Tag Archives: book arts

Pieces of Paper

Posted on July 16, 2017 by

One of the things I did this week was to make a start at turning the Make Your Mark page from my recent exhibition into an artist’s book. The first step was turning this into this.

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How To Make A Woven Book Structure

Posted on July 9, 2017 by

Today’s post includes a printable pdf and instructions for assembling a book structure I have named Orihime in honour of the heroine of the Tanabata legend. I mentioned on Friday that July 7th, 2017 was the official third anniversary of … Continue reading →

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Pictures Of An Exhibition

Posted on July 2, 2017 by

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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Friday Night Flicks: Baikei, Wang Dongling, and Yoshinori Kikizawa

Posted on June 30, 2017 by

I showed you a Friday Night Flick with some large scale calligraffiti earlier this spring. Tonight’s first two flicks are examples of large scale brush work by two Asian masters of calligraphy: Baikei and Wang Dongling.       The … Continue reading →

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Last Minute

Posted on June 25, 2017 by

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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Close, But Not Quite

Posted on June 18, 2017 by

I got quite a bit of work done on Recomp this week. I also spent quite a bit of time waiting for glue (well, cooked wheat starch paste/PVA mix) to dry. I finished covering the panels in Thai mulberry paper, … Continue reading →

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Friday Night Flicks: Sekishu-Banshi

Posted on June 16, 2017 by

One of the joys of the Interweb is the ‘accidental find’. Today’s video is about traditional paper making in the region of Iwame in the Shimane Prefecture of Japan. The paper making technique used in the video is reputed to … Continue reading →

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How to make cooked wheat starch paste

Posted on June 11, 2017 by

I have previously posted my recipe for cooked wheat starch paste in a post about making paste papers and in a post about different kinds of adhesives. Since I was actually making a batch this week I thought I would show … Continue reading →

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Closer to Completion

Posted on June 4, 2017 by

This week I finished the inner boxes for If I could save time in a bottle. Some of the dividers will need straightening when I finally get to the stage of inserting all the labelled bottles.

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The Box Factory Continued

Posted on May 28, 2017 by

More steps in the production of little boxes were completed this week. I glued the uprights of the interior spacers that will separate the bottles, then assembled the pull tabs.

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