Front cover
This beautiful publication is a 25% sized handcolored facsimile of the original screenprinted 2002 edition. The "tat" in the title is Brit slang for something cheap, or of bad quality or simply tacky. The "Chapbook" in the title references the sources of the imagery in this publication as coming from what were known as Chapbooks, which were small run and cheap publications for the masses utilizing woodcuts and illustrated with popular subject matter such as "...almanacs, children's literature, folklore, ballads, nursery rhymes, pamphlets, poetry and political and religious tracts". [wikipedia] Chabooks had their heyday from the 16th century to the 18th century when they were gradually replaced by newspapers.
If you look carefully at the individual pages you will notice that the reader was encouraged to cut out the image and fold the bottom strip in order to make the image stand upright ready for placement on the mantelpiece over the fireplace!
Mockett is a British artist, designer, teacher and illustrator with a particular interest in Pop imagery and design, and his works have been collected by institutions such as the Tate Modern, the V&A and the Yale Centre for British Art.
13 single-sided pages, individually 4" X 4.75", and when unfolded 4ft 4".
Back cover
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