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Emily Larned is an artist, writer, designer, and letterpress printer who has been self-publishing since 1993, when she made her first zine, Muffin Bones. Red Charming, established 1999, is her production label. The name is an imaginary bad translation possibly meaning that which is light and heavy at the same time. How would you describe her work? Well, it is the product of three things: (1) hand processes, even in seemingly digital projects; (2) tight restrictions, imposed by either a technology or a concept or most often, both; and (3) a social impulse to connect with others. Also, she likes lists.

Emily received her MFA in Graphic Design from Yale School of Art in 2008. Also in 2008, together with the excellent Bridget Elmer, she co-founded Impractical Labor in Service of the Speculative Arts (ILSSA), a membership organization for those who make experimental or conceptual work with obsolete technology.

From 2001-2009 Emily was an active member and director of Booklyn, a not-for-profit artist alliance based in Brooklyn, NY.

Emily's work is held by over sixty public collections, including the Smithsonian, the Tate, & the Getty, and is exhibited internationally. Her book Thrift Store was published by Ig Publishing in 2005. She has taught and lectured widely, and is Chair of Graphic Design at SASD, University of Bridgeport. Her studio is in the former American Fabrics factory in the east side of that city. She, her husband, and their cat live in Lordship, Connecticut, where she is learning to play the autoharp.