Units

Creator

Sara Smith

Description

"Units is a set of 27 letterpress printed cards in a folded enclosure. The concept is based on the repurposing of architecture and the seemingly interchangeable lives conducted within. On one side of the cards is the outside of a building (loosely based on downtown White River Junction, VT). The other side of the cards show the people and activity on the inside. Some cards even show the top and bottom views of the goings on. The cards are slotted to allow assembly of different buildings and configuration of occupants. Pen and ink illustrations, letterpress printed with photo polymer plates on French Speckletone paper." - https://mcbaprize.org/sarah-smith-units/

Publisher

Sara Smith (self-published)

Subject

Comics, storytelling

Extent

Variable, closed: 4 x 3 x .75"

Style

Printed cards in a folded enclosure

Material

Cardstock

Technique

Letterpress with photo polymer plates made from ink drawings

Date

2019

Other Information

More information on the artist and their work can be found here: https://mcbaprize.org/sarah-smith-units/ and here: https://www.olfactorygleanings.com/books

Recommended Citation

Smith, Sara, "Units" (2019). Rollins College Book Arts Collection. 6.
https://scholarship.rollins.edu/book_arts/6

Exhibit Location

This work was featured in the Olin Library as a part of the exhibition “Common Ground: Selected Works from The Rollins Book Arts Collection” from September 18, 2021 – December 31, 2021.