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Posted in Bookart, Exhibitions, Tunnel Book on Jun 19th, 2014
Twelve German-American Artists share their views on Germany today. Exhibition June 20 – July 25, 2014, Opening Reception June 19, 6:30PM. Goethe Institut San Francisco, 530 Bush Street @ Grant Street, left of the China Town Gate. My piece is a tunnel book with a collaged image of ‘Norddeutschland’ – ‘North Germany’.
Posted in Bookart, Exhibitions, Tunnel Book on Sep 8th, 2013
23 Sandy Gallery in Portland, Oregon presents: Poignant to Playful: Pop-Up and Movable Books, September 5 to October 12, 2013 Pop up books hold a special place in everyone’s heart. Young and old alike can’t help but be mesmerized by the myriad movabilities of pop ups. This month we are showcasing 32 pop-up and movable […]
Posted in Bookart, Exhibitions, Tunnel Book on May 8th, 2013
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Posted in Bookart, Exhibitions, Tunnel Book on Mar 25th, 2013
A juried exhibition of handmade book art inspired by food, opening on May 10, 2013 at 23 Sandy Gallery in Portland, Oregon. For their 2013 biannual juried exhibition 23 Sandy called for food-related unique and limited edition artist books, broadsides and related book and paper art. Unique work from 44 artists will be exhibited. I […]
Posted in Bookart, Publications, Tunnel Book on Mar 7th, 2013
This is the cover of Volume 1 – 500 Handmade Books, published in 2008. Volume 2 is on its way, juried by Julie Chen, well-known book artist and owner of Flying Fish Press in the Bay Area, California. I received an email on Tuesday that ‘Cista Nova Bestiolarum’ was selected for the book. The book […]
Posted in Bookart, Tunnel Book on Feb 19th, 2013
Today – Monday – I finished the tunnel book I started in class at the SF Center for the Book on Saturday. It has two layers and the background. I tried to capture everything in the pictures – which is quite a challenge. These three dimensional stages are so complex that it is way more […]
Posted in Bookart, Tunnel Book on Feb 17th, 2013
I made the sample yesterday, posted a picture of it and went to bed. Couldn’t stop thinking about it and felt it needed some ‘pep’. This morning before class I added a little something. I leave it to you to find the difference …
Posted in Bookart, Tunnel Book on Feb 16th, 2013
I am teaching the ‘tunnel book workshop’ at the SF Center for the Book tomorrow, Saturday, February 16th 2013. To have a new show-and-tell I just made this little book. This is a sample of what we will be finishing in the one day class. I am really looking forward to it. The last time […]
Posted in Bookart, Tunnel Book on Jul 16th, 2012
This tunnel book has a ‘puzzle box’ as a ‘back drop’. I used two pieces of plexiglas for the box to allow light into the tunnel. Dimensions are: 5″ x 5″ , about 15.5″ deep when opened Media: rubber-stamped pictures, Lokta paper, kite string, acorn, miniature plastic baby
Posted in Bookart, Tunnel Book on May 5th, 2012
Four-panel tunnel-book, 5″ x 7.25″, approximately 4″ deep when opened Pictures are rubber-stamped by hand on Mohawk superfine eggshell paper, using stamp pads with archival ink. Panels are then cut out by hand. The back panel is stamped on tracing paper to allow additional light into the book. Because of its random elements, every copy […]