Water
Washington DC: Abstract Orange, 2024. Hardcover. $1500. Number 12 of 20 copies signed and numbered by the book artist. Lauren Emeritz is a book artist, letterpress printer and graphic artist who founded and runs Abstract Orange. She creates prints and books by hand using a Vandercook press and wood type, including type she designs and carves herself. Lauren holds a BFA in Graphic Design from the University of Delaware. She is the President and Creative Director of Abstract Orange, a graphic design firm in Washington, DC, and a letterpress associate at Pyramid Atlantic Art Center in Hyattsville, Maryland. Her work can be found in many institutional and private collections. She is currently the president of the Chesapeake Chapter of the American Printing History Association. In this quietly forceful new work designed and printed on handmade paper, Lauren explores both the positive and negative effects of water on nature and on humans. A few words of text printed in blue on the rectos describes the movement of water "water flows...joining rivers...traveling to the ocean...freezing into ice...melting back into the sea....forming clouds...drifting...raining down....shaping the land...shaping the people." This benign text is juxtaposed with ominous words printed in orange on the versos describing the negative impact of water through such words like runoff, pollution, tsunami, oil spill, mudslide, and acid rain. Printed on beautiful blue or yellow papers using handsome type created by the artist. Bound in blue book boards with the title printed in orange on the front cover and spine. and the title again printed in blue on the rear cover, with the statement "papermaking is the process of beating fiber into pulp & forming the pulp into sheets, the process uses lots of water." In fine condition. Measures 7 x 10.75 inches. Unpaginated [40 pages] ARTB/032124. Fine. More