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Artist’s Books, Zines, & Other Lovelies by Nikki Thompson

Deconstructed Artichoke Press (aka Nikki Thompson) makes the artist’s books, zines, broadsides, and more. She’s a bookbinder, printmaker, and poet with work that featuring social justice, relationships, disability, & humor.

My books are generally made of accordions, my zines from a single sheet of paper. And I teach you how to make them! Check out my classes page to see when and where I’m teaching. Or check out my Krafty Kits for an at-home experience.

I appear at various book and craft fairs, including Codex, San Francisco Center for the Book’s Roadworks, San Francisco Bay Area Printer’s Fair and Wayzgoose, San Francisco and Sacramento’s Zine Fairs, and more. My books appear in collections all over the country from libraries at Brown University, California College of the Arts, Dartmouth College, Kelmscott Books, New York Public Library, Otis College of Art and Design, Powell's Books, Scripps College, University of California Berkeley, University of California Los Angeles, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Greensboro, University of Washington, among others.

First Place, Collapse, in Gallerie Renee Marie's Art of the Book. Purchase prize winner in 23 Sandy Gallery's Built.

First Place, Collapse, in Gallerie Renee Marie's Art of the Book.
Purchase prize winner in 23 Sandy Gallery's Built.

Honorable mention, Blue Book, in Bright Hill's 25th Anniversary Juried Book Arts Exhibition

Honorable mention, Blue Book, in Bright Hill's 25th Anniversary Juried Book Arts Exhibition

Honorable mention winner, Dodger Blues, in SLOMA's and Central Coast Printmakers' Pressing Matters.

Honorable mention winner, Dodger Blues, in SLOMA's and Central Coast Printmakers' Pressing Matters.