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Newsletter
September 2024
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Hello Book Artists,
The newsletter team is back to writing after a short summer break. The September NBG newsletter is full of information about our upcoming events and activities.
There are two things to be aware of for the month of September. Our Program Meeting is scheduled for Sunday the 22nd. It will be a full meeting hosted on Zoom with presentations and conversation around the topic of how to price your artwork and book art conference reports. Also this month on the 29th is the day to turn in your artwork for our Guest Artist of the Month and First Friday exhibit at 2 Street Gallery opening October 4th. Remember anything you enter into the show must be for sale so the program meeting topic on pricing your work will hopefully be helpful for you.
We will begin having Open Studio sessions on the 2nd Sunday of every month beginning with Sunday, September 8th from 1:00 to 3:00pm. Laurel Herbeck will be your host, please stop by. It is a great opportunity to share what you are working on, ask questions, share ideas, browse our library and purchase needed supplies or tools at Paper Birches. Open Studio Sunday edition will continue on October 13, November 10 and finish the year on Sunday, December 8. Wednesday, Open studio continues every Wednesday from noon to 2:00pm.
Corlis Taylor
NBG President
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Northwoods Book Arts Guild
Program Meeting
Sunday, September 22, 2024
1 - 3pm
On Zoom
Zoom link will be sent on Friday, September 21
Join the NBG community for an exciting
3-part program meeting on Zoom:
The Provisional Press:
A new opportunity at Northwoods Press
Pricing Your Books:
Panel Discussion by NBG members
What we Learned:
Show and Tell by members who attended
Newport Paper Book Arts Festival and Focus On Book Arts
First, Bruce Campbell will introduce the Provisional Press, a new opportunity for our members to add printed images and texts to their artist books. See article below for more information about the Provisional Press.
Next we will focus on the challenge of pricing your handmade books for the retail market. This moderated panel will discuss different perspectives as each member talks about the elements that go into their process of setting prices.
Lastly, NBG members will share structures created and techniques learned during recent workshops at FOBA and the Newport Book Arts Festival. Samples will be shown during our Zoom program and then displayed at the studio for personal examination during Open Studio sessions. Join us to see what new ideas we brought home.
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Provisional Press
for Image and Text Printing
Introducing the newest addition to the Northwoods Book Arts Guild’s Letterpress Studio is a Provisional Press. The Provisional Press is a cylinder press sold as a kit that one assembles with glue and simple wood screws. See: ProvisionalPress.com
Similar in function to much more expensive proof presses, AKA poster presses such as a Vandercook Model 01 ($2,795) or a Morgan Line-O-Scribe (M771, $995), The Provisional Press is a lightweight, easy to handle, and easy to operate press for $200 to $230.
Book Artists can consider using a provision press to create graphic images or printed text. Images can be carved in vinyl, linoleum, or Shina wood available for purchase through Paper Birches. Text can be set in type and locked in a galley (Bruce is available to help.) It is also possible to set patterns using P22 blocks, and likely much more.
The NBG Provisional Press is ready for you to use. Bruce is available to schedule time so you can print with the press. In addition, Bruce Campbell and Sara Tabbert are offering a class at The Folk School Fairbanks where you can build your own press, tentatively scheduled for November 7 - 9.
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ITOC: Boreal Echoes Exhibit Features NBG Members
Bear Gallery at Pioneer Park
September 6-27, 2024
First Friday Opening September 6, 5-7pm
The opening of In a Time of Change: Boreal Echoes is Friday, September 6, 5-7pm in the Bear Gallery at Pioneer Park. Boreal Echoes is the seventh major ITOC exhibition since the program was founded by the Bonanza Creek Long-Term Ecological Research program in 2007. Seven of the fourteen artists exhibiting work in Boreal Echoes are NBG members. Join us to celebrate original artwork inspired by the boreal forest, created in the confluence of the arts, humanities, and sciences.
Click the button below to view more about the ITOC program.
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Northwoods Book Arts Guild
ABC Challenge
Inspired by Robert Bolick’s ABC book collection, NBG members are invited to make their own alphabet-themed books. Any structure/format/medium related to book arts is welcome! This will be a slow paced, stress-free project that will culminate as a display in the
BOOKS AS ART 4 exhibition at the Bear Gallery taking place in June 2025.
To check out Robert’s blog, visit http://books-on-books.com
All members of NBG are invited to sign up for this challenge! There is no fee to
participate, and we will hold optional meet ups (virtual or in-person) to discuss
ideas and share our progress. To join this fun and exciting new challenge email Ashley.
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NBG Exhibition
2 Street Gallery Featured Artist
for the Month of October
Artwork Intake
Sunday, September 29th
1-4pm
NBG Studio
First Friday Exhibit Opening
Friday, October 4th
5-8pm
2 Street Gallery, Downtown Fairbanks
2 Street Gallery in downtown Fairbanks has invited the Northwoods Book Arts Guild to be their Featured Artist for the month of October 2024! All current NBG members are invited to display and sell new and original artist books or artist book related items at the gallery for the duration of the show. Work includes but is not limited to handmade books, journals, cards, letterpress creations, or handmade tools associated with artist book making. All artwork must be for sale (with 40% of the sale going to 2 Street Gallery as a consignment fee). Please email Oralee Nudson if you have questions about the exhibit.
Artist submissions must be dropped off at the NBG Studio on September 29th between 1 and 4pm, or by making special arrangements ahead of time.
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Open Studio Sundays
2nd Sunday of the Month
1-3pm
A weekend opportunity to stop by the NBG Studio, exchange ideas, shop at Paper Birches, and work side by side with other members of the Guild. We continue to evolve a weekend/evening alternative for those who cannot make our Wednesday afternoon Open Studio, or those looking for more time in the NBG Studio.
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Northwoods Book Arts Guild
Save the Date: November Program Meeting
with Linda Marshall of Washi Arts
The Northwoods Book Arts Guild November Program Meeting will be a presentation by Linda Marshall of Washi Arts. Linda will guide us through the world of Japanese Papers. We will be making simple books of papers and learning their properties and uses. More details and pre-registration (with materials fee information) will be in our October Newsletter. We will meet in the Noel Wien Library Learning Lab, where we'll watch Linda's presentation via Zoom and assemble our book of Japanese paper samples together.
We are very excited to have a virtual guest and in-person combined meeting! The new Learning Lab is a wonderful space and will accommodate about 40 people.
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Blue Ribbon Books!
Congratulations to Guild members Margo Klass and Corlis Taylor who won blue ribbons and a red ribbon for their books entered into the Creative Arts Division of the 2024 Tanana Valley State Fair. It was the first time NBG was represented at the Fair, and hopefully the beginning of a tradition! It’s a great way to let the public know about the world of book arts that exists right here in our own community.
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NBG Board Member Ashley Thayer
wins Prestigious Award!
“A book fit for a queen!” That’s how Ashley’s book was described by a juror of the 2024 International Bookbinding Competition sponsored by the Society of Bookbinders Society. Ashley was awarded the ABA Educational Trust Award for Historic Binding at a ceremony that took place in York, England where she received the award in person.
The label identified her book as “Embroidered Binding” which identifies the technique she used to embellish the covers and spine of her book, but lacks information about the elegance and charm of its imagery. Inspired by 17th century embroidery motifs, Ashley’s designs are variations of a rose-like flower whose stem, buds, and leaves delicately fill the bordered spaces on the book’s covers and spine.
A New York collector is now the lucky owner of this delightful book.
Congratulations, Ashley!
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NORTHWOODS BOOK ARTS GUILD
CALENDAR
NBG Open Studio &
Boreal Book Arts Showcase Hours
Wednesdays, 12-2pm
Sundays: Sept 8, Oct 13, Nov 10, Dec 8, 1-3pm
Book Arts Exhibition
ITOC: Boreal Echoes
First Friday
September 6, 5-7pm
Exhibition open Sept 6-27th
NBG Activity
Coptic Binders Meet Up
Thursday, September 12 , 4-6pm
NBG Program Meeting
Sunday, September 22, 1-3pm
2 Street Gallery Artwork Intake
Sunday, September 29, 1-4pm
NBG Exhibition
2 Street Gallery
First Friday
October 4, 5-8pm
Exhibition open Oct 4-29th
NBG Activity
Coptic Binders Meet Up
Thursday, October 10, 2-4pm
NBG Activity
Coptic Binders Meet Up
Thursday, November 7, 2-4pm
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Learn about and support Northwoods Book Arts Guild!
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