August 31, 2018

Being, Time and Place: Hong Hong’s Environmental Paper Investigations

Interdisciplinary artist Hong Hong will discuss the development of her site-responsive, monumental paperworks, as well as the relationship between the artist and contemporary landscapes.   Biography Born in Hefei, China, […]

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June 5, 2018

Toot Toot!: A Book About Fruit

Working collaboratively, Scripps and Harvey Mudd students worked collaboratively to create Toot Toot!: A Book About Fruit, a limited-edition, letterpress book about ten fruit trees on Scripps campus and in […]

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Spring 2018 Book Arts & Social Justice

  In the Spring 2018 Book Arts & Social Justice seminar course taught by Professor Tia Blassingame at Scripps College, thirteen undergraduate students created letterpress prints on a variety of […]

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January 19, 2018

Please Touch

Covered in green goatskin leather, Please Touch by Zora E. Martin contains six pockets lined with rabbit fur, gold leaf, sandpaper, birch bark, pebbles, and silk.

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Ganzeer: Making the Intangible Tactile

Attempting to make tactile things out of intangible ideas in a world that is becoming increasingly immersed in the virtual has great immeasurable value. Ganzeer discusses this using examples of his own work

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November 13, 2017

Process

Process, the companion booklet for the Together print portfolio from the Spring 2017 Race & Identity in Book Arts seminar class, contains text and photographs by students about their approach […]

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Together: Race & Identity print portfolio

Spring 2017 Race & Identity in Book Arts seminar students created the fourteen prints in the Together portfolio as their final project. They represent the culmination of a semester that […]

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August 29, 2017

Striking a Balance: traditional craft in contemporary practice

Radha Pandey will discuss how she incorporates her interest in paper and print history into her current work. The talk will cover her research in the field of papermaking, her artist bookwork as well as trying to find a balance between research, environment, history, art and aesthetics.

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August 28, 2017

Islamic-World Papermaking with Radha Pandey

Radha Pandey will introduce participants to the history and practice of Islamic papermaking using natural fibers and authentic tools. Participants will have an opportunity to experiment and create a limited number of sheets as time allows. All experience levels, including beginner, are welcome.

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May 31, 2017

A Feminist Introduction to Data Structures

A Feminist Introduction to Data Structures by Carmen Mejia describes four commonly used data structures in computer science. Letterpress printed in a stab binding, this artist’s book introduces data structures to feminists, and feminism to computer scientists.

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May 16, 2017

Complete Spring 2017 Scripps College Press Artists’ Books

Set $1136 plus CA State Tax Set includes one copy of: A Feminist Introduction to Data Structures Between the Lines Finding My Sunflowers Fledged Message Received Reminders Tooth What is […]

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Fledged

Fledged by Lauren Koenig is a collection of five myths behind the Aquila, or eagle, constellation. Contained in a leather cover, the 4″ x 4″ booklets were printed on Rives Bfk and Chinese Heather papers using linocuts, handset letterpress, and a digital reprint of an original monotype.

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Between the Lines

Between the Lines by Anthony Perna is a leather-bound book that features a french twist binding style. With letterpress text and linoleum blocks, this artist’s book contains a series of […]

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May 10, 2017

Finding My Sunflowers

Finding My Sunflowers is a hardcover carousel book featuring intricate papercuts. Bound in Japanese bookcloth and letterpress printed with pressure prints, this artist’s book contains a series of original poems that focus upon the necessity of experiencing tragedy and hardship for the development of a brighter and bolder self.

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May 9, 2017

Message Received

Message Received by Devin Powell is an imagined conversation between the author and the reader about their communication. It is a letterpress printed accordion with linoleum cut prints and watercolor images. Pull-out tabs allow the reader to alter the dialogue.

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Tooth

Tooth by Liat Kaplan features an original, letterpress printed poem on loss and grief accompanied by linocut illustrations in a modified Japanese stab binding.

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Reminders

Reminders by Lydia Saylor is an accordion style book with six linoleum block prints. Each print, some of which have multiple layers, is overlaid with handset letterpress text. Each little phrase calls upon the reader to take an active role in finding peace.

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What is this World?

What is this World? by Emily Scottgale consists of handset letterpress text and linocuts. Combining natural scenes and text, the artist contemplates how we can come together despite opposing views in an increasingly divided and divisive society.

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January 25, 2017

Dark Archives

A provocative exploration of one black man’s memories of childhood. It interweaves Bradley’s writing and photographs with pictures from his family archive. Part story, part lyrical investigation, Dark Archives aims […]

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December 15, 2016

Divisive & Diverse: A Voting Story

  Printed by six students using handset metal and wood type, this fish bone book examines identity and politics in the United States during one of the most contentious presidential […]

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