Category Archives: installation

Friday Night Flicks: Mirrors of Babel by eL Seed

Posted on March 26, 2021 by Byopia Press

I showed work by eL Seed once before on Friday Night Flicks. Mirrors of Babel is not instantly recognizable as calligraffiti, but it comes from those roots. Installed for Nuit Blanche in Toronto in 2018, the work is based on … Continue reading →

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Square Dance is now open

Posted on January 17, 2021 by Byopia Press

My solo exhibition Square Dance has been installed at the Saskatchewan Craft Council Gallery and is now open to the public under current Covid-19 rules.

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Friday Night Flicks: Pnit by Pneuhaus

Posted on June 28, 2019 by Byopia Press

Tonight’s flick is an unlikely choice for two reasons: the video was featured on Colossal, which means it already has extensive exposure, and it has nothing to do with paper, or books, and only a tenuous relationship with animation. It … Continue reading →

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An Accordion Book with Removable Spine

Posted on January 27, 2019 by Byopia Press

I saw this structure a while back on Pinterest. It turned up again recently. The image is from the announcement of a workshop —now long past— offered by Cristina Balbiano d’Aramengo. I tracked down an email address for her and … Continue reading →

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More Paper Toys

Posted on May 27, 2018 by Byopia Press

I have continued to play with making paper toys and produced two more this week. This one’s called Feed The Troll. The object of the game is to flick small items (paper clips, candy wrappers, used chewing gum) at the … Continue reading →

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Friday Night Flicks: Emmanuelle Moureaux

Posted on January 19, 2018 by Byopia Press

I don’t usually include still images in the Friday posts, but I wanted to show you what caught my eye on Dezeen this week: images of a paper installation by Emmanuelle Moureaux entitled The Colour of Time. The exhibition is … Continue reading →

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Pictures Of An Exhibition

Posted on July 2, 2017 by Byopia Press

Done! (Well, almost.) The exhibition was hung, displayed for a week, celebrated for an evening, and dismantled. The ‘almost’ is because I still have to finish all the little books to go with If I could save time in a bottle.

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Last Minute

Posted on June 25, 2017 by Byopia Press

I have pre-written and scheduled this as I will be at the gallery doing the final stages of set-up when it gets posted. Please drop in if you are in the Saskatoon area while the show is on. There will … Continue reading →

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Friday Night Flicks: Pokras Lampas and Julien Breton

Posted on May 26, 2017 by Byopia Press

Time for two more calligraphy videos, today featuring “the largest calligraphy artwork in the world” and lettering with light. The rooftop calligraffiti piece by Pokras Lampas may indeed be the biggest in the world. It is certainly large and the … Continue reading →

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Little Boxes

Posted on May 7, 2017 by Byopia Press

I have been playing with bits of paper and making little boxes this week. Back in early April I mentioned working on a new piece called If I could save time in a bottle. Each copy will include 4 small … Continue reading →

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