Check out these hand cut topo maps inspired by the Minnesota 10,000 lakes from Marnie Karger of Crafterall. She talks about her method and inspiration in these 2 interviews: here and here.
Month: October 2009
Craft in America
 Here in the bay area, our local PBS station is showing a 2-part series called Craft in America. (I think it’s the continuation of a series that started last year.) According to this article from the SF Chronicle, the second program (entitled Process) features two Bay Area artists, book artist Julie Chen (that’s her to the right) and printer Tom Killion. I’ve got the shows set up to record on our DVR, and you can also watch season 1 online.
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Prevention Magazine
My Food Diary is mentioned in the November issue of Prevention Magazine. I’ve been making these little books using the double fan binding method for a long time for myself, and about a year ago made some extras to see if anyone would buy one. I’ve made 3 more batches since then, many more than I thought I’d sell!
Booksetting
Rhiannon sent me link to a post of 30 Alphabet Recreations — alphabets made of every day objects, like food or clips made to hang frames on the wall. Above is the one I liked best. The woman who made it says
Building up the letters also reminded me very much of typesetting, as every type made of colored books had to be blocked with white books, just as it is done in letterpress, where large areas of white space are created by wooden blocks called furniture.
See more details here.
Broadsided: The Intersection of Art and Literature
 23 Sandy Gallery, in Portland, has an exhibition of letterpress printed broadsides this month. But you don’t have to go to Oregon to see it — they have an excellent online catalog of the show. It includes not only pictures, but the text of all the works! To the right is one I particularly liked — Katie Harper’s Everything Dances — probably because I’m always partial to wood type and any dance quote. |
Twenty-Ten Mini Calendar
After a lot of waffling about whether or not to print a calendar for 2010, I gave up on a month-by-month extravaganza and instead did a mini entire-year-on-one-page design — it’s 5″ x 7″, a small edition of 65, printed on 110lb lettra, in 3 colors. You can see some close-up photos here.