[Item #82333] Pop-Topping! Pop-Top Terp. POP-TOP TERP, Kenneth Patton, Joseph Freeman, photographs, aka Gonzalo Chavez.

Pop-Topping! Pop-Top Terp

Radnor: Chilton Book Company / Chilton's Creative Craft Series, 1975. First Edition. First Printing. Quarto (26.5cm); orange cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in red-orange and pink on spine; dustjacket; xiv,191,[1]pp; illus. Black and white photographs (halftones) throughout, and concludes with index. Minimal external wear; internally clean, fresh, and unmarked; Near Fine. Dustjacket unclipped (priced $12.50) with crinkling to base of spine, and modest creasing and tanning to upper edge verso; Near Fine.

The rather uncommon hardcover edition of the classic work on "pop-topping," or the recycling and repurposing of disposable beverage can tabs to create clothing, jewelry, accessories, and art. Gonzalo Chavez, aka "Pop-Top Terp," is credited as the 1970s fashion designer to lead the metallic clothing, Pop-topping Movement. Extensively illustrated with photographs by Joseph Freeman. [82333].

Price: $75.00

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