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" Papermaking with Atlantic BioInvader Codium Fragile " is a guest post by papermaking artist and sculptor Megan Singleton , who completed an artist residency in Chatham, MA. Originally featured on Aldo & Leonardo , (A Wilderness Sc

Ania Gilmore, Lexington, MA & Warsaw, Poland Library of Alexandria Altered book, burned pages, wax, shellac. One of a kind. 5 x 7.5” Wax and the Artist Book II, curated by Catherine Nash A continuing study has evolved out of this personal curiosity... I wondered, "How are contemporary book artists combining beeswax/encaustics within/onto their artist books?" This second year of curating has pulled together completely new examples: the artist books of 17 featured artists from the U.S. and Europe exhibit a rich integration of encaustic both technically and conceptually. Hanne Mattheison, Malling, Denmark Book of Destiny I Cover in white waxed linen cloth 5 x 3.5 in. First presented in 2009, at the Third Annual, I presented this completely new compilation of bookworks in lecture format at the Fourth Annual Encaustic Painting Conference held June 11-13th, 2010 in Beverly, MA. Tracy Longley-Cook, Dayton, OH Lateral Growth (from the series Stages of Growth) On right side, etched glass in front of Japanese paper. On left, layered encaustic medium (about 1⁄4 inch thick) embedded with ocotillo thorns in a spiral pattern that emerge out of the wax base. Back view shows graph image on acetate with a small sliced section of a chambered nautilus shell. open 17”W x 11”H x 4”D closed 9”W x 11”H x 4”D Pamela Paulsrud, Wilmette, IL Drift Velocity Altered book, encaustic, mixed media 9” x 6” x 1” Raymond Papka, Versailles, KY USA Box of Books Series - #6 Mixed Media Assemblage, 10”H x 7.25”W x 1.5”D To help foster more connections, I have presented the artists in a print quality document available as a free downloadable pdf from the article section of my website. Just scroll down to the Artist Book section. Each artist is represented by a single page in alphabetical order. The information in this e-book is necessarily reduced from the original lecture, but I am hoping that you will let the artists’ own words and art inspire you to explore their work further by investigating their website links. Jeanne Borofsky, Groton, MA USA Pál Csaba, Budapest, Hungary Ania Gilmore, Lexington, MA, USA & Warsaw, Poland Tracy Longley-Cook, Dayton, OH, USA Julie Shaw Lutts, Salem, MA, USA Hanne Matthieson, Malling, Denmark Laura Moriarty, Rosendale, NY, USA Irmari Nacht, Englewood, NJ, USA Haley Nagy, Chicago, IL, USA Catherine Nash, Tucson, AZ USA Melody Overstreet, Santa Cruz, CA, USA Raymond Papka, Versailles, KY, USA Pamela Paulsrud, Wilmette, IL, USA Josie Rodriguez, San Diego, CA, USA Laura Wait, Steamboat Springs, CO, USA Beata Wehr, Tucson, AZ, USA & Warsaw, Poland Heidi Zednik, Asheville, NC, USA born in Austria Special thanks to all of the artists who answered my international call. Your work is exciting and inspiring! Thanks also to Joanne Mattera for enabling this project.

My book is called 'daydreams' and I am not sure that I mentioned that in the last posting. I have purposefully introduced many dreamlike elements which I think can represent the kind of dreams we have …. the embossings have been made to appear threadlike, twisted and entwined or more surreal and symbolic, sometimes very ordered and logical. I really like both the definitions below and hope a wander through my book would evoke just this kind of reverie. Wikipedia defines daydreaming as ' a shot-termed detachment from one's immediate surroundings, during which a person's contact with reality is blurred and partially substituted by a visionary fantasy'. The Oxford defines daydreams as 'a series of pleasant thoughts that distract one's attention from the present'. One of the great joys of this collaboration with Fiona is that it pushes us in different directions and we grow from that and learn. Oft times we pick up new techniques along the way which become part of our artistic arsenal or fabric, and other times we work with ideas for a while, find they don't sit well with us and so let them go. The elements I use in this book are ones that I have used for many years, but bringing in the pencil details is a new thing for me and one I will explore a little further. It gives me the opportunity to return from my origins in drawing, yet keeping the line work in the background still allows the mind to wander more freely around the page imagining dreams and stories for ourselves without them being prescribed.

As an art medium, hand papermaking has an incredible potential to speak meaningfully about the environment. One artist you should know is Jane Kramer, who has focused on invasive and native plant species by combining handmade papers with alternative process photography. The Project

Want to learn how to age paper in 5 minutes? You'll learn how to stain/ color paper with tea & coffee. Gorgeous vintage paper every time!

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Did you know that handmade paper art can be dimensional? Manipulating certain types of pulp fibers can be used to create textural, sculptural artwork; paper that transcends its familiar, utilitarian existence. Sound interesting? Susan Warner Keene is an&nb

Did you know that handmade paper art can be dimensional? Manipulating certain types of pulp fibers can be used to create textural, sculptural artwork; paper that transcends its familiar, utilitarian existence. Sound interesting? Susan Warner Keene is an&nb

Here's a great way to compliment all your etsy gifts and in a pinch this can serve as a last minute gift too. This binding is simple, elegant and adds a unique touch to the everyday card or book. You can use single sheets of paper, so you can use smaller pieces of paper, even scraps. You can use as many pages as you’d like, for a little book, or a few, like I’m doing now, to make a card. This ones for my pops. Heres what you’ll need: + a selection of papers (best to have heavy stock papers for the covers) + thread, linen thread is best but floss will work well too. Cotton/sewing thread can be used too, but be careful not to pull too tight or you can rip your paper. + heavy weight needle (to poke holes) + awl + binder clip + cardboard + ruler + embellishments- photo corners, pictures, paper scraps, anything you’d like… Prep: Gather your supplies and papers to bind. Cut pages to the size you want and embellish as you’d like. I’m using scraps of vintage lined paper, so I can write a note, and photographs with photo corners. Think about having a combo of lined, blank and decorative pages. Keep in mind that the binding will fall on the left hand side, the spine, so leave 3/8 inch for this. It’s better to do whatever writing/decorating before binding. 1.Order your pages and with a binder clip secure them together to keep them from wiggling around. Score or draw a faint line 3/8 inch from the spine to mark the line you’ll stitch. 2.Place pages on the cardboard and punch holes with an awl or heavy weight needle along the 3/8 inch line. You can eye ball it or measure out four evenly placed holes. Like this-----> 5. Pull the needle down through hole 2, from the top to the bottom of the book. Again loop around the spine and pull the needle through hole 2 once more. Needle and thread will be at the back of the book. 6. Repeat step 5 for hole 1, but after you loop around the spine now loop around the top of the book. You will pass through hole 1 three times. Once you’ve done that your needle and thread are at the top of the book. (image right) 7. Now pass down through hole 2, from the top to the bottom of the book, up through hole three, and down through hole 4. You are basically stitching down the book filling in the gaps. 8. At hole 4 make a loop around the spine, bringing the needle up form the bottom of the book and then down through the top. Loop around the bottom of the book, needle passing from bottom to top.

my second book kingdom. This one is a gift for Will's momma. I got a call back from the photographer and meet with him on Thursday. Fingers are still crossed tight!

Something magical happens when artists's books and handmade plant papers come together. Case-in-point: Patricia Bungert's work, which features plant-fiber and handwritten text.The Book Arts and Fine Press Collection at Hennepin County Library in Minneapolis recently acquired two ar

A simple yet beautiful ornament made from an old book!

Making paper by hand at home can be a pretty simple process. It's also a fantastic way to use up your old receipts, scrap papers, junk mail, and copy paper that you were about to throw in the recycling bin, and instead create a thing of glorious handmade beauty. Have those&n

Make handmade paper on the cheap! You may have seen our tutorial on making blender paper from junk mail and scrap papers . Well, here's instructions on how to make a mould and deckle -- it's an essential piece of equipment for the hand papermaking process. Of course, if you’re a

42 Awesome Bookbinding Signature Designs and Stitching Ideas to get your creative juices flowing... Enjoy!

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How to age paper - 6 easy techniques to make paper look old and give it a vintage look with materils you already have at home

I was in Salt Lake City this past weekend, teaching an Experimental Papermaking workshop at the University of Utah. They had this really cool press! You could raise and lower that top bar to accommodate varying post sizes. And check out that cute little jack. This press worked really well for our 8″ x 10″ sheets of paper. Often when I’m teaching, the question arises about how to press papers in a home studio. Here’s a bit about pressing (with some added bits) excerpted from my book, The Papermaker’s Companion. Illustrations in this post are by Alison Kolesar from the book. Pressing removes water from the sheets of paper and compacts the fibers tightly together as they bond. After pressing, the sheets will still be damp and […]

What??? Tutorials! Tutorials are everywhere! Artists in Blogland has a monthly "Techniques on Tuesday" tutorial going on. The challenge over at Inspiration Avenue this week is to share a tutorial. Every Tuesday, Kristin Dudish has been doing a tutorial try-out and inviting others to try it too and link up. Carolyn Dube's Gelli Plate class is up and running with lots of great tutorials. So, I decided to do one as well. I love books! As you know, lately I've been loving altering old books. Recently I got a this book: and decided to try the simplest one - the X Book! This was so much fun, and easy to make. The instructions in Alisa's book are very clear and easy to follow, although I do recommend folding and cutting a blank sheet of paper before doing your project. To give you a sense of how user-friendly the book is, here is how Alisa portrays the folding and instructions: Best of all, the book is on sale right now at Amazon! You can see more on Alisa Golden's website and blog. (Here's another You Tube tutorial on the folding process, if you need some more guidance, and a "hands free" one with a slightly different take.) Of course, I had to add my own spin to it -- adding in journaling cards, inclusions and tags... Thank you for visiting! I read and treasure every comment and will answer any questions as quickly as I can. Linking to Paint Party Friday, Art Journal Everyday at Balzer Designs, and Creative Everyday. Hope to get around to visiting everyone this weekend!

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Sí, ya de por sí son arte. Pero no me refiero a eso. Además de contenido, tienen forma. Y es con esa forma con la que también se puede crear arte.

Le découpage de phrases s'accompagne d'un tissage des bandelettes obtenues. Elena Nuez Ines Seidel Ryuta Iida Ce dernier, attribué à Patricia Kaczmarek (mais sans trouver de site à son nom) tient plus du pliage que du tissage.