The exhibition will include books from Hamady s Perishable Press Limited and small-scale sculptures also created with handmade paper. These are works by former students of Hamady. Hamady s unique books use a variety of paper textures, colors and sizes, combined with various typefaces and inks. In addition to text and images, his works contain found objects, everyday materials and other media. His sculptural work juxtaposes ordinary objects in the three-dimensional collages, using an array of techniques, materials and ideas.
Paper is cut, torn, sewn, stamped, perforated, grommeted and pinched.
He retired in 1996. Two UWSP art faculty members, Caren Heft, curator of the Carlsten Gallery, and Jeff Morin, chair of the Department of Art and Design, studied with him. He taught life, humanity, generosity of spirit, craftsmanship, collaboration and a passion for printing. But an equally important legacy continues and expands through his stu-dents, a set of circles that includes some of the best printers, papermakers and bookbinders in the country. Hamady runs the press from his farm near Mount Horeb.