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Student Narrative
Gossip is a craft and a kind of labour that women have used to create and sustain social networks for centuries. In spaces like quilting bees and sewing circles, gossip has been a form of resistance where women exchanged knowledge and wove their stories together both literally and metaphorically. There's a deep connection between textiles, computing, and discourse. What I love about gossip is that it operates on different levels-it's a form of cultural labour, walks the line between care and control, but it's also joy. It's celebration, and it's survival. A radical reclamation of leisure and connection.
This artist’s book explores the relationship between gossip and textiles through an image archive, a pixel font inspired by Gutenberg's first font Textura, and an icon set inspired by Susan Kare's pixel designs for the initial web.
Publication Date
Winter 1-1-2025
Description
Entry for the 12th Baker & Whitehill Student Artists' Book Contest. Opening reception and award ceremony Wednesday, February 25, 2026 at 6:30pm, Fleet Library, 1st Floor Main Reading Room. Juror: Gabrielle Reed.
Keywords
artists' books; Baker & Whitehill
Disciplines
Book and Paper
Student Status
Graduate student
Year of Graduation
2026
Major
Graphic Design
Faculty / Course
Graphic Design Grad Studio 1, Bethany Johns & Ramon Tejada
Materials + Techniques
Book, paper, book cloth, letterpress endpapers, laser printing
Recommended Citation
Khodanovich, Deborah; Collections, Special; and Library, Fleet, "Gossip: An Investigation into the Feminine Art of Conversation" (2025). 12th Baker & Whitehill Student Artists' Book Contest 2026. 23.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/bookcontest12th2026/23