{"id":5231,"date":"2022-05-09T12:14:46","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T17:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/?p=5231"},"modified":"2023-08-04T10:46:24","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T15:46:24","slug":"print-shop-and-bindery-in-amana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/2022\/05\/09\/print-shop-and-bindery-in-amana\/","title":{"rendered":"Print Shop and Bindery in Amana"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>An interpretive exhibit of history of communal book making includes a reconstruction of a printing and binding shop at Middle Amana. This site is opened from 10 to 4 on Saturdays.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/files\/2022\/05\/amanaprint02-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/files\/2022\/05\/amanaprint02-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"historical bookmaking tools\" class=\"wp-image-5234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/files\/2022\/05\/amanaprint02-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/files\/2022\/05\/amanaprint02-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/files\/2022\/05\/amanaprint02-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/files\/2022\/05\/amanaprint02-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/files\/2022\/05\/amanaprint02-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/files\/2022\/05\/amanaprint02-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/files\/2022\/05\/amanaprint02-2000x1500.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/files\/2022\/05\/amanaprint02-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/files\/2022\/05\/amanaprint02-1800x1350.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Interpretive display on view in Amana Printshop in Middle Amana.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The long and continuing Amana book publishing program aligns with a Protestant dedication to literacy, scriptural interpretation and individual spiritual experience. Book-making was accentuated among communal <em>Inspirationists<\/em> who believed in the classical mediation of aurality, orality, transcription, fair copy inscription, type composition, printing and binding to capture and \u201cbring to light\u201d spontaneous, entranced instruction of the&nbsp;<em>Werkzueng<\/em>. These spontaneous messages of spiritual guidance could only be shared by skilled transmission and skilled book making.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/files\/2022\/05\/amanaprint03-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/files\/2022\/05\/amanaprint03-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Historical platen press with set type and printing equipment. \" class=\"wp-image-5232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/files\/2022\/05\/amanaprint03-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/files\/2022\/05\/amanaprint03-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/files\/2022\/05\/amanaprint03-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/files\/2022\/05\/amanaprint03-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/files\/2022\/05\/amanaprint03-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/files\/2022\/05\/amanaprint03-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/files\/2022\/05\/amanaprint03-2000x1500.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/files\/2022\/05\/amanaprint03-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/files\/2022\/05\/amanaprint03-1800x1350.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Historical platen press with type set up for printing in the Amana Printshop in Middle Amana.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Student participation in this interpretive program is invited. Contact <a href=\"mailto:gary-frost@uiowa.edu\">Gary Frost<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/files\/2022\/05\/amanaprint-01-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/files\/2022\/05\/amanaprint-01-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/files\/2022\/05\/amanaprint-01-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/files\/2022\/05\/amanaprint-01-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/files\/2022\/05\/amanaprint-01-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/files\/2022\/05\/amanaprint-01-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/files\/2022\/05\/amanaprint-01-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/files\/2022\/05\/amanaprint-01-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/files\/2022\/05\/amanaprint-01-2000x1500.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/files\/2022\/05\/amanaprint-01-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/files\/2022\/05\/amanaprint-01-1800x1350.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Printshop in Middle Amana.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An interpretive exhibit of history of communal book making includes a reconstruction of a printing and binding shop at Middle Amana. This site is opened from 10 to 4 on Saturdays.&nbsp;&nbsp; The long and continuing Amana book publishing program aligns with a Protestant dedication to literacy, scriptural interpretation and individual spiritual experience. Book-making was accentuated<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/2022\/05\/09\/print-shop-and-bindery-in-amana\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;Print Shop and Bindery in Amana&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":168,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[84,86,85,88,87],"syndication":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5231"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/168"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5231"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5287,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5231\/revisions\/5287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5231"},{"taxonomy":"syndication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/syndication?post=5231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}