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Endings and Beginnings

Posted on February 5, 2023 by Byopia Press

This week saw the completion of my response to the January #areyoubookenough challenge prompt: Expectations.

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Heart-In-Hand

Posted on January 29, 2023 by Byopia Press

My maternal grandfather was Pennsylvania Dutch, so it is possible that he made a papercut valentine or, perhaps, a heart-in-hand love token for my grandmother.

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Friday Night Flicks: Mohawk Paper, The Making of Mohawk Superfine

Posted on January 27, 2023 by Byopia Press

I first posted this for a Friday Night Flick back in 2014, almost a decade ago. There was some discussion on the Book_Arts-L recently about the term “superfine”, so it seemed an appropriate time to revisit the video.     … Continue reading →

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Cut Paper Valentines

Posted on January 22, 2023 by Byopia Press

I learned something this week: when designing a papercut I think like someone who works with a knife, not like someone who works with scissors.

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A Little Bit About This and That

Posted on January 8, 2023 by Byopia Press

Early this past week David and I drove to Outlook, Saskatchewan to deliver and install my solo exhibition at the AGO. (Sorry, Art Gallery of Outlook. I can’t resist using the initials.)

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Friday Night Flicks: Marieke de Hoop

Posted on January 6, 2023 by Byopia Press

The theme for Friday Night Flicks this month is paper making, and tonight’s video introduces Dutch paper maker Marieke de Hoop.     If you would like to try making your own paper, you could watch this video on the … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year 2023!

Posted on January 1, 2023 by Byopia Press

It finally warmed up a bit this past week … and then it snowed.

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Byopia Press Advent Calendar 2022: The Index

Posted on December 26, 2022 by Byopia Press

In the hope that this will make it easier for you to find things that you remember seeing in this year’s Advent Calendar, here is an Index. Clicking on the title will take you to the post. ***** Byopia Press … Continue reading →

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Byopia Press Advent Calendar 2022: Day Twenty-four and the 2023 NASA Moon Phases Calendar

Posted on December 24, 2022 by Byopia Press

I have posted about the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Moon Phases Calendar and Calculator before, but since it fits so nicely with the Circle theme of this year’s Advent Calendar, here it is again.

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Byopia Press Advent Calendar 2022: Day Twenty-three and a Perpetual Calendar

Posted on December 23, 2022 by Byopia Press

Weeks and years go around in a circle. This means that it is possible to make a perpetual calendar, a calendar that will work for every year.

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