[Scripps College Press] Maryatt, Kitty et al.

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Claremont, CA: Scripps College Press, 2010. Slipcased. Number 42 of 109 copies. Signed by the press director, Kitty Maryatt, and the students who made the book. This interesting book was inspired by a 2010 article in The Los Angeles Times on contemporary women architects. Lori Bettison-Varga, the new President of Scripps College, chose “The Genius of Women” as her inaugural theme earlier that year. As described by the press: “This gave us the perfect inspiration for our artists’ book: the genius of women architects. After extensive research and discussion, a mission statement for the book evolved: Architecture, like books, is a delicate balancing act between stability and motion, interior and exterior, aesthetic values and structural practicalities. Books, like buildings, are fundamentally inhabited spaces. They are incomplete without human interaction. This book was built by ten women paper architects. Their tools were knives and bone folders, and four Vandercook printing presses. They blended three typefaces chosen for their affinity and distinctiveness: Garamond, Ehrhardt, and Fournier. Heather paper from China was selected for its natural stone-like colors of oatmeal, sage, charcoal, and mahogany. It was exactly the right stiffness for cut-aways and pop-ups. The tops of the rising sections were hand-cut to suggest a natural landscape where built structures fit into their environment, which changes as you manipulate the book into different configurations.” Imaginatively conceived and executed. 4 x 15.75 inches with 64 pages. The double-sided accordion fold binding is housed in an acrylic slipcase. In fine condition. ARTISTSBOOKS/022412. Fine.