Artists' Books
Toot toot! : A book about fruit
Description
1 volume. "This book was printed at the Scripps College Press in Spring 2018 as the course final project for ARTS 135: Typography and Book Arts taught by Prof. Blassingame. The theme of the course was the edible fruits on the campus of Scripps College and in the surrounding area. Each student focused on a single type of fruit that grows on the campus." -- Colophon. "This book has been printed on Rives Lightweight and Langdell paper. The typefaces in this book include Scripps College Old Style, Caslon, and Optima. We used linocuts, pressure printing, and cut vinyl for images. Each section of the book is in accordion format, and sections are held together by a piano hinge binding." -- Colophon "The students of the Spring 2018 Typography and Book Arts class chose to focus on the role of ten fruit trees in marketing, tourism, cuisine, labor, and popular culture."--Preliminary leaf. Edition of 80.