Julie Chen fans – welcome!

I was looking at my blog stats this morning and noticed that a large number of people were doing searches on Julie Chen of Flying Fish Press. I finally figured out that last night, folks had watched Craft in America, a documentary on PBS on which Chen was featured. Since she’s super-fabulous, of course people [...]

Book Arts Guild of Vermont visit to UVM Special Collections

Last Wednesday I attended the monthly meeting of the Book Arts Guild of Vermont. Instead of meeting in our usual location, the Firehouse Gallery, we took a field trip to UVM Special Collections at the Bailey/Howe Library.
Special Collections at UVM is well-regarded among members of the College Art Association. According to an article in the [...]

When Jim Croft talks…

So I have a partially written post about the worskhop I attended yesterday at the Focus on Book Arts conference. I was sitting in the lobby of the dorm, getting ready to write when Jim Croft came over.
Now when Jim Croft wants to talk to you, you listen (just like the E.F. Hutton commercials from [...]

Change. Meh.

Oy, it’s been nearly two weeks since my last post. To sum up that time: I finished up my craft shows for the year, although I still have a few custom orders to wrap up.
From September through December, I spend a lot of time wishing for my shows to be over so I can have [...]

Book Artists and Poets Podcast

For the longest time, I’ve had the most wonderful resource bookmarked in my internet favorites and haven’t accessed it until today – the Book Artists and Poets Podcast. Steve Miller, professor and program coordinator of the MFA in the Book Arts Program at the University of Alabama, acts as host of a number of interviews [...]

10 cool things I learned about Julie Chen

During my workshop at the Garage Annex School, I learned a lot of interesting things about Julie Chen. I felt the need to pass them along and share her coolness:

She likes candy, including Swedish Fish and gummy bacon.
She has a great sense of humor.
She feels inspired by Rock’em Sock’em Robots.
She has, on at least one [...]

My Favorite Book Artists, Chapter 1: Julie Chen

A couple of years ago, the Book Arts Guild of Vermont took a field trip to the Special Collections department at the Bailey/Howe Library at the University of Vermont. Connell Gallagher, then director of Special Collections, organized an amazing array of artist books for us to view. They were laid out on tables and [...]