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 Lloyd Schermer’s unique sculptures are literally pieces of history. When the printing industry used typesetting technology, each letter was actually a wood or metal
block. These were aligned in lines of trays, inked and then run through the press and printed on to paper. In the 1950’s offset printing made type setting and the
associated type obsolete. Schermer, through luck and insight gathered these little gems and later assembled them into the sculptures you see below. Each work is
composed of hundreds of rare wood and forged type, many over a century old. The technology is gone, and the material will be gone soon too. But fortunately
though Schermer’s unique work, the beauty and history of type are preserved in art.
Schermer’s collections include: The Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC; The University of Montana; The Washington Post; Tom
Friedman; and the Freedom Museum in Chicago.
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