BACK STORIES

Welcome to Back Stories, a place where I deposit all of the things going on in my head while I am working in the studio or galavanting around collecting the source materials I use in my artwork. I try to share a bit of insight into one working artist’s studio life, my hunt for the materials I use and the rabbit holes I go down learning about the histories, stories and hidden treasures lurking inside the pages of these materials.

Kristy Battani 6/14/19 Kristy Battani 6/14/19

Fox Trot, Anyone?

“Learn how to do all the new dances—quickly and easily in the privacy of your own home.” — (The Other) Betty White

Kristy Battani 5/12/19 Kristy Battani 5/12/19

A Bit Scarry

I connect with Richard Scarry’s love of chaos and order.

Kristy Battani 2/28/19 Kristy Battani 2/28/19

Flight Patterns

For many pilots, logbooks become a diary of their travels, an adventure scrapbook of sorts.

Kristy Battani 2/15/19 Kristy Battani 2/15/19

Primerly

So many things to love about old reading primers….the Century Schoolbook font, the compact size, the simplicity of the stories: “They had eggs for dinner. They had milk. They had cake. They had ice cream.” Enough said.

Kristy Battani 2/1/19 Kristy Battani 2/1/19

Timetables

Time is such an elusive commodity. Artmaking always seems to resist any prescribed timetable.