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APRIL 2019
NEWSLETTER
Happy Spring!
There is no program meeting this month, but there are several classes and studio sessions to feed and inspire your budding book artistry.
- Check out Mary Maisch's Book and Board class on April 6 - a "basics" class specifically tailored to those who want to focus on the proper techniques involved in this fundamental skill.
- Join us in the Letterpress Shop on April 10 - this beginning class with Bruce Campbell will introduce you to the fundamentals of letterpress printing.
- Learn a new structure with Ashley Thayer's Contemporary Limp Binding class on April 13 - a fresh look at a historical binding which includes learning how to make traditional end bands.
See below for more information and registration!
STUDIO SESSION
Book Cloth & Board Basics
with Mary Maisch
Saturday, April 6, 2019
please note corrected date
12 - 4pm, NBG Studio
$40 members $60 non-members
$10 materials fee
Limited to 10 participants
4 spaces remain
Do you have drawers full of beautiful book cloth that you are a little afraid to use? Did you make book cloth at our March meeting and wonder what to do with it? This beginning level class is meant to help you get started with cutting cover boards and covering them with book cloth. We will make a basic book board covering model, cut and wrap two boards in book cloth, then glue in a blank concertina sheet that you can fill with content later, and learn how to make an inset for cover art as we prepare a flat spine case binding. Book boards and a variety of book cloth will be provided.
More information and registration here.
STUDIO SESSION
Letterpress: Print a Quote
with Bruce Campbell
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
6 - 8:30pm, NBG Studio
$30 members $40 non-members
$5 materials fee
Limited to 6 participants
With the upcoming publications of IMPRINTS, our inaugural Letterpress printed edition of artist books, we are again able to schedule classes in our Print Shop! This beginners session is open to just six participants, as space is limited. Learn to set type, manage a chase, ink the printer plate, and print a short quote on one of our two Kelsey presses.
Participants should bring a
very short quote (not more than two lines), p
encil, eraser, a
pron, and cloth rag for inky fingers.
Note: This class requires contact with lead type. Appropriate precautionary measures are required.
More information and register here.
WORKSHOP
Contemporary Limp Binding
with Ashley Thayer
Saturday, April 13, 2019
10am - 4pm, NBG Studio
$60 members $75 non-members
$10 materials fee
Limited to 10 participants
This timeless book structure has been around since the Middle Ages, getting its name from its flexible animal skin covers. Using historic limp bindings as our inspiration, we will make our books using Khadi paper in lieu of vellum, learn how to work traditional end bands, and sew the text block over leather supports. The leather is then laced through the cover, making this is a non-adhesive structure that utilizes many techniques that can be applied to a variety of bindings. Come learn all about this amazingly versatile piece of codex history!
More information and registration here.
Mark your calendars!
IMPRINTS Publication Celebration
IMPRINTS will be celebrated with a publication party on Friday, May 17, 5:30-7pm. The evening's program will include a trip down the memory lane of creating IMPRINTS, readings by its authors, presentation of the limited edition books, and sale of broadsides. Stay tuned for more information.
Because of space limitations, only members and their guests
will be invited to this special event.
... AND OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
Call for Submissions
All Stitched Up
An international juried book arts exhibition
Sponsored by University of Puget Sound
Tacoma, WA
April 30 - submission deadline
Call for Submissions
Word | Image | Obje
ct 2019
An international juried book arts exhibition
Curated by Abecedarian Artists' Books
Denver, CO
May 19 - submission deadline
UAF Summer Sessions
WORKSHOP
3D Bookmaking: Box Books
with Margo Klass
May 31 - June 1 and 2, 2019
Information available
here.
NORTHWOODS BOOK ARTS GUILD
CALENDAR
Studio Session
Book Cloth & Board Basics
with Mary Maisch
Saturday, April 6, 2019
noon - 4pm
NBG Studio
Studio Session
Letterpress: Print a Quote
with Bruce Campbell
Wednesday, April 10
6 - 8:30pm
NBG Studio
Workshop
Contemporary Limp Binding
with Ashley Thayer
Saturday, April 13
10am - 4pm
IMPRINTS Publication
Members' Event
Friday, May 17
5:30 - 7pm
More information to come
Next Program Meeting
Sunday, May 19, 1-3pm
NBG Studio
Learn about and support Northwoods Book Arts Guild!
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