Pictures of all the books in our local biannual artist’s book show are on the web now. Below are 2 examples. The first is Heath Frost’s “Flying Alphabet for Grownups” (she also has one entitled “Flying Alphabet for Kids”). The second is “A Walk Through the Woods” by Mario Hinojoza. More here.
Besides my teapot papercut, I’ve been intending to turn the pop-up from my book Winter’s Song into a matchbox book. And here it is. This pop-up was inspired by my cat, Elwood, who likes to sleep on my feet at night. The book is a 1-3/8″ x 2″ accordion-folded book with a paper-cut pop-up at the end. See more here.
Helen Hiebert is doing a paper weaving every day until she reaches 100. She started on Sep 23. Here’s one of them. You can see all on her pinterest board or follow her progress on her blog. All the designs are really quite varied!
My friend Barb showed me how to make this dos-a-dos (2 sided) book from a single sheet of paper. It’s in Helen Hiebert’s book Playing with Paper. The dos-a-dos book is pretty skinny, but I think it’s a good structure to have in my arsenal. I’m going to try it with a few non-standard sized papers to see if I can make it a bit wider. Click here or the picture to the left for a large view of the instructions.
The San Francisco Center for the Book’s latest exhibition is “Superstition 13”:
Superstition 13 is a juried show which invites artists to investigate superstition and the esoteric….rtists are encouraged to submit book works which speak to the mysterious, the alchemical, the arcane – both written and unwritten.”
Tom Leech, the printer at the Palace Press at the Palace of the Governors here in Santa Fe, submitted “The Scottish Play,” a chapbook of Act IV, Scene 1 from Shakespeare’s Macbeth. This is the scene where the witches chant “Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and caldron bubble.” It’s handset type (all 36pt but of different faces). I bought a copy of the book, and here’s a few spreads. Be sure to read the very entertaining colophon pictured at the end of the post. Notice I got copy 13 (or maybe they are all copy 13!)
