Category Archives: art

Friday Night Flicks: William Blake

Posted on June 2, 2023 by Byopia Press

Some might consider William Blake to be the original book artist, controlling every aspect of production, and personally selling his work door-to-door. Tonight’s short flick is about the printing process employed by Blake in producing his books and prints.   … Continue reading →

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Friday Night Flicks: Dieter Roth

Posted on May 26, 2023 by Byopia Press

Dieter Roth produced an extensive series of artist’s books in his lifetime: some were new works, some were altered works. (The first altered book I encountered back in the early 1970s was one of Roth’s Literaturwurst series.) Tonight’s flick features … Continue reading →

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In Praise of the Binder Clip

Posted on May 21, 2023 by Byopia Press

I like stores that sell tools and materials: art supply stores and fabric stores and hardware stores and stationary stores. One of the often overlooked treasures in the last-mentioned is the humble binder clip.

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Friday Night Flicks: One Step Away

Posted on May 12, 2023 by Byopia Press

The role of computer technologies in our life is increasingly under discussion these days. It seems appropriate to check out how people are combining new technologies with the traditional idea of the book. Today’s flick features an experiment in combining … Continue reading →

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Friday Night Flicks: Dia al-Azzawi

Posted on May 5, 2023 by Byopia Press

On March 26, 2023 I mentioned the Dia al-Azzawi: Painting Poetry exhibition on at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England. Tonight’s flick features curator Francesca Leoni‘s introduction to the works in the show and the ideas behind the pairings with … Continue reading →

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A Bit of Spring Cleaning

Posted on April 23, 2023 by Byopia Press

Before I talk about the spring cleaning, I will show you the one piece I made this week. It’s called Kintsugi and is an analog collage I made for Earth Day 2023.

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Catch-Up Week

Posted on March 26, 2023 by Byopia Press

I will be doing some catching up this coming week after spending far too much time selecting images for my Zoom presentation for CBBAG.

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Hither and Thither

Posted on March 19, 2023 by Byopia Press

A number of things were accomplished this week but the biggest project was selecting the images for my upcoming Zoom presentation for the Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild.

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Friday Night Flicks: Print In Real Time Collective

Posted on March 17, 2023 by Byopia Press

Print in Real Time Collective has produced only one artists’ book, which is shown in the video, but I think much of their output is book-related. In 2019, artist Kjellaug Hatlen Lunde (founder of the print workshop Kunstkvarteret Trykk in … Continue reading →

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Friday Night Flicks: Tauba Auerbach

Posted on March 10, 2023 by Byopia Press

You may have encountered the work of Tauba Auerbach before. Her Colorspace Atlas did the rounds on all the major art/design sites when it was released in 2011. (You can read more about it and see more images on this … Continue reading →

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