Playa Vista, California
Unbuttoned
12.5" x 6.5" x 1"
$175-- To Purchase Contact 23 Sandy Gallery
kmaryatt@scrippscollege.edu
www.scrippscollege.edu/dept/art/press
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Each semester a diverse group of undergraduates arrives at the Scripps College Press and works toward a common goal of creating a cohesive artists’ book printed by letterpress. This edition of 102 copies was typeset by hand and printed and bound by the beginning book arts students. This time we played with a novel approach: various physical and emotional attributes of a major character were suggested by the group. As individual playful stories were written about her, with no pre-conceived sequence, our character’s personality became clearer and evolved further. The stories played off each other as they were arranged, revised, and rearranged multiple times until we were satisfied with the arc of the coalesced narrative. Pop-ups and a volvelle lightened the serious mood and display our character’s maturing personality, while the play of colors enlivens each page. Images were created with linoleum, airbrush, and pochoir while the four-color images were printed on a digital printer. The notions and novelties used illustrate our character’s aesthetic sense. The décolletage image on the cover reflects the title: Unbuttoned.
Emily K. Brown
Nerissa Chiarapurk
Kim Cloward
Amerila Coplan
Katelin Jones
Jessie Norden-Hughes
Cindy Pujayana
Suzanna Sclesinger
Hana Silverstein
& Professor Kitty Maryatt
Artist Biography
Kitty Maryatt is Director of the Scripps College Press and Assistant Professor of Art at Scripps College. She has taught Typography and the Book Arts at Scripps for 21 years. She also teaches a Core Humanities class to sophomores called From Materiality to Immateriality: The Coming of the Artist Book.
All images and text copyright the artist. All rights reserved.
