Big Jump Press

06/06/2020

Hi all. I've designed a downloadable book project about victims of police violence. I have included video instructions for binding using no special equipment. I plan on distributing it for free in my community with the help of friends and colleagues. If you would like to make this book, you can too. Any proceeds from the sale of this book should go to Black Lives Matter. This site is a work in progress, additional binding demonstrations to come.

This page is a work in progress. READ THIS OUT LOUD is a downloadable book template available for anyone to use. Make as many copies of this book as you can and disperse them in your community. If …

30/05/2020

Donate $45 (OR MORE) to the Minnesota Freedom Fund this week, get a copy of The Address. I have ten copies ready to go. Donate directly to MFF, or purchase the book through my website and I'll donate for you. Free shipping. If you already made a donation, make another donation!

The Address, which I produced with Anna Embree in 2017 and 2018, opens in two directions. The text: the inaugural addresses of President Obama and Donald Trump. More information about the Minnesota Freedom Fund can be found here:
https://minnesotafreedomfund.org/

More information about The Address (and a purchase link) can be found here: https://bigjumppress.com/artwork/4442950-The-Address.html

The Address is a dos-à-dos pamphlet featuring the inaugural addresses of president Barack Obama and Donald Trump. This book was designed, printed and bound in collaboration with Anna Embree in an edition of 50 copies in January of 2017 in solidarity with the Women’s March on Washington and sister...

14/05/2020

A post for Maggie, Will, Cheri, and Jillian, who had their thesis exhibition during the lockdown.

Today I want to celebrate four excellent book artists who just completed their MFA at The University of Alabama. The lock down began on the same day as their MFA thesis exhibition opening. I& #8217…

27/04/2020

If you missed my artist talk with the folks at the San Francisco Center for the Book and would like to see it, it is available to stream online here:

(retro)(intro)spection: moving past into the forward co-curators Maureen Forys and Jennie Hinchcliff interview Sarah Bryant of Big Jump Press about her book "The…

24/02/2020

Working on something new!

10/10/2019

Back on the press today to finish a long ago abandoned print.

26/06/2019

I'm honored to be featured in a new post by Books on Books:

In 1995, the Smithsonian Institute Libraries’ exhibition Science and the Artist’s Book explored “how science can serve as a springboard for artistic creation” and showed how “aspects of creat…

28/01/2019

https://bigjumppress.wordpress.com/2019/01/28/ref-new-from-shift-lab/

I am thrilled to announce a new project from Shift-lab. REF is an investigation into the erosion of the physical reference area of the library, and the fundamental shift taking place in the way we …

07/01/2019

https://bigjumppress.wordpress.com/2019/01/07/now-available-to-order-the-radiant-republic/

Big Jump Press is pleased to announce the release of The Radiant Republic, a new artist book built from language found in Plato’s Republic and Le Corbusier’s The Radiant City. In these texts, separ…

07/01/2019

https://bigjumppress.wordpress.com/2018/12/10/a-book-artist-in-a-concrete-world/

Every time I produce a new book I learn something new. Usually, this new thing is a handy trick for tight registration, or a hard lesson about the perils of printing on a slick plastic surface, or …

27/11/2018

https://bigjumppress.wordpress.com/2018/11/27/radiant-republic-printing-complete/

After six months, I have cleaned the press for the last time. My final run on The Radiant Republic: the book cloth for the box lid. It is a relief to have the printing side done, not least because …

22/11/2018

A little thanksgiving casting