Emily McVarish
American writer, designer, book artist and associate professor at California College of the Arts
About Emily McVarish
Born 1965. Emily McVarish is an artist.
Emily McVarish (born 1965) is an American writer, designer, book artist and professor at California College of the Arts. She lives and works in San Francisco and her work primarily takes the form of books.
Career McVarish's books are die-cut, handset, printed, and bound. Her book Quickstead was selected as the Alastair Johnston Award Winner in 2014.
Clifton Meador says "she uses the form of the book to explore things that cannot be explored any other way".
Her work has been exhibited at Lesley University in Cambridge the Center for Book Arts in New York, and the San Francisco Public Library
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American writer, designer, book artist and associate professor at California College of the Arts
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Emily McVarish was born in 1965.
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