2008 August

Exhibitions

BookWorks 2008
Pacific Center for the Book Arts Members' Exhibition
July 1 - September 26, 2008
San Francisco Public Library
Skylight Gallery, Sixth Floor
100 Larkin Street at Grove

Get inspired by a wide variety of books made by beginning through professional bookmakers! T-ravel:Book is in this show. Closed on Mondays.

Books Under Fire
Mills College Special Collections and Archive
5000 MacArthur Blvd., Oakland
August 25 - October 3, 2008

An overview of challenged and banned books, including first editions of challenged or banned books, alongside artist's books relating to the theme. T-ravel:Book is also in this show. Celebrate the freedom to read! These books from the Mills collection are being shown in support of Banned Books Week (September 27 - October 4) , and go hand-in-hand with the exhibition Banned and Recovered: Artists Respond to Censorship, at the San Francisco Center for the Book and the African American Museum and Library at Oakland.

Classes

Register now for Fall workshops.

Book Art 2008: Three New for Summer!

Unique books for 2008 may be seen here. See NEW editions for 2008, photos, and more info at the links below. The new editions are only available from the press.

Go Change
Edition of 7. Letterpress printed on colored film and one sheet of acrylic ink-painted paper that folds into a book and opens out into a standing book. Colored film and cutouts make a changing landscape of light. Never mind that this is the only book from the press (still in print) that begins with the letter G.

Ocean Tucked In
Edition of 7.The envelope pages are linoleum cut waves with a sleeping figure and a swooping seabird. Hints of the red film fortune-like fish show through the pages. Pull each fish out to reveal the text that metaphorically connects reading, relationships, and the ocean.

Those Who Wait Can Walk Through Walls
Edition of 15. Four black swallowtail caterpillars lived on my parsley plants in June 2008. Two matured. I saw only one emerge, but evidence of the other. The chrysalis is the case where the change takes place. Slide the folded book out of the case to hold the paper butterfly in your hand. Pull open one page of this one-sheet book to read an interpretation of waiting, changing, and growing.

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:
Donna Seager Gallery
851 Fourth Street
San Rafael, CA

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

Publications

Painted Paper: Techniques & Projects for Handmade Books & Cards
published by Sterling, is available now from the link to Amazon, above. This is my latest how-to with color step-by-step photos of techniques using acrylic inks and with many examples of how the papers can be used. Preview the contents here.

NOW AVAILABLE.
500 Handmade Books: Inspiring Interpretations of a Timeless Form (500 Series)
This thick, paperback publication contains photos of my books Steaming on the Stovetop: Poems from the Pantry, A Witness to Curious Speed and Wrapped in Their Offspring among 497 others curated by Steve Miller of Alabama and Suzanne Tourtillott, Senior Editor, Lark Books. 420 pages of full-color books. Just photos and brief descriptions. An amazing resource.

Snapshots of Book Art in Asia
I finally wrapped up my interviews and article for the Pacific Center for the Book Arts journal The Ampersand. The following people graciously gave their time: Xu Bing, Michael Cherney, Elsie Sampson, Tsang Kinwah, Kahoru Otani, Veronika Schapers, Seiko Tachibana, Peng-Peng Wang, Shu-Ju Wang, Narae Kim, and Heejung Kim. Thanks to everyone who had input. If you are interested in reading the article about book art in China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, and Hong Kong, please write for a pdf. version. Hard copies are available through PCBA.

 

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