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Newsletter
February 2024
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Hello Book Artists,
Thank you to everyone who made it to our annual meeting in January. It was a cold day but twenty-three people braved the cold to hear about the progress our Guild has made over the last year. We had a great auction and lots of visiting with friends. We plan to have another auction in May during the Tiny Book Party.
We have several ongoing projects in 2024 and several new projects to begin this year. The list includes the Fairbanks Antique Auto Museum collaboration and June show, The Art-o-Mat Haiku Letterpress books, The UAF Museum Journals, Letterpress Broadsides, Alphabet books (see the February Program Meeting description below), and NBG as the Guest Artist for the month of October at Two Street Gallery in downtown Fairbanks. All these projects provide opportunities for our members to engage by making books, learning letterpress, or volunteering to participate in an activity.
Please remember to renew your membership for 2024. Your membership dues provide a benefit to both you and the Guild. Visit our website nwbookarts.org to renew your membership online.
Please review the newsletter to keep up to date with everything that is happening this month. Happy Heart month.
Corlis Taylor
NBG President
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Northwoods Book Arts Guild
Program Meeting
Alphabet Adventures in Oxford!
Sunday, February 25, 2024
2-4pm
On Zoom
Watch for the Zoom link invitation on Friday February 23rd
Join Ashley Thayer as she talks about experiencing Robert Bolick’s exhibition Alphabets Alive! in person at the world renowned Bodleian Library. Margo Klass and Laurel Herbeck will join in to give a slideshow presentation on a few selected works from Robert’s vast collection. After the presentation, stay tuned for the unveiling of a new and exciting alphabet themed NBG project.
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NBG Workshop
Layered Accordion
Instructor: Connie Stricks
Saturday, February 24, 2024
9:30am - 4:30pm
Workshop Fees: Members $105, Guests $140
Materials Fee: $25
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This small but elegant book structure is a combination of simple devices—accordion folds, windows, and the pamphlet stitch. It is constructed in layers and woven together, giving it visual and sculptural complexity. Your choice of collaged additions provides personal imagery. Cover boards, wrapped with paper, complete the project. The model constructed at the beginning of class will provide the basis for understanding the mechanics of the structure and becomes a reference for our second book and for using this structure for future projects.
Tools & Materials
Participants Bring*: Awl, bone or Teflon folder, cutting mat with grid (18” x 24”), fine line pencil and eraser, glue papers, scoring tool, rulers (two 2” x 18”; one 3” or 3.5” x 18” -plastic quilters rulers are recommended), bumper, small needle nose pliers, steel measuring rules, X-acto knife or utility knife with extra blades, scissors
Instructor will supply: Paper, board, double sided tape and adhesive sheets, needle piercing board, PVA glue, glue sticks, waxed linen thread
*Please contact the instructor if you do not have any of these tools and materials.
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NBG Workshop
Traditional Cased-in Bookbinding
Instructor: Tyson Rinio
Saturday & Sunday, March 2 & 3
12 - 3pm
UAF Rasmuson Library, Book Repair Lab
Workshop Fees: Members $120, Guests $150
Materials Fee: $20
Workshop Limited to 4 participants
Early registration is appreciated.
This workshop will focus on creating a traditionally bound book using vintage bindery equipment. Signatures will be assembled by cutting, folding, and trimming parent sheets of paper. The text block will be sewn on linen tapes, then cased into a cloth-bound cover with a rounded and backed spine. A title will be added using a hot foil stamping machine.
The class will take place in the book repair lab of UAF’s Rasmuson Library where students will be introduced to the equipment and practices of a classically trained book binder. Due to limited table space the class will be limited to to 4 participants; this will also allow for ample one-on-one attention. The cased-in codex created in class will serve as a model for future projects.
A list of materials and tools will be emailed to registered participants.
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Instructor Bio
Tyson Rinio is the Off-Campus Services librarian at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, where he has worked since 2011. He studied book binding with Mark Andersson at Panther Peak Bindery in Tucson Arizona in 2015. He has also studied repair work with Artemis Bona Dea who established Alaska's first Conservation Book Repair Program at the Alaska State Library, and with Juliayn Coleman of Book Island Bindery.
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NBG Workshop
Coptic Cross-stitch
Instructor: Laurel Roos Herbeck
March 23 & 24
Saturday 10am-4:30pm
Sunday 12-4:30pm
Members $165, Guests $220
Materials fee: $ 10
Workshop limited to 8 participants
Intermediate level: Coptic binding experience required.
Early registration is appreciated.
Do you love an eye-catching book spine? This class will teach you a structure that combines Coptic stitch and Cross-stitch in an elegant and stunning binding. Students should have experience with two-needle Coptic Binding and come to class with 8 folded sections (paper chosen for the purpose of the journal) to fit 7” tall x 5.5” wide covers, guards, end papers and book cloth of your choice. Also bring standard book arts tools and 6 to 9 bookbinders needles (teacher will have some extra). Teacher will provide book boards and thread.
Make Class payment at the NBG Studio with cash or check written to the Northwoods Book Arts Guild. Materials fee is paid directly to Instructor as cash (preferred) or by check.
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Newport Paper & Book Arts Festival
April 11 - 13, 2024
Newport, Oregon
This annual conference for paper and book artists takes place on Oregon’s coastal town of Newport and nearby communities. One and two-day workshops will be offered by the 2024 roster of instructors: Casey Newman, Chris Bentley, Connie Stricks, Glenda Goodrich, Iris Sullivan Daire, Margo Klass, Pietro Accardi, Randi Parkhurst, Rose James, and Sandi Reinke.
REGISTRATION IS OPEN!
https://coastarts.org/newport-paper-book-arts-festival/registration/
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Focus on Book Arts
June 26 - 30, 2024
Monmouth, Oregon
Focus on Book Arts is a conference of book and paper arts in Monmouth, Oregon. FOBA offers five days of workshops, along with a Trade Show, Artists’ Fair, Faculty-Staff Exhibition, and several evening events. Workshops are taught by professional instructors in bookbinding, printing, decorative papers, paper making, book art, and more.
Flyer for FOBA available here.
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NORTHWOODS BOOK ARTS GUILD
CALENDAR
NBG Open Studio &
Boreal Book Arts Showcase Hours
Wednesdays, 12-2pm
NBG Meeting
Coptic Binders
Thursday, February 8, 2-4pm
NBG Meeting
FAAM Project Meeting
on Zoom
Thursday, February 22, 5:30-6:30pm
NBG Workshop
Layered Accordion
Saturday, February 24, 9:30am-4:30pm
NBG Program Meeting
Alphabet Books
on Zoom
Sunday, February 25, 2-4pm
NBG Workshop
Traditional Cased-In Bindings
Saturday & Sunday, March 2 & 3, 12-3pm
NBG Workshop
Coptic Cross-Stitch
Saturday, March 23, 10am-4:30pm
Sunday, March 24, 12-4:30pm
NBG Program Meeting
Zines Zines Zines
on Zoom
Sunday, April 21, 2-4pm
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