December 10th, the second Thursday of the month, Austin Book Workers will show up at the University of Texas I-School Building, 1616 Guadalupe St., Room 1.204 to share their interpretations of a SnowFlake Book. We will admire each others' work and then start asking questions! "Wow, that is cool! How did you get the snowglobe in there to snow?"
The variations are myriad and we hope to coax a little snow to Austin by the combined efforts of our group. (I know, be careful of that for which one wishes.) I suspect some will be small enough to hang from a slender branch and I am thinking of something heavy, made of wood. Then again, I have access to vast quantities of white foam core.
Which brings me to the second part of the meeting, the FairTradeFair. Not a gift exchange, but a swap meet. Some of my extra stuff leaves the space it has been taking up to make room for new and different stuff that has been taking up space in your place. Everyone leaves happy.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Computer Aided Page Imposition October 8, 2009
The Austin Book Workers/Book Arts October Meeting
October 8, 2009 6:30 PM
University of Texas I-School Classroom
1616 Guadalupe Street, Austin, TX 78701
There is free street parking and a garage on the west side of the building. Building security (locked after 5) requires prompt arrival.
Computer Aided Imposition
How to use your computer and printer to create multiple pages on a single sheet and have it page correctly after it is folded and sewn. The program will be a demonstration of personal computer aided page imposition for printing pages in correct order in multiple signatures or gatherings for sewing into a book block for binding. If you want to print your own books from any electronic format on any printer, this is the tool.
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Austin Book Workers (Austin Book Arts Meetup) meet the second Thursday of every month, September through May. Each meeting is a class on techniques, tools, and talent. Great creative energy.
Austin Book Workers
About Us & Our Activities
Flickr Group:Austin Book Workers has a flickr group for your book related photos. Austin Book Workers on Facebook
Austin Book Workers Homepage
Promoting books and book arts in central Texas...
October 8, 2009 6:30 PM
University of Texas I-School Classroom
1616 Guadalupe Street, Austin, TX 78701
There is free street parking and a garage on the west side of the building. Building security (locked after 5) requires prompt arrival.
Computer Aided Imposition
How to use your computer and printer to create multiple pages on a single sheet and have it page correctly after it is folded and sewn. The program will be a demonstration of personal computer aided page imposition for printing pages in correct order in multiple signatures or gatherings for sewing into a book block for binding. If you want to print your own books from any electronic format on any printer, this is the tool.
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Austin Book Workers (Austin Book Arts Meetup) meet the second Thursday of every month, September through May. Each meeting is a class on techniques, tools, and talent. Great creative energy.
Austin Book Workers
About Us & Our Activities
Flickr Group:Austin Book Workers has a flickr group for your book related photos. Austin Book Workers on Facebook
Austin Book Workers Homepage
Promoting books and book arts in central Texas...
Friday, September 4, 2009
Letter from the McCune Rare Book and Art Collection
I would like to bring to your attention the McCune Rare Book and Art Collection (http://www.mccunecollection.org). I am hoping that you might consider adding this as one of your website resources - history of the book.
The McCune Rare Book Collection is located in the JFK Library, 505 Santa Clara St, Vallejo, CA 94590. It does not charge any admission fee. One of the unique features of the McCune is that we encourage people to actually sit down and read our rare books if they are interested.
The McCune is a collection of rare book and art prints. There is a leaf from the Gutenberg Bible (ca. 1450), six other incunabula (books printed before 1501). William Morris' Kelmscott Chaucer (1896) with illustrations by Edward Burne-Jones, the Baskerville Bible (1763), the Doves Bible (1903), and many other rare books. There are famous publisher/printers represented such as Ashendene Press, Baskerville Press, Doves Press, Kelmscott Press, Golden Cockerel Press, Eragny Press, Nonesuch Press, Bruce Rogers, John Henry Nash, and Grabhorn Press.
We also have many early printers from the 15th-18th centuries. We have all the books published by the Book Club of California. We also have a working 1852 Albion Printing Press, as well as many lithographs by Henry Evans.
The McCune has recently begun to put parts of their incunabula collection online. It is under the heading "Early Printing." This section has an illustrated primer to terms used in discussing early books, but it also has a great number of photos of incunabula pages. This includes photos of the Gutenberg Bible leaf and other famous printed early works. The site gives information about the authors of such works, the printers and the subject matter. Some of the authors included are Boethius, Seneca, Virgil, Homer, Thomas Aquinas and Nicolas de Lrya. There is also additional information about other items in the collection.
We would gladly invite any who are in the San Francisco Bay area to come over to the McCune for a free tour of the collection. They can email us at mccunecollection@gmail.com to set up a date and time. We just recently hosted the Book Club of California on a tour of the collection. We extend this invitation to any of your members and readers who get out this way. Our collection is only a short walk from the ferry terminal that connects Vallejo with San Francisco.
Sincerely,
Ken Innes
McCune Collection
The McCune Rare Book Collection is located in the JFK Library, 505 Santa Clara St, Vallejo, CA 94590. It does not charge any admission fee. One of the unique features of the McCune is that we encourage people to actually sit down and read our rare books if they are interested.
The McCune is a collection of rare book and art prints. There is a leaf from the Gutenberg Bible (ca. 1450), six other incunabula (books printed before 1501). William Morris' Kelmscott Chaucer (1896) with illustrations by Edward Burne-Jones, the Baskerville Bible (1763), the Doves Bible (1903), and many other rare books. There are famous publisher/printers represented such as Ashendene Press, Baskerville Press, Doves Press, Kelmscott Press, Golden Cockerel Press, Eragny Press, Nonesuch Press, Bruce Rogers, John Henry Nash, and Grabhorn Press.
We also have many early printers from the 15th-18th centuries. We have all the books published by the Book Club of California. We also have a working 1852 Albion Printing Press, as well as many lithographs by Henry Evans.
The McCune has recently begun to put parts of their incunabula collection online. It is under the heading "Early Printing." This section has an illustrated primer to terms used in discussing early books, but it also has a great number of photos of incunabula pages. This includes photos of the Gutenberg Bible leaf and other famous printed early works. The site gives information about the authors of such works, the printers and the subject matter. Some of the authors included are Boethius, Seneca, Virgil, Homer, Thomas Aquinas and Nicolas de Lrya. There is also additional information about other items in the collection.
We would gladly invite any who are in the San Francisco Bay area to come over to the McCune for a free tour of the collection. They can email us at mccunecollection@gmail.com to set up a date and time. We just recently hosted the Book Club of California on a tour of the collection. We extend this invitation to any of your members and readers who get out this way. Our collection is only a short walk from the ferry terminal that connects Vallejo with San Francisco.
Sincerely,
Ken Innes
McCune Collection
Monday, August 3, 2009
Teachers Teach Book Binding
Priscilla Spitler, former Austin Book Worker now in New Mexico
Click here: Fall classes at Hands On Bookbinding in Truth or Consequences, NM
Wendy Hale Davis, past president of Austin Book Workers
Click here: Fall Class at AMOA Art School at Laguna Gloria
Click here: Fall classes at Hands On Bookbinding in Truth or Consequences, NM
Wendy Hale Davis, past president of Austin Book Workers
Click here: Fall Class at AMOA Art School at Laguna Gloria
Friday, July 10, 2009
Book Arts Fair Crowded with Book Lovers
We had a good crowd of about 200 in the studios at Laguna Gloria AMOA Art School Sunday afternoon July 5, 2009. There was a good mix of mostly adults with some children and young adults including AIGA student members.
Furnished with a 16-page signature, visitors added printing, woodcuts and other prints, calligraphy, paste paper and suminagashi, origami, rubber-stamping, collage or another signature, and finally added a pamphlet stitch, covers and endsheets to go home with a book!
The book hospital stayed busy with Mary Baughman handling several patients. Good vibe all afternoon with special first-bookartsfair-worker recognition for Mark Hall (letterpress), Ana Cox (pop-ups), KC Shortes and Becky Stout (folder-greeters), Evan Knight (covers), Beth Morton (with her new cherrywood hole punch cradle) and Michele Collins (origami books).
Capitol City Scribes and Austin Women Printmakers added elegance and pizzaz to the event. Olivia Primanis (decorative paper), Rollin Polk and Tom Poyner (letterpress), Helen Kwiatkowski (sewing, collage), Jinji Willingham (suminagashi) were all returning book arts fair workers. We were tired when we closed it down. Special recognition for Jinji Willingham for handling the pubicity and to Peggy Seeger for helping me get organized.
Furnished with a 16-page signature, visitors added printing, woodcuts and other prints, calligraphy, paste paper and suminagashi, origami, rubber-stamping, collage or another signature, and finally added a pamphlet stitch, covers and endsheets to go home with a book!
The book hospital stayed busy with Mary Baughman handling several patients. Good vibe all afternoon with special first-bookartsfair-worker recognition for Mark Hall (letterpress), Ana Cox (pop-ups), KC Shortes and Becky Stout (folder-greeters), Evan Knight (covers), Beth Morton (with her new cherrywood hole punch cradle) and Michele Collins (origami books).
Capitol City Scribes and Austin Women Printmakers added elegance and pizzaz to the event. Olivia Primanis (decorative paper), Rollin Polk and Tom Poyner (letterpress), Helen Kwiatkowski (sewing, collage), Jinji Willingham (suminagashi) were all returning book arts fair workers. We were tired when we closed it down. Special recognition for Jinji Willingham for handling the pubicity and to Peggy Seeger for helping me get organized.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Austin Book Workers July 2009 NEWS
BookArtsFair
UnderCoverFriends Book Swap
www.austinbookworkers.blogspot.com
Book Photos on Flickr
Classes
Olivia’s list
Book Arts Fair is Sunday July 5, 1-5 at the Art School AMOA-Laguna Gloria, 3809 West 35th Street , 1:00-5:00 pm. We have Book Workers for many of the fun stations, and more welcome. 13 Book Workers are signed up through the Book Arts Meetup to bring new energy and new ideas to the veterans of many Book Arts Fairs.
UnderCoverFriends Book Swap in June provided an interesting assortment of books/zines which bodes well for the great unCovering at the Thursday, September 10, 6:30PM meeting at the food court at Dobie Mall.
"Over the Rainbow" August 1 theme with UnderCoverFriends. The 2nd book swap is due to Anne R. Taylor in Houston by August 1. Make 3, get 3. Sweet deal. contact: Anne R. Taylor
During the summer, instead of meetings, we swap books. Anne R. Taylor coordinates this summer. First book is due in June, second in August and we show off our books at the September meeting.
The swap is to send three of the same books and receive three different books in return.
The swap will be distributed (mailed) within the first week of June and August.
The size limit is to keep each book within 5 inches by 8 inches and ½ inch thick, otherwise more postage will be required.
We have content in our books. The content can be photos, calligraphy, quotes, rubber stamps, collage, a story, history, definitions, or a combination of all of
the above, which makes it interesting and a little bit of a challenge too.=0 D
Due on June 1: “Zine*”
Due on August 1: “Over the Rainbow”
No staple bindings please; stretch your binding skills.
Priority Mail postage under one pound is $4.95, so you can either send the $4.95 stamp or check (made out to Anne Taylor) in the amount of $4.95 or send $5 in cash. No change sent in the mail please. And if no postage, no mailing will be made until postage is received.
Anne Taylor, swap host - will send her address to the yahoo list before the swap deadlines. Or e-mail Anne at artaylor@comcast.net for the address to send your books. Join the yahoo group at artistbooks@yahoogroups.com for updated info.
There are no “sign ups” for the book swap. Send Anne three of your books to arrive by August 1st(theme “Over the Rainbow”), a Saturday, and you will receive three different books back from three different artists. There are no late arrivals; the books will be saved for the next exchange if they are received after the due date.
In September we meet and share all the items we've received over the summer. Don't miss the September meeting. See fresh books made within the last three months by Austin book artists and their exchange partners.
www.austinbookworkers.blogspot.com is our new web meeting place for information exchange, questions and answers, personal triumphs. If you have photos of your work, or workshops, processes, we can share them on our blog or on Flickr.com. Simply add “ Austin book workers” tags to your photos.
ABW past president Wendy Hale Davis is teaching a book binding class this summer at The AMOA Art School http://theartschool.amoa.org/
3520 Book Binding Instructor: Davis Location: Austin, Laguna Gloria - Studio 7 Tuition:$134.00 Materials Cost: $35.00
Saturday, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM; Sunday, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM; 2 sessions starting August 1, 2009, ending August 2, 2009
Also:
3522 Creating Artful Books Instructor: Brooks Location: Austin, Laguna Gloria - Studio 2 Tuition:$105.00 Materials Cost: $0.00 Wednesday, Thursday, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM; 3 sessions starting July 15, 2009, ending July 23, 2009
If you are not on Olivia Primanis' email list, you are missing a great clipping service drawn from a variety of book related sources. Ask her to add you to the list: oliviaptx@yahoo.com
UnderCoverFriends Book Swap
www.austinbookworkers.blogspot.com
Book Photos on Flickr
Classes
Olivia’s list
Book Arts Fair is Sunday July 5, 1-5 at the Art School AMOA-Laguna Gloria, 3809 West 35th Street , 1:00-5:00 pm. We have Book Workers for many of the fun stations, and more welcome. 13 Book Workers are signed up through the Book Arts Meetup to bring new energy and new ideas to the veterans of many Book Arts Fairs.
UnderCoverFriends Book Swap in June provided an interesting assortment of books/zines which bodes well for the great unCovering at the Thursday, September 10, 6:30PM meeting at the food court at Dobie Mall.
"Over the Rainbow" August 1 theme with UnderCoverFriends. The 2nd book swap is due to Anne R. Taylor in Houston by August 1. Make 3, get 3. Sweet deal. contact: Anne R. Taylor
During the summer, instead of meetings, we swap books. Anne R. Taylor coordinates this summer. First book is due in June, second in August and we show off our books at the September meeting.
The swap is to send three of the same books and receive three different books in return.
The swap will be distributed (mailed) within the first week of June and August.
The size limit is to keep each book within 5 inches by 8 inches and ½ inch thick, otherwise more postage will be required.
We have content in our books. The content can be photos, calligraphy, quotes, rubber stamps, collage, a story, history, definitions, or a combination of all of
the above, which makes it interesting and a little bit of a challenge too.=0 D
Due on June 1: “Zine*”
Due on August 1: “Over the Rainbow”
No staple bindings please; stretch your binding skills.
Priority Mail postage under one pound is $4.95, so you can either send the $4.95 stamp or check (made out to Anne Taylor) in the amount of $4.95 or send $5 in cash. No change sent in the mail please. And if no postage, no mailing will be made until postage is received.
Anne Taylor, swap host - will send her address to the yahoo list before the swap deadlines. Or e-mail Anne at artaylor@comcast.net for the address to send your books. Join the yahoo group at artistbooks@yahoogroups.com for updated info.
There are no “sign ups” for the book swap. Send Anne three of your books to arrive by August 1st(theme “Over the Rainbow”), a Saturday, and you will receive three different books back from three different artists. There are no late arrivals; the books will be saved for the next exchange if they are received after the due date.
In September we meet and share all the items we've received over the summer. Don't miss the September meeting. See fresh books made within the last three months by Austin book artists and their exchange partners.
www.austinbookworkers.blogspot.com is our new web meeting place for information exchange, questions and answers, personal triumphs. If you have photos of your work, or workshops, processes, we can share them on our blog or on Flickr.com. Simply add “ Austin book workers” tags to your photos.
ABW past president Wendy Hale Davis is teaching a book binding class this summer at The AMOA Art School http://theartschool.amoa.org/
3520 Book Binding Instructor: Davis Location: Austin, Laguna Gloria - Studio 7 Tuition:$134.00 Materials Cost: $35.00
Saturday, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM; Sunday, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM; 2 sessions starting August 1, 2009, ending August 2, 2009
Also:
3522 Creating Artful Books Instructor: Brooks Location: Austin, Laguna Gloria - Studio 2 Tuition:$105.00 Materials Cost: $0.00 Wednesday, Thursday, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM; 3 sessions starting July 15, 2009, ending July 23, 2009
If you are not on Olivia Primanis' email list, you are missing a great clipping service drawn from a variety of book related sources. Ask her to add you to the list: oliviaptx@yahoo.com
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
2009 Book Arts Fair Sunday July 5, 1-5pm
2009 Book Arts Fair Sunday July 5, 1-5pm
The Twentieth-Something Annual Book Arts Fair –
Bring the family and join us for our 20th-Something Annual celebration! Hands-on, book-related fun for all ages.
What: Annual Book Arts Fair at AMOA-Laguna Gloria
Date: Sunday, July 5st, 2007
Where: 3809 West 35th Street in Art School Classrooms close to the water.
Time: 1:00pm until 5:00pm.
This event is Free and indoors.
Contact: austinbookworkers@gmail.com
The Book Fair is a celebration of the handmade book and the arts associated with it. There will be demonstrations and hands-on events including: paper marbling, paste paper making, calligraphy, miniature book making, pop-up books, creative book structures, working with leather, fine press printing, marbling, calligraphy and paper making.
The event is free, indoor and fun. Come enjoy this hands-on educational opportunity for book lovers of all ages.
Austin Book Workers’ goal is promoting books and book arts in central Texas. Through programs, workshops, and education, Austin Book Workers’ aim is to make Central Texans -- and the world! -- more aware of books and book arts.
Our members are diverse: bookbinders, conservators, calligraphers, retired persons, students, artists, and people who just love books, professional or amateur. The common thread among this eclectic group is the love of books. As a group, we explore everything from artists’ books to fine bindings. Currently, we ask for donations of $12 a year from members.
ABW meets the second Thursday of every month, September through May. Traditionally, September is our Under Cover Friends Revealed program. Programs vary from month to month and center on techniques, tools, and talent.
For more information: austinbookworkers@gmail.com
The Twentieth-Something Annual Book Arts Fair –
Bring the family and join us for our 20th-Something Annual celebration! Hands-on, book-related fun for all ages.
What: Annual Book Arts Fair at AMOA-Laguna Gloria
Date: Sunday, July 5st, 2007
Where: 3809 West 35th Street in Art School Classrooms close to the water.
Time: 1:00pm until 5:00pm.
This event is Free and indoors.
Contact: austinbookworkers@gmail.com
The Book Fair is a celebration of the handmade book and the arts associated with it. There will be demonstrations and hands-on events including: paper marbling, paste paper making, calligraphy, miniature book making, pop-up books, creative book structures, working with leather, fine press printing, marbling, calligraphy and paper making.
The event is free, indoor and fun. Come enjoy this hands-on educational opportunity for book lovers of all ages.
Austin Book Workers’ goal is promoting books and book arts in central Texas. Through programs, workshops, and education, Austin Book Workers’ aim is to make Central Texans -- and the world! -- more aware of books and book arts.
Our members are diverse: bookbinders, conservators, calligraphers, retired persons, students, artists, and people who just love books, professional or amateur. The common thread among this eclectic group is the love of books. As a group, we explore everything from artists’ books to fine bindings. Currently, we ask for donations of $12 a year from members.
ABW meets the second Thursday of every month, September through May. Traditionally, September is our Under Cover Friends Revealed program. Programs vary from month to month and center on techniques, tools, and talent.
For more information: austinbookworkers@gmail.com
Saturday, February 28, 2009
March 2009 Calendar
Austin Book Workers aka Austin Book Arts Meetup
March 2009 Calendar
1. Meeting at Frugal Media, 5400 N Lamar #103, Austin, 6:30 pm Thursday, March 12, 2009 (in case you are reading this in 1959). We will make decorative paper Japanese style for covers, endsheets, fly leaves, origami, frames, corners, envelopes, calligraphy, etc. All materials and instruction provided by Jinji Willingham (she of BookFair fame). Inspiration here: http://www.flickr.com/search/?s=int&w=all&q=suminagashi&m=text
2. Wendy Hale Davis Coptic Binding workshop at Jerry’s Artarama (6010 N.IH 35Austin, TX 78752), Saturday, March 7, 12pm-3pm. ($5 to make a book, free to watch).
For inspiration click here.
Wendy’s website is here.
3. Dues Are Due! (were due 1/1/09) Unchanged since 1984, $12 will get you annual membership in Austin Book Workers, all our meetings/classes, BookFair fun, UnderCoverFriends book exchange during the summer, and the privilege of rubbing shoulders with the best and brightest book artists in Austin without having to worry about your $12 being invested in credit default swaps.
4. Austin Book Workers on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?topic=8574&uid=46858700605#/group.php?gid=46858700605 free and open.
Austin Book Workers on Meetup.com: http://bookarts.meetup.com/69/ free and open.
Austin Book Workers Blogspot: http://austinbookworkers.blogspot.com/
Austin Book Workers Flickr Group: http://www.flickr.com/groups/661399@N20/ free and open. This is a public group.
5.Houston Book Arts: Dates set for the Book Arts Retreat! May 1-3, 2009!
Posted by: "leesteinertw" http://us.mc830.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=leesteinertw@yahoo.com&Subject=%20Re%3ADates%20set%20for%20the%20Book%20Arts%20Retreat%21%20%20May%201-3%2C%202009%21leesteinertw
Fri Feb 27, 2009 6:31 pm (PST)
Who? Book Arts members and their creative friendsWhat? Weekend Book & Paper Retreat at Earthsprings near Crockett, TXWhen? Friday May 1st until Sunday May 3rdWhere? visit www.earthsprings. net to see the beautiful piney woods of East Texas and to sense the tranquility to be found on 63 acres without cell phones and computers! Why? We all need a chance to get away and recharge our creative batteries. With our 3 meals provided for us each day, we are free to explore the grounds and/or spend our time at the spacious Lodge trying out new book techniques and exchanging ideas. As a theme, I suggest (and will coordinate): Decorative Spines, including Longstitch, Tacketed Spines, and traditional stitch patterns such as the Hemp Leaf, tortoise shell stitch, and the spider web stitch. We may also enjoy just bringing our own projects to work on, quilting bee style, where we can hang out together and share ideas but still do our own things. If there is enough interest, I will lead a papermaking session with natural elements from Earthsprings beautiful setting. Glenda, the owner, and I had discussed using the Sweet Gum saplings to make pulp. And How? Contact me, Lee Steiner, as soon as possible! The deadline to hold your space is March 16th! We need to put in a deposit to hold the Bunkhouse for that weekend so I ask everyone interested to commit $50 (approx. 1/3 of the cost for two nights)towards their stay. Glenda will give us a group discount AND last year's prices! I can't tell you how much I loved being at Earthsprings last summer. I will be at the Houston meeting next Thursday night, March 5th and would love to set this plan in motion! Please respond soon!sunny and cool,Lee
6. Austin Book Worker: Helen Kwiatkowski has two paintings in the Biennial! The opening should be big fun.... and she would love to see you (book artists) there!...
AND- if you're interested in the other Biennial events on Saturday & Sunday.... check out the website below.
TEXAS BIENNIAL 2009 EXHIBITION DATES MARCH 6th - APRIL 11th
Curated by Michael Duncan, A Los Angeles-based independent curator and art critic,
FRIDAY, MARCH 6th 6:00 - 8:00 pm Opening of Group ExhibitionMexican American Cultural Center 600 River Street, Austin2009 Texas Biennial Regular Hours: Mexican American Cultural Center, Tuesday - Thursday 10:00 am - 6:00 pm, Saturday 12:00 - 5:00 pm. For more information and maps to all the venues visit TEXASBIENNIAL.COM
March 2009 Calendar
1. Meeting at Frugal Media, 5400 N Lamar #103, Austin, 6:30 pm Thursday, March 12, 2009 (in case you are reading this in 1959). We will make decorative paper Japanese style for covers, endsheets, fly leaves, origami, frames, corners, envelopes, calligraphy, etc. All materials and instruction provided by Jinji Willingham (she of BookFair fame). Inspiration here: http://www.flickr.com/search/?s=int&w=all&q=suminagashi&m=text
2. Wendy Hale Davis Coptic Binding workshop at Jerry’s Artarama (6010 N.IH 35Austin, TX 78752), Saturday, March 7, 12pm-3pm. ($5 to make a book, free to watch).
For inspiration click here.
Wendy’s website is here.
3. Dues Are Due! (were due 1/1/09) Unchanged since 1984, $12 will get you annual membership in Austin Book Workers, all our meetings/classes, BookFair fun, UnderCoverFriends book exchange during the summer, and the privilege of rubbing shoulders with the best and brightest book artists in Austin without having to worry about your $12 being invested in credit default swaps.
4. Austin Book Workers on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?topic=8574&uid=46858700605#/group.php?gid=46858700605 free and open.
Austin Book Workers on Meetup.com: http://bookarts.meetup.com/69/ free and open.
Austin Book Workers Blogspot: http://austinbookworkers.blogspot.com/
Austin Book Workers Flickr Group: http://www.flickr.com/groups/661399@N20/ free and open. This is a public group.
5.Houston Book Arts: Dates set for the Book Arts Retreat! May 1-3, 2009!
Posted by: "leesteinertw" http://us.mc830.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=leesteinertw@yahoo.com&Subject=%20Re%3ADates%20set%20for%20the%20Book%20Arts%20Retreat%21%20%20May%201-3%2C%202009%21leesteinertw
Fri Feb 27, 2009 6:31 pm (PST)
Who? Book Arts members and their creative friendsWhat? Weekend Book & Paper Retreat at Earthsprings near Crockett, TXWhen? Friday May 1st until Sunday May 3rdWhere? visit www.earthsprings. net to see the beautiful piney woods of East Texas and to sense the tranquility to be found on 63 acres without cell phones and computers! Why? We all need a chance to get away and recharge our creative batteries. With our 3 meals provided for us each day, we are free to explore the grounds and/or spend our time at the spacious Lodge trying out new book techniques and exchanging ideas. As a theme, I suggest (and will coordinate): Decorative Spines, including Longstitch, Tacketed Spines, and traditional stitch patterns such as the Hemp Leaf, tortoise shell stitch, and the spider web stitch. We may also enjoy just bringing our own projects to work on, quilting bee style, where we can hang out together and share ideas but still do our own things. If there is enough interest, I will lead a papermaking session with natural elements from Earthsprings beautiful setting. Glenda, the owner, and I had discussed using the Sweet Gum saplings to make pulp. And How? Contact me, Lee Steiner, as soon as possible! The deadline to hold your space is March 16th! We need to put in a deposit to hold the Bunkhouse for that weekend so I ask everyone interested to commit $50 (approx. 1/3 of the cost for two nights)towards their stay. Glenda will give us a group discount AND last year's prices! I can't tell you how much I loved being at Earthsprings last summer. I will be at the Houston meeting next Thursday night, March 5th and would love to set this plan in motion! Please respond soon!sunny and cool,Lee
6. Austin Book Worker: Helen Kwiatkowski has two paintings in the Biennial! The opening should be big fun.... and she would love to see you (book artists) there!...
AND- if you're interested in the other Biennial events on Saturday & Sunday.... check out the website below.
TEXAS BIENNIAL 2009 EXHIBITION DATES MARCH 6th - APRIL 11th
Curated by Michael Duncan, A Los Angeles-based independent curator and art critic,
FRIDAY, MARCH 6th 6:00 - 8:00 pm Opening of Group ExhibitionMexican American Cultural Center 600 River Street, Austin2009 Texas Biennial Regular Hours: Mexican American Cultural Center, Tuesday - Thursday 10:00 am - 6:00 pm, Saturday 12:00 - 5:00 pm. For more information and maps to all the venues visit TEXASBIENNIAL.COM
Friday, January 30, 2009
Austin Book Workers February 12 meeting
February 12, 6:30pm at Dobie Mall (in the food court next to the Dobie Theater) Sonia will lead us in making a functional travel book with an accordian fold, pockets, pages, and places to put maps, ephemera, etc. She is providing the materials for a $5 fee. Bring basic tools if you have them, (if you don't, we share) - bone folder, scissors, craft knife and pad, PVA, spreader....
There is food available in the food court and parking available in the parking garage. Call me at 699-7236 if you need assistance finding a parking place or the food court.
Frugal Media (5400 N Lamar) has offered us a regular meeting place in the back of their used bookstore. Go by, check them out and introduce yourself to Erik.
Jerome Collins
There is food available in the food court and parking available in the parking garage. Call me at 699-7236 if you need assistance finding a parking place or the food court.
Frugal Media (5400 N Lamar) has offered us a regular meeting place in the back of their used bookstore. Go by, check them out and introduce yourself to Erik.
Jerome Collins
Friday, January 9, 2009
Book Fair, July 2008
Pictures of Book Fair.
Austin Book Workers and their friends demonstrate book making, book structures, the history of the book, paper making, marbling, suminagashi, paste paper making, gold tooling, calligraphy, letter press printing, and making miniature books. There were several hands-on areas where kids of all ages had fun playing.
Austin Book Workers and their friends demonstrate book making, book structures, the history of the book, paper making, marbling, suminagashi, paste paper making, gold tooling, calligraphy, letter press printing, and making miniature books. There were several hands-on areas where kids of all ages had fun playing.
Book Arts Fair, July 5th, 1-5pm, Austin, Texas
20th-Something Book Arts Fair
Sunday July 5, 2009 1:00-5:00pm Indoors
Austin Museum of Art graciously lets us use their Art School facilities at beautiful Laguna Gloria for this free event, open to the public, and air-conditioned.
Austin Book Workers and their friends demonstrate book making, book structures, the history of the book, paper making, marbling, suminagashi, paste paper making, gold tooling, calligraphy, letter press printing, and making miniature books. There are several hands-on areas where kids of all ages can have fun playing.
Book Fair is a celebration of the handmade book and the arts associated with it. There will be demonstrations and hands-on events including: paper marbling, paste paper making, miniature book making, pop-up books, creative book structures, working with leather, fine press printing, history of the book, calligraphy, paper making and a children's book hospital where a child may bring his or her board book to be repaired.
The event is fun as well as a hands-on educational opportunity for book lovers of all ages. For more information austinbookworkers@gmail.com
Sunday July 5, 2009 1:00-5:00pm Indoors
Austin Museum of Art graciously lets us use their Art School facilities at beautiful Laguna Gloria for this free event, open to the public, and air-conditioned.
Austin Book Workers and their friends demonstrate book making, book structures, the history of the book, paper making, marbling, suminagashi, paste paper making, gold tooling, calligraphy, letter press printing, and making miniature books. There are several hands-on areas where kids of all ages can have fun playing.
Book Fair is a celebration of the handmade book and the arts associated with it. There will be demonstrations and hands-on events including: paper marbling, paste paper making, miniature book making, pop-up books, creative book structures, working with leather, fine press printing, history of the book, calligraphy, paper making and a children's book hospital where a child may bring his or her board book to be repaired.
The event is fun as well as a hands-on educational opportunity for book lovers of all ages. For more information austinbookworkers@gmail.com
Who We Are
Austin Book Workers is an organization dedicated to furthering bookmaking and book arts in Austin, Texas, from ancient scrolls to e-books. We meet the second Thursday of every month, September through May.
Through programs, workshops, and education, Austin Book Workers aim is to make central Texans -- and the world! -- more aware of books and book arts. The common thread among us is the love of books. As a group, we explore everything from artists books to fine bindings. Our members are diverse: bookbinders, conservators, calligraphers, retired persons, students, artists, and people who just love books.
Currently, our dues are $12 a year for membership. Please go to our organization's main website for further information.
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