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The Box Factory

Posted on May 21, 2017 by

I’ve done quite a bit of production work this week, starting with 25 copies of the label for If I could save time in a bottle. Here’s the layout page in InDesign, and the stack of trimmed labels. Here’s a label glued to an unassembled box. … Continue reading →

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Friday Night Flicks: Engineering the Perfect Pop and Wenn ich einen Garten hätte

Posted on May 19, 2017 by

Tonight’s flicks re-visit pop-up books. The first is a video of Matthew Reinhart talking about his process in designing pop-up books, the second is a video of a pop-up book created by a German kindergarten class.       You can … Continue reading →

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Box and Socks

Posted on May 14, 2017 by

It took a few more practice models along the way but the box for the little bottles is now designed, printed, and one copy completed.

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Friday Night Flicks: The Putter

Posted on May 12, 2017 by

I am pretty sure that everyone reading this has used a pair of scissors. My first pair were the blunt-nosed kind. I loved them and, to my mother’s great dismay, immediately filled the house with tiny bits of paper. (I … Continue reading →

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Little Boxes

Posted on May 7, 2017 by

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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Busy, Busy, Busy

Posted on April 30, 2017 by

There have been a lot of things going on this week, starting with A Day in Davidson. The morning started with Kristina Komendant introducing calligraphy tools and techniques.

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Sort of Spring

Posted on April 9, 2017 by

Last Sunday afternoon was warm enough that we went with a friend on an Expotition to Bright Water Marsh to see if the geese were there yet. There were only a few so we drove to Blackstrap Lake (which is … Continue reading →

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Friday Night Flicks: Memories of Science

Posted on March 31, 2017 by

Memories of Science is an artist’s book by Dorothy Yule. Here’s an entertaining little video of the book in action.     If you are feeling particularly affluent, you can order a copy of Memories of Science through 23 Sandy Gallery. … Continue reading →

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Some Progress and Some Other Things

Posted on March 26, 2017 by

I have now completed fourteen out of sixteen map panels for the work I am tentatively calling Memory Maps. They will be behind sixteen larger YUPO panels, still visible but not obvious. It is taking a while to do the … Continue reading →

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A Blaze of Glory

Posted on March 19, 2017 by

In 2013 I had an exhibition of installation works —Word View— at the Affinity Gallery in Saskatoon. One of the works was titled Flowery Language and consisted of the definition pages from a two volume set of the World Book Encyclopaedia … Continue reading →

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