Spring Classes

I'm starting to get my schedule in order for workshops and classes this May and June. In addition to once-a-week workshops in the studio, I am scheduled to teach "Writing and the Creative Process" at JFK University. More info as things are finalized and confirmed. See the Classes page for details.

Days Made Strange: Perpetual Letterpress Haiku Bookcalendar

You know that you know someone who needs a calendar that lasts forever and entertains everyday, right? Well, it is available. It is called Days Made Strange. It is a perpetual letterpress haiku bookcalendar with fifty loose prints in a booklike holder: seven days, twelve months, thirty-one dates. A forever calendar that is also an interactive book and a work of art. See the link to learn more. Now available at the lovely Seager Gray Gallery.

Blog & Instructional Book

I began a blog November 2010. I write 7-9 posts per month, supplementing the structures book with thoughts on the creative process, creative writing, exploratory essays on writer/artists and exhibitions, and including a craft project here and there. If you wish to ask questions about a certain post, please click on "comments" at the footer. I'll be happy to reply. See makinghandmadebooks.blogspot.com.

For a cool way to browse the blog visually, check out: flipcard for thumbnails and snapshot for all the photos that appear on the blog linked to the posts (snapshot only lists posts that have images, however). Fun to play with, anyway.

Making Handmade Books: 100 Bindings, Structures and Forms is my fifth instructional book, a compilation and revision of the first three books plus new material, 16 or so new structures, and 41 statements from professional artists who make books and/or teach bookmaking.

Generations Literary Journal

Generations: A Jounal of Ideas and Images, a beautifully and thoughtfully produced literary and art magazine was launched in the Fall of 2010 by Kiala Givehand, a Mills College MFA graduate. Issue One was themed "Expectations." The second issue has just been released and includes my story "Compassion." In another form the story was part of my one-of-a-kind piece, Jury Box. You can order the excellent-looking and inspiring journal here. Read more about "Issue Two: Influences" here.

Upcoming

Three of my one-of-a-kind works will be included in the upcoming 2012 book from Rockport Press, 1000 Artists' Books: The Value of Secrets, See Through, and Beautiful Tattoos. You can find them on this page from 2010.

Representation

You may purchase books directly from the press via cash, money order, or check.

If you prefer to pay by credit card, the following dealers represent never mind the press:

Seager Gray Gallery (formerly Donna Seager Gallery in Mill Valley)
23 Sunnyside Avenue
Mill Valley, CA
Open: Tuesday-Saturday, 11am - 6pm

Vamp & Tramp, Booksellers, LLC
South Hall Building
1951 Hoover Court, Suite 205
Birmingham, AL 35226-3606

Previous Exhibitions

ArtRead: Bookworks from CCA Students and Faculty
Curated by Betsy Davids, Alisa Golden, and Nance O'Banion
Photos of the books here.
Catalogue and preview of catalogue available here.

Wings for Words: New Bookworks from Korea and Japan
Curated by Alisa Golden
Photos of the exhibit here.
Catalogue may be purchased from the San Francisco Center for the Book.

Publications

Snapshots of Book Art in Asia
In Summer 2007, my interviews and article for the Pacific Center for the Book Arts journal The Ampersand was published. Tsang Kinwah and Heejung Kim have posted the article on their websites. Sangmi Chun has posted excerpts on her blog. I'm happy to report that I've now got it online with active links so you can see all the artists and artwork easily.

The following people graciously gave their time: Xu Bing, Michael Cherney, Elsie Sampson, Tsang Kinwah, Kahoru Otani, Veronika Schäpers, Seiko Tachibana, Peng-Peng Wang, Shu-Ju Wang, Narae Kim, Sangmi Chun, and Heejung Kim. Thanks to everyone who had input. Hard copies of the magazine are available through PCBA. The article became a prelude for the Wings for Words exhibit at the San Francisco Center for the Book in 2009.

Here is an article "The Background's The Thing" that I wrote in September 2008 for the Pacific Center for the Book Arts Journal The Ampersand, comparing book art to science fiction short-short stories from the 1960s.

My friend and colleague, Lisa Kokin had an exhibition at the Donna Seager Gallery called Panacea Plus. I was honored to be asked to write the essay for her catalogue. The full-color catalogue is available (with the introductory essay) from lulu here. You can see a video of her discussing and showing her work here.

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