Lisa Rappoport

Lisa Rappoport began printing in 1997 under the imprint Trouser Press, and changed the name to Littoral Press a couple of years later. Being a book artist and letterpress printer feels like the ideal blend of words and image, craft and physical labor for this dedicated artist. The work of the press concentrates on poetry but includes many genres. Lisa teaches letterpress printing and bookbinding at the San Francisco Center for the Book.

Nautilus (2001) is designed, written, printed letterpress, and assembled by Lisa Rappoport. Within a wooden box painted by one of several artists (Andrew Larkin painted the boxes pictured), a nautilus shell nests on a bed of moss. From the mouth of the shell a poem about the nautilus emerges on a narrow, 25″-long scroll. Types: handset Centaur and Arrighi. Paper: Fabriano Roma light green. Printed in darkest sea green. Edition of 21, of which each is unique. Size of box: from about 3.5″x5″x7″ to 5″x6″x9″. Nautilus is in the collections of the University of Tulsa, the Marriott Library at the University of Utah, Texas Tech at Lubbock, San Jose State University and the Wallace Library at Wheaton College. $135.

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