hand in limited editions.
News:
Amy co-taught a class with Bill Hall, master printer from Pace Prints in New York, during the Summer 2011 session at Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina. The class, entitled "Plate & Type Together: Exploring Traditional Techniques," combined the traditional printmaking methods of copperplate etching and letterpress printing with metal type.
Bill Hall, Random Reality, etching,
drypoint, aquatint, 16 x 29 in.
Close to Home Exhibition
Amy collaborated on a book with Bill Hall entitled Close to Home. The book features copperplate etchings of the Hudson River and reduction linoleum portraits of Amy's twin sister, Sara Hughes with poetry by Hughes. The book and 22 prints were on exhibit from September 28 - October 28, 2011 in the Sella-Granata Art Gallery at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.
Please click on the link to the left to see a recent exhibition list.
Amy's work is represented by Vamp and Tramp Booksellers, LLC, out of Birmingham, Alabama. Thanks to Bill and Vicky Stewart, her work has been purchased by numerous universities and libraries for their permanent collections. (Click the words to the left to see an updated list).
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site updated November 2011