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Paste Paper and Paste Cloth

Post author:springleafpress
Post published:February 11, 2011
Post category:Artist Books Surface Decoration

If you have been in the book arts world even for the smallest amount of time, you have probably seen an array of paste paper and paste cloth.Â It is a great decoration technique that gives the artist complete customizing ability with color and design. This is a material that I revisit often because of all of its benefits because its only limit is your imagination. I was first introduced to the wonders of paste cloth and its potential by Martha Cole during her presentation at the 2008 Guild of Book Workers Standards of Excellence. Her work is absolutely stunning…

January: Jacob’s Ladder

Post author:springleafpress
Post published:February 2, 2011
Post category:Artist Books Collaboration

The third week of January, I finished a book that is part of a new activity I started with my friend, Kristen, of Space Paste Press. Kristin and I live far away from one another; I live in Indiana and she lives in Pennsylvania.Â In order to spark new projects and to eliminated the inspiration lacking periods, we came up with a monthly "assignment." The first week of each month, we would give ourselves a book assignment that would have to be completed before the month is out.Â With the help of modern technology, we use video chatting which allows…

brushed salt and silver

Silver, Salt, Screen

Post author:springleafpress
Post published:January 21, 2011
Post category:Surface Decoration Workshops

Sunday, I participated in a workshop as part of the College Book Arts Association conference in Bloomington. The workshop was given by Amanda Lee, a graduate student at IU. We assembled in the printing studios on campus and got to work right away. We learned about the chemicals involved with the salt printing processes. It is important that these ratios are precise or the results will be affected. We required a solution of salt and a solution of silver to make the prints. In this instance, the salt was to be mixed with gelatin as opposed to the usual way…

CBAA

Post author:springleafpress
Post published:January 18, 2011
Post category:College Book Arts Association

As posted earlier, this past weekend was the College Book Arts Association's annual conference.Â The weekend was kicked off Thursday with a reception at Lilly Library amongst a wonderful exhibit of bindings and artist books. There is never enough time to spend with such great books, but for those who have never seen them before, it was a great introduction. Friday began with a large group of panels. There were so many to choose from making me feel overwhelmed, but those I was able to attend were very interesting.Â I saw a range of academic presentations showcasing research projects as…

College Book Arts Association

Post author:springleafpress
Post published:January 12, 2011
Post category:College Book Arts Association

Beginning tomorrow is the College Book Arts Association conference held here in Bloomington, Indiana. Among the events are several workshops, panels and lots of socializing, not to mention tours and exhibits. I am really looking forward to seeing friends from out of town. After weekends like this, I come away feeling energized, inspired and ready to work. Updates to come soon...