BOST 2016 Wrap Up

Post author:springleafpress
Post published:June 15, 2016
Post category:Events Visits

Throughout the year, I work for many solitary hours in my studio. It is rare that I connect with people outside of my own setting unless I am working with someone on a commission or book repair work. I havenâ€™t exhibited much in town, and I donâ€™t make it out to many gallery openings, so I love to participate in the Bloomington Open Studios Tour. The tour has been a great way, my main way, to connect with people in my local community that are interested in the book arts. Just before the tour, I, and a few other artists…

A visit from the Book Arts Bunch

Post author:springleafpress
Post published:August 13, 2014
Post category:Visits

The Book Arts Bunch (BAB) is an Indianapolis based group ofÂ book artists and enthusiasts organized by Jack Cooney for the last 10 years. This group is just one more way to stay in contact with professionals in the field and to discover the great resources that we are for one another. I first met Jack around the time the group began assembling and was instantly charmed by his enthusiasm for all things books and history. I love joining the group any chance I can get up to Indianapolis for their meetings. So it was with great enthusiasm that I suggested…

Open Studios Tour Recap

Post author:springleafpress
Post published:June 10, 2014
Post category:Visits

To begin, I want to thank EVERYONE who came by my studio during the tour, and another big thank you to everyone who attended any part of the rest of the tour. Without people touring, it would be a pretty bad event! The first day of the tour was Saturday, June 7th. I spent all morning running around making sure I had everything I needed, but once the first visitors arrived, I finally relaxed. Quickly, I realized the wonderful thing about events in town: you discover and meet all of the great people that are all around you. Some of…

Dard

Post author:springleafpress
Post published:July 16, 2013
Post category:Papermaking Visits

I spent another great weekend at Hook Pottery Paper to help with some keepsakes for this year's Friends of Dard Hunter Conference. I arrived Friday to some fantastic summer weather on the farm and right away set to help prep some of the fiber that would be used that weekend, but not before I admired the goat cheese being made in the kitchen. The portion of the keepsakes that I was helping with are going to be envelopes that will hold other items. The envelopes will be charcoal in color with the round flaps folded to the center. When opened,…

According to What?

Post author:springleafpress
Post published:July 9, 2013
Post category:Visits

A visit to the exhibitÂ Ai Weiwei: According to What? at the Indianapolis Museum of Art I first heard about Ai Weiwei and his work when a friend sent me a link to a video about his sunflower seed project created for the Tate Modern in London. The project involved 1,600 people from Jingdezhen, a town that is historically known for its porcelain production, who helped make and hand paint 100 million sunflower seeds (to scale). The sunflower seed is not only a political symbol in Chinese imagery, but it is also a very familiar item to many people. Made using…