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Book Arts Roundup

Rocky Mountain ChapterGuild of BookWorkers Volume 16, Number 1 March, 2010

DENVER AREA

Happy 2010, Rocky Mountain Book Workers!

Denver region members attended a re-scheduled gathering in December. The weather cooperated this

time, and the group enjoyed a show-and-tell of recent works and attended the Marketing 101 presen-

tation at Abecedarian Gallery. Thanks again to Alicia Bailey and Abecedarian Gallery for hosting the

event, and thanks to all who participated.

Daniel Kelm presented a well-attended and informative workshop in late January. See the workshop

review in this issue. Thank you, Daniel, for sharing your expertise and experiences with us for a great

weekend.

Unfortunately, due to scheduling conflicts, Julie Chen will not be coming to the Denver area this spring

for a workshop. We will continue to look for opportunities to bring her, as well as other presenters, to the

area in the future.

Please contact us with your ideas for upcoming presentations, workshops, and events. We would love to

hear from you.

Have a great spring! -Ginny Kilander ([email protected]) & Sammy Lee ([email protected])

SALT LAKE CITY AREA

The Rocky Mountain Chapter (Utah) recently held a workshop with Tini Miura. Several members of our

chapter attended and the feedback that I received from the workshop was excellent I think that every-

one in attendance felt that they truly learned tooling and onlays. We especially got to focus on gold tooling

with gouges with an emphasis on decorative line patterns and tooling on the edges of leather onlays. The

Guild of BookWorkers exhibitMarking Timeis currently on display at the Utah Book Arts Program. I was

very impressed by the books that were exhibited. If you havent seen them yet please take the time to go. -Ethan Ensign ([email protected])

gbw m a r k i n g t i m e comes to our areaSalt Lake City, Utah

March 5 - April 23, 2010 University of Utah, Book Arts Program at the J. Willard Marriott Library

Denver, Colorado

May 3 - June 25, 2010 Denver Public Library , Western History/Genealogy Department, 5thFloor Gallery


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new mexico

ghost ranch www.ghostranch.org

literally letters 2010

week one: Neuland Renaissance with Nancy CulmoneJune 14 - 20 Engrossers Script, or Copperplate with Bill Kemp

Value Contrast: Exploring the Grey Areas with Annie Cicale

week two: Jazz Writing II with Steven SkaggsJune 21 - 27 Good Hues: Integrating Color, Design and Letters with Louise Gruenewald

Pointed Pen Magic with Barbara Close

a week with barbara griek & laurie doctorSeptember 27 - October 3 Intuition & Imagery with Barbara Griek & Laurie Doctor

the book arts program at the marriot libarary www.bookartsprogram.org

CLASSES & WORKSHOPS

April 9 & 10 A Little Topsey in the Turvey: Materiality & Mechanics

of Letterpress Production with Emily McVarish

May 15 Baking Up a Dozen with Louona Tanner, an Educator mini-workshop

June 9 - 11 A Space to Make Your Mark: Complex Multi-level Boxeswith Julie Chen

June 26 PeepShow: Design & Construction of the Tunnel Bookwith Amber Heaton

RECEPTION & LECTURE in conjunction with workshops

April 8, 7pm Lecture with Emily McVarish

June 10, 7pm Lecture with Julie Chen

EXHIBITS

March 5 - April 23 Marking Time Exhibit of GBWs traveling national show.

April 30 - June 11 Artists Books Exhibit of final projects created in the University of Utahs Artists Books course.

palace of the govenors www.palaceofthegovernors.org

The Palace Printshop & Bindery continues to hold classes and workshops visit the website for more informationor contact Tom Leech: 510-476-5096 or [email protected].

hands on bookbinding http://priscilla.bookways.comCLASSES

March 20 & 21 Transition to Binding In-Boards with Leatherwith Priscilla A. Spitler

April 24 & 25 The Clamshell Boxwith Priscilla A. Spitler

national

wells college book arts summer institute 2010 www.wells.edu/bookarts, clicksummer institute

Two weeks of bookarts with:

July 11 - 17 Andrew Huot, Katherine McCaneless Ruffin, Cheryl Jacobsen, Michael Bixler

July 18 - 23 Julia Leonard, Barbara Tetenbaum, Sharon Zeugin

jill berry design: taos http://jillberrydesign.com/TaosB.html

August 7 - 12 The Luminous Landscape: Painting & Books in the Desertwith Jill Berry


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colorado

The Book Arts League presents

THE 11 TH INTERNATIONAL

E D I B L E B O O K SHOW & TEA

Sunday,April 11

Artists Registration & Entry Drop-off: 3 - 3:30pm

General Admission & Viewing: 3:30 - 5:30pm

Consuming: 5:30pm

The International Edible Book Festival began in 1999 as a Thanksgiving Day joke among a group of artists& has become an international event in over sixteen countries worldwide. The idea is simple, if wacky: Each

year around A pril Fools Day, artists of all ages & abilities construct books out of edible materials & putthem on display, then at tea-time, they consume their creations, often joined by the public.

Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13thSt, Boulder* for more information, visit www.BookArtsLeague.org *

WISH LISTFO R

EWING FARMA large desk, tables for sales

area, art display furniture(i.e. card racks, cases

etc.), chairs, bookshelves, flatfiles or other shelving, curtains,

nice frames for picturesof Ewing history, throw

rugs (especially ragrugs), lamps, waste baskets, a

file cabinet, office supplies.* ?s: Julia Seko ([email protected]) *

laura wait workshops www.laurawait.comCLASSES

May 1 & 2 Exposed Sewing Structure for Codiceswith Laura Wait(* to register contact Barbara Klema: [email protected]

July 19 -23 Image & Structure of Artists Bookswith Laura Wait (*workshop in Idyllwild, CA) (*register at: http://www.idyllwildarts.org/summer/registration/registration.html)

art students league of denver www.asld.comCLASS

Tuesdays in April Non-Adhesive Bookbinding II with Alicia McKim

denver bookbinding company www.denverbook.comCLASS

March 20 Polymer Clay Bookcovers with Laura Doll

March 27 Multi-signature Book with Laura Doll

book arts league www.bookartsleague.orgCLASSES

March 20 Letterpress Workshopwith Tom Parson

April 24 Buttonhole Stitch Bindingwith Brenda GallagherMay 1 Link-Stitch & Letterpress Journalswith Julia Seko & Michelle Cuthbertson

May 15 Fore-edge Fold Book with 3 Tapes with Sophia Dixon DilloOPEN HOUSE

April 10, 1- 4pm Ewing Farm (1915 N. 95thStreet, Lafayette; parking on Prairie Ridge)

american academy of bookbinding www.ahhaa.orgCLASSES

April 19 - 23 Basics in Paper Conservation with Renate Mesmer

April 26 - 30 Sewing Structures with Renate Mesmer

May 3 - 14 Fundamentals of Bookbinding with Don Glaister

May 17 - 21 Fundamentals of Gold Tooling with Don GlaisterMay 24 - June 4 Intermediate & Advanced Fine Binding with Monique Lallier

abecedarian gallery www.abecedariangallery.com

EXHIBITS

until March 20 RE: (rebound, recycled, repurposed, reused)April 1 - May 8 Artists Book Cornucopia(Main Gallery)April 1 - May 8 In Retrospect(Reading Room)works by Maureen Cummins, Ann Lovett & Nava Atlas


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A Benet for member Nancy Missbach

Dear Friends- In the summer of 2007 my daughter Zo and Iwere working in Malawi Africa with El Puente-Mlatho, a non-profit organization dedicated to supportingeducational programs in underdeveloped countries. El Puente-Mlatho has transported over 10,000 pounds of

used reference and textbooks into Southern Malawi.

I had been invited to help the students at the Mlambe II Primary School, 30 km outside the city of

Blantyre, create a mural for their new library. We worked with school children on the mural in the mornings;

in the afternoons I taught a book art class for the local women.

As we worked in the new library, Zo and I observed thatmany of the books that had been delivered to

the children at the Mlambe II Primary Schooldid not translate into their culture. With money left in the art

supply fund, we had hoped to purchase locally published childrens books; unfortunately, we learned

childrens books are not produced in Malawi.

In March I will be returning to Blantyre, Malawi to help create a limited edition artists book. I will be

coordinating several groups for a collaborative effort a local handmade paper mill; artists; a writer or poet;

a letterpress printer; and students from the University of Malawi to help print and bind the book.

The book will be a simple native folk tale that children can read, focusing on the art and culture of

Malawi. The text will be letterpress printed in English and Chichewa (Malawis dominant Bantu language)

on indigenous handmade paper. Illustrations will be printed using wood or linoleum cuts and the edition will

be hand bound. The production of the book will take place sometime in the spring of 2011. The completed edition will be sold in the U.S. and Europe through book

dealers specializing in Artists Books, and the revenue (along with grant funding) will be used to publish a trade version of this book in Malawi. The books will thenbe distributed to school libraries across the country.

When I return from Malawi, I will apply for teaching and materials grants and form a non-profit organization to continue supporting the project. Our ultimate

goal is to create a self-sustaining organization in Malawi to continue to create artists books to be sold in the U.S. and Europe, to generate funds for the indigenous

publishing of books for the chi ldren of Malawi.

Alicia McKim holds an MFA in Printmaking from the University of Colorado, Boulder. During her 26 years as a studio artist, she has exhibited and sold her work

internationally. Her books can be found in such public collections as the Getty Research Institute, the Printing and Graphic Arts Collection at Harvard University

and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. She currently teaches Book Art

and Typography at the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design.

Regardless of the amount, your contribution is very important and deeply appreciated.

For a contribution of $100 or more Alicia is offering a gift of a letterpress printed, hand bound limited edition book

that will be completed upon her return from Malawi.

Please make checks payable to St. Andrews Church and note Malawi on the check

and mail to: Eric Frame, St. Andrews Church, 2015 Glenarm Place, Denver, CO 80205

To Be Self-Evident is the 2009 Community Broadside Project, a portfolio of poems written by Tom Parson, andset by his fans. Portfolio cost is $50 and is a fundraiser for Nancy Missbach. If you are interested in purchasing aportfolio, contact Gail Watson ([email protected]).(There are only five left.)

Nancys family sends this update:

We continue to receive queries and good wishes

for Nancy. We have set up a website/blog so that

you can make contact directly.

www.caringbridge.org/visit/nancymissbach

Show y ou r suppo r t f o r Nancy !

Visit & keep up to date

Leave a message in the guestbook

Receive e-mail notifications when the journal is updated

A Benet for Malawi, with member Alicia McKim


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A Reviewby Pamela Leutz

Daniel Kelms Workshop

Concertina Spine Sewn on Tapes

January 23 & 24, 2010

Denver, Colorado

Daniel Kelm came to Denver from his home in Easthampton, MA to teach

this class to the Rocky Mountain Chapter. In Easthampton, Daniel runs a non-

profit book arts school, The Garage Annex School, next to his studio, The Wide

Awake Garage. He has combined his extensive experience in fine binding and his

scientific mind (he is also a chemist) to create innovative bookbinding structures

that are sleek and cool looking, but also function really well. The concertina struc-

ture we learned in this workshop included a wire imbedded in the spine edge of

the covers, providing a secure way to attach the tapes to the cover and ensure asmooth, flat opening. In this binding each signature is nested in a concertina fold.

The case with the concertina folds is completely assembled and finished before the

final step of sewing the signatures into the concertinas. The folios are not subject

to adhesives or to bending. It is a great binding for heavy paper folios, or for any

book that you want to open completely flat. The concertina folds between signa-

tures can also serve as spacers, making it good for accommodating photos, col-

lages, or letters on the pages.

The atmosphere in Daniels class was peaceful yet stimulating. His teachingstyle encouraged thinking, questioning, learning. Students gathered around as he

demonstrated steps. He asked many questions of students, encouraging students

to think why things are done certain ways and therefore, providing a cue for them

to understand the process and remember how to do it in the future a Socratic

kind of learning. Daniel encouraged students to bring in their own books, so we

were given the opportunity to see each others work and share our stories. A great

workshop experience!

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Book Arts RoundupGuild of BookWorkers

Rocky Mountain Chapter

Post Ofce Box 200984

Denver, Colorado 80220

n e w s l e t t e r n o t e s . . .Please note that the summer Book Arts Roundup will be coming out the rst week of June, submissions due by May 28.

* Submit to [email protected], subject line: GBW Roundup *If you want to receive the Roundup via email/pdf,please let me know at: [email protected] . Enjoy the spring, -Lang Ingalls

n o t e w o r t h y . . .Rocky Mountain Chapter memberJill K. Berrysigned a contract to write a book for North Light Books, titled

Personal Geographies: Mapping Your Stories in Mixed Media(due November 2011).

GBW member Sylvia Alotta has opened Studio Alotta teaching classes in various binding styles & boxmaking.* for more information or a pdf of class listings, email sylvia: [email protected] *

m a r k y o u r c a l e n d a r . . .August 6 & 7, 2010 26thRocky Mountain Book and Paper Fair - Denver, CO

* for more information, visit: www.rmaba.org *

October 20 - 24, 2010 Utah Humanities Book Festival - Salt Lake City, UT* for more information, visit: www.utahhumanities.org *

u p c o m i n g . . .

November 13 & 14 Writing as Image, Exposed Sewing Structure withLaura Wait (San Diego, CA)* for more information, visit: www.laurawait.com *

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