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Word of Mouth Artist Book by Molly Berkson

$250.00

In Word of Mouth, artist Molly Berkson uses the structure of the book to highlight her experience after she lost most of her hearing from a rare autoimmune disorder in September 2022. The book contains words that, based on mouth shape and consonant sounds, serve as probable alternates for the title words Word of Mouth.

Word of Mouth was produced in 2025 by Molly Berkson in Petaluma, California at the In Cahoots Residency.

Each interior page was printed with wood type from the print shop at In Cahoots. The introduction page and the last page were printed using polymer plates. All pages are Mohawk Superfine paper.

Edition of 18.

8”x9.5”

*Consignment item. Not eligible for 10% membership discount. All consignment purchases are final and non-refundable once shipped.

In Word of Mouth, artist Molly Berkson uses the structure of the book to highlight her experience after she lost most of her hearing from a rare autoimmune disorder in September 2022. The book contains words that, based on mouth shape and consonant sounds, serve as probable alternates for the title words Word of Mouth.

Word of Mouth was produced in 2025 by Molly Berkson in Petaluma, California at the In Cahoots Residency.

Each interior page was printed with wood type from the print shop at In Cahoots. The introduction page and the last page were printed using polymer plates. All pages are Mohawk Superfine paper.

Edition of 18.

8”x9.5”

*Consignment item. Not eligible for 10% membership discount. All consignment purchases are final and non-refundable once shipped.

Molly Berkson (she/her) lives in Chicago, Illinois and works as a Studio Assistant at Steracle Press and a Teaching Artist at Lillstreet Art Center. In April 2024, she began creating limited edition handmade paper under the name Too Blue Press. Her recent work in papermaking, printmaking, and book arts aims to describe her recent experience with sudden hearing loss, disability, and grief. Through graphic shapes and text-as-image, she explores how communication and sound can be described visually from her perspective of a late-deafened individual. She is also interested in how grief can be intertwined with nostalgia, and how to invoke a sense of time using experimental fiber in hand papermaking and imagery that reference found ephemera and collections.

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