Interesting, and rather eye-catching, sculptures by artist Alicia Martin. Somehow I feel this scene could just have easily been pulled from my wife’s dreams…
Advanced notice of another great arts event held in Deep River early this fall.
The Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild (CBBAG) is thrilled to announce it is in the planning stages of Art of the Book 2013, a juried exhibition of members’ work. Submissions are welcomed from the traditional to cutting edge design. The categories will be: Fine Binding; Papermaking; Paper Decorating; Calligraphy; Box Making; Fine Printing; and [...]
CBBAG Book Arts Fair, Saturday, June 16, 2012, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. CBBAG will be holding a Book Arts Fair in Toronto on June 16, 2012, at Eastminster United Church on Danforth Avenue, next to the Carrot Common. Admission is free for the general public. CBBAG members are welcome to exhibit (and you can [...]
EDGE DECORATION WORKSHOP: March 24th, 2012 Artist: Christine McNair workshop fee: CBBAG members: $85 non-members: $100 material fee: TBD A one-day workshop focusing on the range of edge decoration methods both modern and traditional available to the contemporary bookbinder. Techniques covered will include sprinkling, edge colouring, the painted edge, Japanese semi-gilding, mono offset, an image [...]
Mixed media and book artist Holly Dean will be hosting a series of weekend workshops starting the second Saturday in February at her studio in Merrickville. Workshops range from how to incorporate text into your artwork to creating hand-bound muse journals, all with the goal to help you learn new techniques and approaches to your [...]
Each Spring, The Alcuin Society holds an annual competition for Excellence in Book Design in Canada. The 30th anniversary of the Alcuin Book Awards will be held this coming March 31st and is open to all Canadian book designers. The Alcuin Society encourages students, private presses and self publishing artists to participate in this [...]
Hope to see everyone there!!
Margaret Lock will once again be running her letterpress course this July. I would highly recommend taking it for anyone looking to get a solid understanding of proper printing techniques and design. Details are below: Introduction to Typesetting and Letterpress Printing Workshop 2-3 July, 2011 taught by Margaret Lock, at 231 Johnson Street, Kingston Workshop hours are [...]