I’ve been too busy with other stuff recently to think much about my own bookmaking projects. Last month my computer died unexpectedly (isn’t that always the way it works?) and I had to get a new one with an updated operating system. For a while it looked like I wasn’t going to convince my very old but much loved inkjet printer to work with my new setup and as I looked at large format inkjet printers as replacements, I began dreaming up new projects to try. But after more cajoling, my faithful printer is working again, so why spend the money and (much worse) considerable learning time on a new one?
But there must be something in the air, because small nudges to work on something new seem to happen every day. Yesterday my friend Kate sent a link to a contest at Lulu: Create a Mini Photography Book. Win $500. Even if I don’t enter the contest, their new mini books have interesting possibilities. They have 2 sizes, 3.75×2.5 and 5.25×3.5. The smaller one is $3.99 each for a 20 page book, and I probably couldn’t make a small edition for that price (see all the details here).
And then came a call for entries for Broadsided! The Intersection of Art and Literature, an exhibition of letterpress printed broadsides in October in Portland…. guess I better get busy!
Whips are cracking in your direction, Ms. Green Chair!