Kipple

Scott Teplin, artist

born 1972

Kipple, 2001

Where object was made: Lawrence, Kansas, United States

Material/technique: wove paper; etching

Dimensions:
Plate Mark/Block Dimensions (Height x Width): 325 x 253 mm
Plate Mark/Block Dimensions (Height x Width): 12 13/16 x 9 15/16 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 435 x 353 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 17 1/8 x 13 7/8 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 25 x 20 in

Credit line: Gift of the KU Art Department, Intaglio Area

Accession number: 2002.0108

Not on display

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Brosseau Center for Learning: Six Degrees of Separation: Prints from KU and Beyond

This etching of small, pebble-like forms that both collect and scatter across a sheet of blue-tinted paper demonstrates Scott Teplin’s frequent explorations of scale, multiplication, and space. The title, Kipple, corresponds with the seemingly unending repetition of form in the etching. The popular characterization of the term “kipple” is credited to science-fiction author Philip K. Dick, who used the term to describe the useless objects of everyday life that seem to constantly reproduce without our notice.

Brosseau Center for Learning: Six Degrees of Separation: Prints from KU and Beyond

Etching is an intaglio printmaking technique. Intaglio includes all techniques (most commonly engraving and etching) where incisions or indentations are made in a plate to hold the ink and create lines. In etching, a metal plate is prepared with an acid-resistant ground. The artist draws lines through the ground that are ‘bitten’ and made deeper when the plate is immersed in an acid bath. Once the ground is removed, the artist applies ink to the plate that rests in the sunken lines but is wiped from the plate surface. The artist then places the plate against dampened paper and passes it through a printing press, which exerts the pressure necessary to transfer the ink in the sunken lines to the paper.

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