Category Archives: review

Two Projects

Posted on February 13, 2022 by Byopia Press

I am working on two projects currently. The first is the daily page in my little booklet for #GuylaineLab on Instagram. Here’s what it looked like after the first eleven days.

Posted in art, artist's books, book arts, review | Tagged , , , , , | 2 Comments

Making Artists Books

Posted on February 28, 2021 by Byopia Press

I recently wrote several posts —Pocket Book: Theme and Variations Part One,  Pocket Book: Theme and Variations Part Two, and Pocket Book: Theme and Variations Part Three— that began with an unusual book structure used by Wendy Feldberg. Here is … Continue reading →

Posted in art, artist's books, book arts, bookbinding, review | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Ruth Smith’s Folded Secrets 3 and 4

Posted on November 22, 2020 by Byopia Press

Last week I wrote about the first two books in Ruth Smith’s Folded Secrets series. Today’s post will be about the last two books.

Posted in artist's books, book arts, bookbinding, paper folding, review | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Ruth Smith’s Folded Secrets 1 and 2

Posted on November 15, 2020 by Byopia Press

In the summer of 2017, when I was looking for the folding pattern for this collapsing box, I discovered the Chinese Thread Book/Zhen Xian Bao and the work of Ruth Smith. I learned from the internet that she had written … Continue reading →

Posted in artist's books, book arts, review | Tagged , , , , , | 25 Comments

Happy Leopard Book Launch

Posted on November 18, 2018 by Byopia Press

It has been a busy week. I submitted an application for an exhibition at the Saskatchewan Craft Council Gallery in Saskatoon. (This took several days, and the hardest part was cutting my C.V. to two pages. Most places let you … Continue reading →

Posted in artist's books, book arts, review | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Book Dynamics!

Posted on September 2, 2018 by Byopia Press

I mentioned last Sunday that I had received the copy of Book Dynamics! I had ordered. It is a delight, featuring three dozen artist’s books made by Ed Hutchins between 1989 and 2007.

Posted in artist's books, book arts, bookbinding, Design, free printable, moveable books, review | Tagged , , , , , , | 7 Comments

The Architecture Pack

Posted on February 11, 2018 by Byopia Press

On Monday this week I was offered a copy of The Architecture Pack by Ron van der Meer and Deyan Sudjic. I accepted with alacrity (and small joyful noises) since, among other things, it is a pop-up book.

Posted in book arts, Design, knitting, moveable books, recipe, review | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

Books, Boxes And Portfolios

Posted on February 19, 2017 by Byopia Press

I haven’t written a book review for a while. (The last one was almost a year ago.) The inspiration to review a book this week came from two sources: one of the bloggers I follow posted pictures of some of … Continue reading →

Posted in book arts, bookbinding, Design, review | Tagged , , , , | 6 Comments

Japanese Bookbinding

Posted on March 20, 2016 by Byopia Press

As I mentioned on Friday, I had a terrible week last week due to problems with technology. (I hate learning experiences.) I got quite a bit of knitting done while David wrestled with my computer —my email program more specifically. … Continue reading →

Posted in artist's books, book arts, bookbinding, review | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

Slightly Foxed —but still desirable

Posted on January 24, 2016 by Byopia Press

When I began to read as a child, I had a favourite uncle who always gave me a book for Christmas. I am not sure whether he gave me books because he was my favourite uncle, or if he was my favourite uncle … Continue reading →

Posted in art, illustration, publishing, review | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment