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Impediment Press | About Us | Gwen Harrison, Sue Anderson, Artist books, books, limited edition, hand printing, book binding Impediment Press Home About Us Our work Exhibitions & Book Fairs Press Get in touch About Us IMPEDIMENT PRESS COLLABORATION Sue and Gwen have worked collaboratively to create limited edition artists' books for over twelve years. Although many of their artists' books focus on Australian historic sites and their stories, the works often reflect dramas that are universal. The books are represented widely in collections within Australia as well as in the United States and in Britain. Both artists design and produce each work, beginning with an initial idea, then by progressively researching material from early colonial times to the present. This forms the core of the book. The structure and design are shaped by the ideas surrounding each work, and the artwork and intaglio plates (usually sugarlift etching on copper) are made, then printed in the studio. The text is often layered and interwoven with narratives mixed with prose and poetry. All of the text is handset using lead and antique wood type, all printed by hand. Many of the books are finely bound in kangaroo leather or kangaroo vellum. Gwen Harrison CV Sue Anderson CV An Artsphere Website © Impediment Press 2026 Back to Top loading

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Sydney Contemporary Art Fair

Sydney

Sep 1, 2018 — Oct 27, 2018

Griffith University, Abbe – Artists Books Brisbane Event

Brisbane

Jul 1, 2017 — Aug 26, 2017

Codex International Book Fair and Symposium

Feb 1, 2017 — Mar 29, 2017

‘Buy the Book Fair’ Central Booking Gallery, N.Y.C, New York Fine Art Print Week

New York

Nov 1, 2016 — Dec 27, 2016

‘Parragirls’ Parramatta Female Factory Memory Project “Living Traces”

Sep 1, 2016 — Oct 31, 2016

Liberbooks Exhibition

Parma

May 1, 2015 — Jun 26, 2015

Codex Australia

Melbourne

Mar 1, 2014 — Apr 26, 2014

Mainz Mini Press

Mainz

May 1, 2013 — Jun 30, 2013

Someone, Somebody Run Exhibition, Red Gallery Contemporary Art Space

Feb 1, 2013 — Mar 29, 2013

Lessons in History Vol. II – Democracy, Grahame Galleries + Editions

Brisbane

Oct 1, 2012 — Dec 30, 2012

Quaranta Australis Exhibition, Manly Art Gallery

Sydney

Sep 1, 2012 — Oct 31, 2012

‘Finely Bound’, State Library of Queensland

Brisbane

Aug 1, 2010 — Sep 26, 2010

Research Library, Art Gallery New South Wales Exhibition of artists books from the Collection

Sydney

Dec 1, 2008 — Jan 26, 2009

Blake Poetry Prize 2008 – Bindings, National Art School

Sydney

Sep 1, 2008 — Oct 31, 2008

Free Style Books: Artists’ Books from the Collection, SLQ Gallery, State Library of Queensland

Brisbane

Jun 1, 2008 — Aug 30, 2008

From Ocean to Harbour: Recent Works by members of Warringah Printmakers Studio, Mosman Art Gallery

Sydney

Jun 1, 2008 — Jul 31, 2008

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