Tag Archives: calligraphy

Friday Night Flicks: “TX-83” Timothy C. Ely

Posted on October 9, 2020 by Byopia Press

Tonight’s flick is an in-depth look at TX-83, a work by one of my favourite book artists, Timothy C. Ely.     I would recommend spending ten minutes of your weekend watching another short film  by Protonik. The video includes … Continue reading →

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

… and done.

Posted on September 20, 2020 by Byopia Press

I finally finished Nurture, not Nature! Here’s a quick shot of it on the bench.

Posted in art, artist's books, book arts, bookbinding, instructions, typography | Tagged , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Working at one quarter speed …

Posted on August 16, 2020 by Byopia Press

It has been a slow-ish week again, so the panels and strips for Nurture, not Nature have not been printed yet. I did fold a test strip to finalize the size of the nine square panels so all the layouts … Continue reading →

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

Friday Night Flicks: The Art of Writing // MUCA Exhibition

Posted on July 24, 2020 by Byopia Press

In late 2017 the Museum of Urban and Contemporary Art in Munich, Germany held an exhibition of Calligraffiti. Tonight’s flick gives a glimpse behind the scenes during the installation and a brief view of works in the show.     … Continue reading →

Posted in art, book arts, calligraffiti | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

Friday Night Flicks: Writing Stage Diving

Posted on July 17, 2020 by Byopia Press

Tonight’s flick by director Marco Puccini features individual and collaborative calligraphy by Luca Barcellona & Francesca Biasetton.     You can see more of Barcellona’s work on his Flickr photostream, or watch more of his videos on Vimeo. Looking at … Continue reading →

Posted in art, book arts | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

Twenty-twenty Hindsight

Posted on May 24, 2020 by Byopia Press

I have been working on a new piece this week. In fact, nine new, similar, but not quite identical, pieces. I covered nine 6.35 cm (2.5 in) wooden blocks with three different Japanese papers purchased from The Paper Place in … Continue reading →

Posted in artist's books, book arts, paper folding | Tagged , , , , , | 7 Comments

Friday Night Flicks: Jennifer Kamenetz, Jewish Scribe

Posted on October 18, 2019 by Byopia Press

Although they are uncommon, tonight’s post features two female Jewish scribes. The first flick is simply a record of Jennifer Kamenetz carefully writing the phrase “the children of Israel” in Hebrew.     The second video is longer —9 minutes— … Continue reading →

Posted in book arts | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

The Conundrum Completed

Posted on September 29, 2019 by Byopia Press

This past week I finished the layout of The Conundrum of the Workshops, and then strung it all together. Here’s a slightly distorted aerial view of it on my worktable.

Posted in artist's books, book arts, bookbinding, Design, instructions, origami | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Friday Night Flicks: Utamaro’s Studies From Nature

Posted on August 16, 2019 by Byopia Press

The Folio Society regularly produces special limited edition books. Tonight’s flick is about the production of something a bit out of their usual style: a five-volume facsimile edition of Kitagawa Utamaro’s Studies From Nature.     After watching the video, … Continue reading →

Posted in art, artist's books, book arts, bookbinding, illustration, paper folding | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

His Nibs

Posted on June 2, 2019 by Byopia Press

In February I posted about acquiring an Alpha lettering set from a friend. It had belonged to her late husband. She was happy to dispose of it and I was happy to get it. My friend contacted me again recently … Continue reading →

Posted in book arts | Tagged , , | 3 Comments