Book Arts Guild of Vermont workshop: Dowel Spine Portfolio

A couple of weeks ago, I attended the monthly meeting of the Book Arts Guild of Vermont. I was in charge of the evening’s program and taught folks the Dowel Spine Portfolio, a structure I learned during my summer workshop at the Focus on Book Arts conference with Peter Thomas. When I received my grant [...]

Learn Dowel Spine Portfolio with the Book Arts Guild of VT

At August’s meeting of the Book Arts Guild of Vermont, I will teach the Dowel Spine Portfolio, a structure created by Peter Thomas. It’s a non-adhesive structure that requires few tools and materials. I learned this structure in a class I took with Peter at the Focus on Book Arts conference.
The first book we’ll make [...]

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 [...]

Book Arts Guild of Vermont workshop: Books and Fiber Art

This past Wednesday I attended the monthly meeting of the Book Arts Guild of Vermont. This month’s program, Books and Fiber Art, was led by Sally Knight.
After attending the meeting, I’m convinced that Sally is some kind of fabric Jedi Master. She showed us a bunch of samples of her work, which was just fabulous. [...]

Book Arts Guild of Vermont workshop: Buttonhole Binding

Last Wednesday I taught the second of my bookbinding workshops during a five-day period (read about the other one here). This workshop was for the monthly meeting of the Book Arts Guild of Vermont. The focus of the meeting was supposed to be about all of the different online resources for book artists – forums, [...]

Book Arts Guild of Vermont meeting: Lake Champlain Celebration and “Show & Tell”

This past Wednesday I attended the monthly meeting of the Book Arts Guild of Vermont. The meeting had two components:

Discussion of the B.A.G. Quadricentennial Book Project
“Show & Tell” of resources, tools, etc. that you have found useful or interesting in your bookbinding work

The Vermont Lake Champlain Quadricentennial Celebration will last throughout 2009 to mark the [...]

Book Arts Guild of Vermont workshop: Panel Books

Last Wednesday I attended the monthly meeting of the Book Arts Guild of Vermont. The big difference at this meeting was that I was in charge of the evening’s program. I decided to teach folks the Panel Book, the structure I learned during my summer workshop at the Garage Annex School with Julie Chen. Below [...]

Extreme Production Adventure with Carol Barton II: Jigs and Templates

One of the best things I learned from Carol Barton during her trip to Vermont was how to effectively use jigs and templates. In my own production work, I have a “recipe book” that contains all of my standards measurements and designs – this keeps me from having to redefine the process each time I [...]

Extreme Production Adventure with Carol Barton

So today I finally get to talk about my weekend workshop with Carol Barton. As I mentioned in this post and this post, Carol came to Vermont as part of a collaboration with the Craft Emergency Relief Fund, where I work. Even though a lot of work was accomplished, I still had a really fun [...]

Carol Barton lecture at UVM Special Collections

I have been one busy monkey.
As I mentioned in this post, Carol Barton was coming to Vermont. Well, she’s come and gone – hence the busy monkey. I had the best time. I am exhausted, but feeling very fulfilled. I will be writing a series of posts through the week about my experiences with Carol.
First [...]