Portion
Portion in the window of San Francisco Arts Education Project at Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA.
Portion (2019)
Artist’s Note
“What portion of your day, week, month, year and life do you spend doing something that you love versus things you do not love?”
— C.K.Itamura
Colophon
Commemorating the 2019 Discovered Exhibition at Museum of Sonoma County, made possible, in part by Creative Sonoma and Community Foundation of Sonoma County. Designed and letterpress printed using antique wood and metal movable type at In Cahoots Residency, October 2019 by C.K.Itamura, Peach Farm Studio.
Edition
Limited edition of 500 (numbered)
Each individual print was hand-typeset and run through the Vandercook letterpress proof press eleven times in order to execute the colors and layers. The edition took two weeks to complete.
Initial Distribution
These complimentary original prints were distributed at the opening reception of the Discovered Exhibition by official Portion Control agents Vicky Kumpfer, Serena Hazard and C.K.Itamura identified by the large yellow, engraved “Portion Control” badge each wore.
Subsequent Distribution
The remainder of these complimentary original prints were distributed from the Kanreki Press table in the San Francisco Arts Education Project at Minnesota Street Project during San Francisco Art Book Fair 2024 on July 18 thru 21.