all things bookart
Posted in Accordion Book, Bookart, Exhibitions, Flag Book, Letterpress on Oct 28th, 2013
I received a letter from the Public Library this week letting me know that my book ‘A Sun that Rises’ has been awarded ‘Honorable Mention’ in the Artist Book category in the Library’s 2013 Art of the Book show. ‘A sun that rises’ is part of the ‘Al-Mutanabbi Street project’. The Library’s website is showing […]
Posted in Accordion Book, Bookart, Exhibitions on Oct 17th, 2013
The book is based on the following motivational quote : “Every day in Africa a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster that the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa a lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death. […]
Posted in Accordion Book, Bookart, Exhibitions on Oct 15th, 2013
Why was it such a challenge for me to create a book using ten cards from a deck? I started with a whole different set of ‘pages’ for this book, using the story of the gazelle and the lion. I tried to bring everything together but it did not ‘feel right’. Something was missing. And […]
Posted in Accordion Book, Bookart, Exhibitions on Oct 13th, 2013
This was not easy – I was close to call it off and just not finish this book. But then I did it and now I am happy that I did not sleep the last week and worked entirely on this project. And guess what? I knew about it since April … the story of […]
Posted in Accordion Book, Bookart, Carousel Book, Exhibitions on Sep 19th, 2013
The MCBA – Minnesota Center for Book Arts – has a juried exhibition coming up ‘Wonderland Revisited’ – an Alice in Wonderland Theme. I submitted ‘The Joy of Stamping’ and ‘Crazy Carousel – Alice’. The exhibition will be presented in the Open Book Literary Commons Gallery from October 18 through December 15th. YEAH!! … just […]
Posted in Accordion Book, Bookart, Exhibitions, Flag Book, Letterpress on Sep 16th, 2013
This last week I received a letter in the mail from the Monroe County Library, Rochester, New York. On July 26th was the deadline to apply for ‘The Art of the Book’ exhibition. Both of my entries have been accepted into the show. ‘Year of the Dragon’ and ‘A Sun that Rises’ will be on display […]
Posted in Accordion Book, Bookart on Feb 2nd, 2013
I just come back from the opening exhibition at the San Francisco Center for the Book. Great turn out. If you can make it, you should try to see it. It’s worth it! They also show a couple of broadsides – including mine!
Posted in Accordion Book, Bookart on Jan 30th, 2013
This is the text I used in the book ‘A sun that rises’ These are the words by Abdul Satar (Abu Ali), taken from the documentary: A Candle for the Shabandar Cafe Emad Ali, Director, Baghdad Film School, 2007 “The explosion in Mutanabbi Street didn’t just target people…but also language and thought itself — Iraqi culture, […]
Posted in Accordion Book, Bookart on Jan 27th, 2013
Delivered three books to Beau Beausoleil on Saturday, January 26th, 2013!
Posted in Accordion Book, Bookart on Jan 25th, 2013
‘A sun that rises’ starts to look good! I am working on a half clam-shell box with a window cut-out in the lid to complete the work. Very exciting!