Scummo!

SCUMMO! 2021

Handset wood and metal letterpress in two colours on 250mm Raleigh Outback (Ghost Gum) recycled paper, 640 x 306mm. Run of 116 copies.

Inspired by 19th-century theatre playbills, Scummo! is a compendium of things I’ve heard, said and read, especially in the media. Produced in the Wayzgoose Press studio, I used a pack of offcuts from their early work – a recycled paper stock that’s been discontinued, and the Australian factory has been shut down.

It’s not a limited edition in the sense that it’s precious and numbered: it’s slightly battered, relentlessly cheap and cheerful, and as always, stupidly hopeful of change. When they’re all sold, that’s it, they’re off in the world to play their part in what could be a much better 2022.