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All shades of blue (2024)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. (2024). All shades of blue. Printmaking Today, 33(129), 22-23

Artists’ books by Roelof Bakker and Caren Florance speak of loss through colour and texture, visual allusion and sensory touch, writes Sarah Bodman

Family ties (2023)
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Bodman, S. (2023). Family ties. Printmaking Today, 32(128), 22-23

Family Ties - Artist Terrie Reddish explains to Sarah Bodman how book artists in New Zealand are building creative connections and book arts’ networks

Women in Print I and Women in Print 2 (2023)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. (2023). Women in Print I and Women in Print 2. Journal of the Printing Historical Society, 3, 339-340

Review of Women in Print I and Women in Print 2. Each book consists of essays written by individual researchers, designers, historians, librarians, curators and artists offering a range of voices exploring women's roles in printing history. These two... Read More about Women in Print I and Women in Print 2.

Signs of the times (2023)
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Bodman, S. (2023). Signs of the times. Printmaking Today, 32(127), 22-23

Sarah Bodman on reading the ongoing, environmentally-focused works encompassing Termómetos Project from Mexican artist Ireri Topete.

World Book Night United Artists - Stories of and strategies for experimental, collaborative publishing (2023)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. (2023). World Book Night United Artists - Stories of and strategies for experimental, collaborative publishing. Axon: Creative Explorations, 13(1), 2-21. https://doi.org/10.54375/001/cbyvozki7k

Sarah Bodman reflects on 13 years of Bookarts at UWE Bristol's World Book Night (WBN) project; a text and image / artists' books-based event which has evolved from an initial collaboration with the artist and poet Nancy Campbell into an annual, inter... Read More about World Book Night United Artists - Stories of and strategies for experimental, collaborative publishing.

Depths of fields - Chrystal Cherniwchan & Craig Tattersall's print and sound collaborations (2023)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. (2023). Depths of fields - Chrystal Cherniwchan & Craig Tattersall's print and sound collaborations. Printmaking Today, 32(126), 22-23

Sarah Bodman interviews Chrystal Cherniwchan and Craig Tattersall. Through overlayering and overlapping they bring print and sound together in their collaborative works. Cherniwchan's practice is rooted in digital photography and production, whilst T... Read More about Depths of fields - Chrystal Cherniwchan & Craig Tattersall's print and sound collaborations.

The blue notebook: Journal for artists’ books, Volume 17 No 2, Spring – Summer 2023 (2023)
Journal Article
(2023). The blue notebook: Journal for artists’ books, Volume 17 No 2, Spring – Summer 2023. The Blue Notebook, Volume 17(No 2, Spring – Summer 2023), 72

Editor: Sarah Bodman In this issue: Amador Perez -art… books… art books… artists’ books… As a child I had access to the world of art through printed reproductions on postcards and books. As a teenager I collected facsimile publications sold at... Read More about The blue notebook: Journal for artists’ books, Volume 17 No 2, Spring – Summer 2023.

In search of symmetry (2023)
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Bodman, S. (2023). In search of symmetry. Printmaking Today, 32(125), 22-23

Sarah Bodman speaks with artist Tricia Treacy as she prepares for an exhibition of her new work Scaffolding at the Center for Book Arts, New York. Tricia Treacy is based in rural New Hampshire, USA where she makes prints and artists' books, often in... Read More about In search of symmetry.

Worlds within words (2022)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. (2022). Worlds within words. Printmaking Today, 31(124), 22-23

Sarah Bodman talks to Graeme Hobbs of fallowpages about his hand-printed chapbooks inspired by classic literature and place.

Connecting the dots (2022)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. (2022). Connecting the dots. Printmaking Today, 31(Autumn 2022), 22-23

Sarah Bodman links collaborative book projects by Mary V Marsh with her own printed poem created long distance during the pandemic.

Two sides to every story - letterpress printed bookworks by Andrew Morrison (2022)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. (2022). Two sides to every story - letterpress printed bookworks by Andrew Morrison. Printmaking Today, 31(122), 22-23

An interview with the book and letterpress artist Andrew Morrison whose studio is based in the South West of England, about his artists' books in progress that explore physical structures, phonetics and visual language.

Looking into the Light - artists' books by Randi Annie Strand (2022)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. (2022). Looking into the Light - artists' books by Randi Annie Strand. Printmaking Today, 31(121), 22-23

Norwegian artist Randi Annie Strand’s current printmaking project takes inspiration from light refraction. The artists’ books and films created for her Prism series are separate yet intertwined, and each is unique. As she explains: a book is three-di... Read More about Looking into the Light - artists' books by Randi Annie Strand.

Twenty-five and counting: San Francisco Center for the book celebrates its past and future in artists’ books (2021)
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Bodman, S. (2021). Twenty-five and counting: San Francisco Center for the book celebrates its past and future in artists’ books. Printmaking Today, 30(120), 22-23

I spoke with Jennie Hinchcliff, Exhibitions and Events Manager at the San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) as they celebrate their 25th anniversary. SFCB was established by Mary Austin and Kathleen Burch in 1996, to serve west coast and internati... Read More about Twenty-five and counting: San Francisco Center for the book celebrates its past and future in artists’ books.

Future past and tense (2021)
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Bodman, S. (2021). Future past and tense. Printmaking Today, 30(119), 22-23

Sarah Bodman talks to Ioannis Anastasiou and Majka Dokudowicz online from their studio in Wrocław, Poland. Both are PhD researchers at the E. Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław, actively exhibiting their prints and artists' books nationally... Read More about Future past and tense.

His dark materials (2021)
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Bodman, S. (2021). His dark materials. Printmaking Today, 30(118), 22-23

Ian Andrews talks to Sarah Bodman about his collaboration with a particle physics group resulting in artists’ books exploring dark matter

Field workers unite (2020)
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Bodman, S. (2020). Field workers unite. Printmaking Today, 29(116), 22-23

Sarah Bodman talks with David Dellafiora of Field Study International about his inclusive book projects.

Nature Trails, botanical bookworks by Radha Pandey (2020)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. (2020). Nature Trails, botanical bookworks by Radha Pandey. Printmaking Today, 29(115), 22-23

Sarah Bodman interviews book artist Radha Pandey about her botanical bookworks and establishing Halden Bookworks, a new book arts centre in Halden, Norway.

An open book (2020)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. (2020). An open book. Printmaking Today, 29(115), 22-23

An Open Book: The generous narrative spaces in tactile artists’ books by Katerina Kyselica that demand to be handled

Measuring the heavens (2020)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. (2020). Measuring the heavens. Printmaking Today, 29(114), 22-23

Article exploring Kate Bernstein’s artist’s book tribute to astronomers, libraries and printers.

Digging up the past (2019)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. (2019). Digging up the past. Printmaking Today, 28(110),

A new series of collaborative artists' books by Tamar MacLellan & Philippa Wood explores the contents of our gardens

Books of the future (2019)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. (in press). Books of the future. z.B. [zum Beispiel] [zum Buch] / [for example] [about books], autumn 2019,

Artists’ books have built and aligned their status according to the value of the printed book, so will arrive at their fate in parallel. If digital reading is going to be the majority method of the future, then how will physical books survive? And w... Read More about Books of the future.

Posted/Unposted (2019)
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Bodman, S. (2019). Posted/Unposted. Printmaking Today, 28(112),

Exploring a project curated by Dr Angie Butler and Imi Maufe celebrating letterpress printing practice in the UK and Ireland

Read to me: A psychometric collaboration with objects (2018)
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Bodman, S. L. (2018). Read to me: A psychometric collaboration with objects. Axon: Creative Explorations, 8(1),

‘Read to me’ is an experiment made by the artist in the UK, in collaboration with a psychometric reader in The Netherlands, to transmit the emotional content of selected narratives through a series of physical objects. The project will be produced as... Read More about Read to me: A psychometric collaboration with objects.

Making friends with books (2017)
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Bodman, S. L. (2017). Making friends with books. Printmaking Today, 26(4),

A report on the first Cardiff Artists' Books (CAB) event at The Printhaus in Cardiff and their future plans for 2018.

Bristol fashion (2017)
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Bodman, S. L. (2017). Bristol fashion. Printmaking Today, 26(3), 17

Sarah Bodman reports on a book project close to home that brings together the entire bookmaking community.

Building communities (2017)
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Bodman, S. L. (2017). Building communities. Printmaking Today, 26(2), 17

Article on ambitious community ventures at leading centres for the book arts in the USA and UK.

Dear Reader… some contemporary books by artists (2017)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. L. (2017). Dear Reader… some contemporary books by artists. Book 2.0, 7(1), 95-110. https://doi.org/10.1386/btwo.7.1.95_1

Artists’ books have evolved over the last sixty years into a significant, international contemporary arts practice. In the 1960s, the artist’s book grew in popularity as a means of bypassing dealers in high end galleries, taking artists’ works out to... Read More about Dear Reader… some contemporary books by artists.

Milestones (2017)
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Bodman, S. L. (2017). Milestones. Printmaking Today, 26(1), 16

article on Booknesses international colloquium, celebrating 21 years of artists’ books in South Africa.

Tell it to the Bees (2016)
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Bodman, S. L. (2016). Tell it to the Bees. Printmaking Today, 25(4), 17-17

Sarah Bodman talks to Sarah Nicholls about letterpress and linocut, her popular pamphlet series and a recent artist’s residency in Chicago

Liberatura, literatura i książka artystyczna: kontekst, treść i istotne znaczenie materiału (Liberature, literature and the artist’s book: Context, content and material meaning) (2016)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. L. (2016). Liberatura, literatura i książka artystyczna: kontekst, treść i istotne znaczenie materiału (Liberature, literature and the artist’s book: Context, content and material meaning)

A reflection on the relationship between Liberature and artists’ books. The majority of artists creating books have been drawn into their creative pathway through a passion for physical books themselves. Whether literature or Liberature, the publicat... Read More about Liberatura, literatura i książka artystyczna: kontekst, treść i istotne znaczenie materiału (Liberature, literature and the artist’s book: Context, content and material meaning).

Turning the pages (2016)
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Bodman, S. L. (2016). Turning the pages. Printmaking Today, 25(2), 17

Sarah Bodman talks to Jules Allen, founder of ‘turn the page’, and discovers the secrets of the success of this unique artist’s book festival in the heart of Norwich.

ABBE (2016)
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Bodman, S. L. (2016). ABBE

A report on the Artists’ Books Brisbane Event.

A study in pink, red, black and white (2016)
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Bodman, S. L. (2016). A study in pink, red, black and white. Printmaking Today, 25(1), 17

Sarah Bodman examines some artists’ books by Guy Bigland, Amir Brito Cadôr, Egidija Čiricaitė and Sophie Loss, which respond to paintings.

ABBE: Artist's Books Brisbane Event (2016)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. L. (2016). ABBE: Artist's Books Brisbane Event

A review of the ABBE: Artist's Books Brisbane Event at the Griffith Centre for Creative Arts Research, Brisbane, Australia

The heart of the matter (2015)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. L. (2015). The heart of the matter. Printmaking Today, 24(4), 15

Sarah Bodman spoke with Marian Crawford at the Artists' Book Event Brisbane about her recent artists' books made as part of The News Network Project.

King of stamps: Sarah Bodman interviews artist Stephen Fowler on the eve of his new publication (2015)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. L. (2016). King of stamps: Sarah Bodman interviews artist Stephen Fowler on the eve of his new publication. Printmaking Today, 25(3),

An interview with the artist Stephen Fowler on the processes of rubber stamps and how he researched the subject for his new book Rubber Stamping: Get Creative with Stamps, Rollers and Other Printmaking Techniques published by Laurence King.

The threads that bind us: WSW and Libby Scarlett’s A 19-2 view (2015)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. L. (2015). The threads that bind us: WSW and Libby Scarlett’s A 19-2 view. Printmaking Today, 24(2), 17

Women's Studio Workshop residencies offer artists the facilities and funding to create a bookwork, writes Sarah Bodman.

Island Life - Otto of ottoGraphic’s artist’s book Flat Holm (2015)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. L. (2015). Island Life - Otto of ottoGraphic’s artist’s book Flat Holm. Printmaking Today, 24(1), 17

An unusual island landscape that captivated Otto is represented in a new artists' book with poems by Chris Sully, writes Sarah Bodman

A stitch in time: Artists’ books by Candace Hicks (2014)
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Bodman, S. L. (2014). A stitch in time: Artists’ books by Candace Hicks. Printmaking Today, 23(2), 15

Sarah Bodman catches up with book artist Candace Hicks as she returns to printmaking after extensive work on hand-sewn books.

Story time: Kate Bufton’s book sculptures (2014)
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Bodman, S. L. (2014). Story time: Kate Bufton’s book sculptures. Printmaking Today, 23(3), 15

Kate Bufton is known for her scultpures, but now she is exploring the representation of these works in two dimensions during a residency at Hot Bed Press, writes Sarah Bodman.

Readers and dreamers: Artists’ books by Mário Azevedo (2014)
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Bodman, S. L. (2014). Readers and dreamers: Artists’ books by Mário Azevedo. Printmaking Today, 23(1), 17

Mário Azevedo's robust printmaking and love of visual typography produces works that create new conversations, writes Sarah Bodman.

Lost and found: The library of lost books (2013)
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Bodman, S. L. (2013). Lost and found: The library of lost books. Printmaking Today, 22(4), 15

Sarah Bodman explores The Library of Lost Books, an initiative to salvage and transform discarded library volumes.

Eyes on the prize (2013)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. L. (2013). Eyes on the prize. Printmaking Today, 22(2), 15

The Sheffield International Artist's Book Prize is an excellent platform for book artists to gain recognition and connect with collectors, writes Sarah Bodman.

Publicar e ser danado: Como ser um editor institucional underground (2012)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. L. (2012). Publicar e ser danado: Como ser um editor institucional underground

2011 was a year of celebration for our reference publications at the Centre for Fine Print Research, which was the 10th anniversary of the Artist's Book Yearbook and the 5th anniversary of The Blue Notebook. Paul Silveira invited Sarah Bodman to writ... Read More about Publicar e ser danado: Como ser um editor institucional underground.

Artists' books in Australia (2012)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. L. (2012). Artists' books in Australia

6,000-word,invited, illustrated article for ‘The Journal of Artists’ Books’ (JAB) published by Columbia College Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts, Chicago, USA (http://journalofartistsbooks.org), JAB 31, March 23, 2012. The article provides a... Read More about Artists' books in Australia.

Artists’ Books in Australia (2012)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. L. (2012). Artists’ Books in Australia

Invited article for the Journal of Artists’ Books, JAB 31, USA, Spring 2012, pp 16-23 Six new writers for JAB make their debut in this issue including Thomas Kromann, Anthony Leslie, Sarah Bodman, Alastair Johnston, Sarah Bassnett, and Albert Coer... Read More about Artists’ Books in Australia.

No place like home (2012)
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Bodman, S. L. (2012). No place like home. Printmaking Today, 21(4), 13

Philippa Wood and Angie Butler, in the USA, produce books that celebrate life's quiet and comforting domestic pleasures, writes Sarah Bodman.

Playing with space (2012)
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Bodman, S. L. (2012). Playing with space. Printmaking Today, 21(3), 15

American artist Heidi Neilson's books explore the mysteries of the universe via miniature props and ingenious invention, writes Sarah Bodman.

Publish and be damned: How to be an underground institutional publisher (2012)
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Bodman, S. L. (2012). Publish and be damned: How to be an underground institutional publisher

The Centre for Fine Print Research (CFPR) at the University of the West of England, Bristol UK publishes reference materials on contemporary printmaking and related areas for an international audience. Three of its established publications focus on a... Read More about Publish and be damned: How to be an underground institutional publisher.

Codex Event 8: An Australian and British Collaboration of pulp-printing, installation and artists’ books with Sarah Bodman, Paul Laidler, Tim Mosely, Monica Oppen and Tom Sowden 2011-2012 (2012)
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Bodman, S. L., Sowden, T., Laidler, P., & Moseley, T. (2012). Codex Event 8: An Australian and British Collaboration of pulp-printing, installation and artists’ books with Sarah Bodman, Paul Laidler, Tim Mosely, Monica Oppen and Tom Sowden 2011-2012

A co-authored article by all the artists for Imprint journal, Australia, September 2012. Sarah Bodman and Paul Laidler from the Centre for Fine Print Research (CFPR) at UWE, Bristol, UK joined Tim Mosely in Brisbane at Queensland College of Art (Q... Read More about Codex Event 8: An Australian and British Collaboration of pulp-printing, installation and artists’ books with Sarah Bodman, Paul Laidler, Tim Mosely, Monica Oppen and Tom Sowden 2011-2012.

From Fluxus to iPad: A very short history of artists' books (2011)
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Bodman, S. L. (2011). From Fluxus to iPad: A very short history of artists' books

A journal article on the contemporary artist's book which has emerged gradually from the French livre de luxe tradition of the mid-19th century,where texts by authors – including the Symbolist poet Stéphane Mallarmé (1842–98) – were published in exqu... Read More about From Fluxus to iPad: A very short history of artists' books.

Future fantasteek! (2011)
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Bodman, S. L. (2011). Future fantasteek!. Printmaking Today, 20(2), 15

Jackie Batey is celebrating the tenth issue of her artist's zine with a touring show in Europe and the USA writes Sarah Bodman.

Station to station (2011)
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Bodman, S. L. (2011). Station to station. Printmaking Today, 20(1), 17

Follow-Ed is a touring exhibition of diverse yet related artists' books produced in tribute to American artist Ed Ruscha.

The al-Mutanabbi street coalition: Making a stand through print (2011)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. L. (2011). The al-Mutanabbi street coalition: Making a stand through print

Journal article published in the autumn 2011 issue of IMPRINT Magazine, the Print Council of Australia. Sarah Bodman is the UK and European curator of the exhibitions of the Al-Mutanabbi Street Broadsides Project, 2008- 2009 and 2010-2014. She is als... Read More about The al-Mutanabbi street coalition: Making a stand through print.

Artists' books and the book arts (2010)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. L. (2010). Artists' books and the book arts

In this article Sarah Bodman, Senior Research Fellow for Artists' Books at the Centre for Fine Print Research (CFPR), investigates what actually constitutes an artist's book in the 21st Century, published in Insight 2, Ace Foundation Newsletter, Dece... Read More about Artists' books and the book arts.

A multi-coloured life (2010)
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Bodman, S. L. (2010). A multi-coloured life. Printmaking Today, 19(3), 17

Klaus von Mirbach is inspired by sources as diverse as his children's toothbrushes to the great Flemish painter van Eyck, writes Sarah Bodman.

A bridge to Baghdad (2010)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. L. (2010). A bridge to Baghdad. Printmaking Today, 19(4), 17

Sarah Bodman describes how one US-based bookseller has proved an inspiration to Iraqi artists and to the global artists' book community

Of God and small things (2010)
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Bodman, S. L. (2010). Of God and small things. Printmaking Today, 19(2), 34

Karen Hanmer's artist's books and designer bindings spring from a love of tactility allied with a curiosity that spans the inscrutable and the cosmological, says Sarah Bodman.

Northern lights (2010)
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Bodman, S. L. (2010). Northern lights. Printmaking Today, 19(1), 34

Sarah Bodman surveys the diversity of artists' books being made in Scandinavia today and the organizations that help promote them, as she looks ahead to a major book arts' festival in Denmark this spring.

Les activités du Centre for Fine Print Research de Bristol in So Multiples revue française sur les éditions d'artistes contemporains (2009)
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Bodman, S. L. (2009). Les activités du Centre for Fine Print Research de Bristol in So Multiples revue française sur les éditions d'artistes contemporains

Bodman was invited by Océane Delleaux, Editor of the French language review So Multiples to contribute an essay on the activities she manages for artists’ books at the CFPR, as one of four essays for a special feature on artists’ books (September 200... Read More about Les activités du Centre for Fine Print Research de Bristol in So Multiples revue française sur les éditions d'artistes contemporains.

Primal force (2009)
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Bodman, S. L. (2009). Primal force. Printmaking Today, 18(3), 10

Sarah Bodman looks at the powerfull, tactile use made of book arts by the Russian artist Dmitry Sayenko.

Made to measure online (2009)
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Bodman, S. L. (2009). Made to measure online. Printmaking Today, 12(2), 12

Sarah Bodman looks at how artists can use the internet to create and distribute their books and converse with other artists worldwide.

Confounded structure (2009)
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Bodman, S. L. (2009). Confounded structure. Printmaking Today, 18(4), 31

Sarah Bodman on Excavating Babel, an astonishing installation by Tina Hill, which explores the biblical story and ideas about the loss of language.

Codex event 6 (2009)
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Bodman, S. L. (2009). Codex event 6. Printmaking Today, 18(1), 12