all things bookart
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, Looking for Matthew on Mar 31st, 2014
It was a little bit of surprise to receive an email from the Pacific Center for the Book Arts PCBA – which was dormant for about two years. The 15th members show ‘BookWorks’ was the reason behind the email. From June 18th through September 6th, in the skylight gallery of the San Francisco Public Library, the […]
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 Bookart, Carousel Book, Exhibitions on Sep 27th, 2013
I made it! The ‘Crazy Carousel Book Alice’ is on its way to Minneapolis, to the MCBA. The final glueing was done this morning. I added a half clam-shell box and a belly-band for the book. This version has the third panel cut out, too. Even though it is a lot more work I think […]
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 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 […]