Bohemians, Craftsmen and the New Woman

Martin, John

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Authors

Martin, John

Date

2020

Type

Conference Paper

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Martin, J.H. 2020. Bohemians, Craftsmen and the New Woman. In Lessons to learn? Past Design Experiences and Contemporary Design Practices, ICDHS (International Committee for Design History and Design Studies) 12, 16-18 Oct 2020, Zagreb, Croatia.

Source Title

Lessons to learn? Past Design Experiences and Contemporary Design Practices

Source Conference

ICDHS (International Committee for Design History and Design Studies) 12

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ISBN

9789537703677

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

School

School of Design and the Built Environment

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/81486

Collection

Curtin Research Publications

Abstract

Australian women in the printing industry are mostly undocumented. To redress this imbalance, the colour ink supplements illustrated by Harry J Weston and Alexander Sass in the graphic arts journal Wimble's Reminder will be examined. The illustration employed to promote Wimble's ink records the parallel change of printing technologies and the industries' gender roles. Bohemian, sexual, craft and muscular masculinities populated the printing trade. Weston's representations of masculinities juxtapose Sass's representations of the liberated, lively