I had the pleasure of teaching my class, A Book in a Box, with an enthusiastic group of newly minted book binders. During the class, two people served as photo-documentarians and tried pretty much to take pictures of every step in the process of constructing a cloth covered clamshell box. The box was constructed to [...]
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I wrote that Jill Alden Littlewood was the impetous for the project mentioned in my previous post, so it may seem that Jill is one of my favorite and frequent collaborators when you read what I have to say here. The first part is certainly true and the second is, sadly, not true enough. [...]
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Although I am of no religious persuasion and eschew most holiday celebrations in general, I still like to acknowledge the passing of seasons, the beginning of a new year, the rebirth and restatement of hope and renewal. As a consequence, most years I produce a new year’s card as opposed to a holiday card. I have always [...]
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I am offering two classes in January. The first, Printing on the Platen Press, will begin on January 20th at the School of Visual Concepts and will continue until February 24. This class is open to beginners and experienced printers alike and will be an opportunity to work on a treadle press at the wonderfully [...]
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When I designed this book, I worked out many different models. Originally, I had in mind to make the book entirely out of recycled materials such as corrugated cardboard boxes. But after I made the first model, it was both way too big and clunky, and it wasn’t anything I could put through a printing [...]
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