The reigning goddess of paste paper, Larry Lou Foster, will share her remarkable skills in this two day workshop organized by The Southeast Guild of Book Workers. Participants will design and create a series of high-end, luxurious paste papers. Larry Lou will share her research on how to create rich and intense colors, textures and designs. She will also demonstrate how jigs and printmaking methods can be used to make editioned paste papers. Paste paper is a method of making archival patterned decorative paper for bookbinding, first developed in the 17th century by German nuns.
Saturday, October 29, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday, October 30, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
At Woods Halls, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa.
$80 for guild members/students
$90 general public
Enrollment is limited to 13.
Larry Lou Foster is foremost American craftsperson in the design and creation of paste paper. She has taught workshops at Asheville Bookworks, Pensacola Junior College, N.Y. Center for the Book, Jacksonville State and currently teaches bookbinding at Pensacola State College. She makes paste papers, books, and drawings at “The House with Blue Shutter” in Pensacola, FL. Larry Lou Foster holds a BFA from Auburn University in Art/Painting, MFA from George Washington University in Art/Design and a MFA from The University of Alabama in Book Arts/Bookbinding. Her research in paste papers was recently published in a limited edition book from SpeakEasy Press entitled The Paste Papers of Larry Lou Foster.
How to register for the workshop:
Email jessica@papersouvenir.com with your name, address and telephone number. Then, mail a check for the full tuition made out to The Guild of Book Workers to Jessica Peterson, PO BOX 132, Gordo, Alabama. Your space in the class is only guaranteed upon receipt of full payment, and is on a first come, first serve basis.
Co-sponsored by The Southeast Guild of Book Workers and the printmaking department at the University of Alabama
Friday, September 30, 2011
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Horizon Exhibition Intent to Enter - 10 days remaining
September 30th deadline approaching for the upcoming Horizon Exhibition. S
Horizon
Upcoming GBW Exhibition
The Guild of Book Workers' next biennial juried members' exhibition, Horizon, is right around the corner. Now is the time to consider work for submission. Submit an Intent to Enter form today!
The Intent to Enter form is now available online at http://www.
A paper copy is available in the August newsletter or as a printable pdf download at http://www.
An Intent to Enter form must be submitted in order to be notified of exhibitions updates and a link to the online entry form. The Intent to Enter form will be available on the Guild of Book Worker's web site from August 1 – September 30 or as a paper copy in the August GBW Newsletter (also available for download).
Set to open in the fall of 2012 at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, this GBW exhibition will explore the idea of the horizon. Whether by contemplating the apparent horizon, personal horizons or the horizon of the book as a binding or an object, this exhibition will showcase the current work of the members of the Guild of Book Workers while also offering a glimpse into what is just beyond.
This exhibition will feature approximately 50 works by Guild members. Works will include fine and edition bindings, artist's books, broadsides (letterpress printing, calligraphy, and decorative papermaking) and historical binding models.
Jurors for the Horizon exhibition will be Minnesota Bookbinder and Book Arts Instructor, Jana Pullman, University of Utah Binding Instructor and Studio Coordinator in the Book Arts Program, Emily Tipps, and New Hampshire book artist and photographer, Rutherford Witthus. Works will be juried from digital images. Submissions must be received between January 1 and March 1, 2012. Artists will be notified of selection by April 15.
The Guild of Book Workers will produce a full color printed catalog designed by Julie Leonard and Sara Sauers with photographs and descriptions of each work, as well as biographies of the artists. All exhibition participants will receive a complimentary copy of the printed catalog. Please consider making a tax deductible donation to the catalog fundraiser today: https://www.
Entrants must be current guild members and exhibitors must maintain their membership in good standing throughout the duration of the traveling show. Membership may accompany entry. To join today, visit https://www.guildofbookw
To view our most recent exhibition, Marking Time, visit the online exhibition catalog https://www.guildofboo
Order previous exhibition catalogs online:
https://www.guildofbookworkers
Questions/comments: exhibitions [at] guildofbookworkers [dot] org
Amy C. LeePard
Exhibitions Chair
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Don't Forget: Drawn Lettering with Peter Bain: A Two-day Workshop in Typography
Attention Guild members!!
Seats are still available for this wonderful workshop!
The Southeast Guild of Book Workers is pleased to announce a workshop
in Columbus, Mississippi.
Drawn Lettering with Peter Bain: A Two-day Workshop in Typography
Saturday, September 17, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday, September 18, 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.
$75 for guild members and students of any institution
$100 general public
Enrollment is limited to 15.
This workshop will teach traditional techniques for rendered or drawn
display lettering, using historical forms as a reference point.
Participants will develop their sensitivity to letter genre,
proportion, and weight; as well as their interaction. You will gain
experience evaluating and refining your letters while considering
their potential use. Projects will include at least one title design,
and explorations of the design possibilities in drawn lettering with a
bit of subtle collage. You are encouraged to bring a titling text to
the workshop as a basis for experimentation.
Peter Bain is Assistant Professor, Graphic Design concentration, in
the Department of Art at Mississippi State University. His projects
have been recognized by the AIGA and Type Directors Club; and appeared
in Communication Arts and Letter Arts Review. Prior to founding his
own design studio, he worked as a Type Director in New York. He has
taught at Parsons/The New School for Design, Pratt Institute, and the
Wells Book Arts Summer Institute. Bain co-curated the exhibition
“Blackletter: Type and National Identity” at the Cooper Union School
of Art. He received his MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University.
How to register for the workshop:
Email jessica@papersouvenir.com with your name, address and telephone
number. Then, mail a check for the full tuition made out to The Guild
of Book Workers to Jessica Peterson, PO BOX 132, Gordo, Alabama. Your
space in the class is only guaranteed upon receipt of full payment,
and is on a first come, first serve basis.
Co-sponsored by The Southeast Guild of Book Workers and the Rosenzweig
Arts Center.
segbwnews.blogspot.com • www.columbus-arts.com
Seats are still available for this wonderful workshop!
The Southeast Guild of Book Workers is pleased to announce a workshop
in Columbus, Mississippi.
Drawn Lettering with Peter Bain: A Two-day Workshop in Typography
Saturday, September 17, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday, September 18, 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.
$75 for guild members and students of any institution
$100 general public
Enrollment is limited to 15.
This workshop will teach traditional techniques for rendered or drawn
display lettering, using historical forms as a reference point.
Participants will develop their sensitivity to letter genre,
proportion, and weight; as well as their interaction. You will gain
experience evaluating and refining your letters while considering
their potential use. Projects will include at least one title design,
and explorations of the design possibilities in drawn lettering with a
bit of subtle collage. You are encouraged to bring a titling text to
the workshop as a basis for experimentation.
Peter Bain is Assistant Professor, Graphic Design concentration, in
the Department of Art at Mississippi State University. His projects
have been recognized by the AIGA and Type Directors Club; and appeared
in Communication Arts and Letter Arts Review. Prior to founding his
own design studio, he worked as a Type Director in New York. He has
taught at Parsons/The New School for Design, Pratt Institute, and the
Wells Book Arts Summer Institute. Bain co-curated the exhibition
“Blackletter: Type and National Identity” at the Cooper Union School
of Art. He received his MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University.
How to register for the workshop:
Email jessica@papersouvenir.com with your name, address and telephone
number. Then, mail a check for the full tuition made out to The Guild
of Book Workers to Jessica Peterson, PO BOX 132, Gordo, Alabama. Your
space in the class is only guaranteed upon receipt of full payment,
and is on a first come, first serve basis.
Co-sponsored by The Southeast Guild of Book Workers and the Rosenzweig
Arts Center.
segbwnews.blogspot.com • www.columbus-arts.com
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