all things bookart
Posted in Bookart, Exhibitions on Aug 12th, 2013
YEAH – it’s done!! – there was an extension to the deadline which helped me finishing my piece ‘Klabautermann’. Title: ‘Klabautermann’ traditionally a type of kobold who lives aboard ships and helps sailors and fisherman on the North Sea and Baltic Sea in their duties Structure: variation of the ‘snake’ book structure, the opened piece […]
Posted in Bookart, Exhibitions on Aug 7th, 2013
I am not sure if I am able to meet the deadline for this one – see picture below (sorry for the bad quality…better ones are following!). After a super busy couple of weeks I am trying to figure out if I should ‘push hard’ to finish the artwork or just ‘let go’ and take […]
Posted in Allgemein, Bookart, Exhibitions, Flag Book on Jul 2nd, 2013
The ‘Year of the Dragon’ flag-book will be on view at the Marin County Fair, starting this week. I don’t know if the book was selected for a prize. Once I find out I’ll let you know!
Posted in Bookart, Exhibitions, Flag Book on Jun 22nd, 2013
It seems like a long time since I have posted something on the blog. Why is it that time is just flying? I was not sure if I would meet the deadline for the Marin County Fair this year. Before I went to Germany I mailed in the entry fee for two books. My plan […]
I will be teaching a workshop this Saturday, May 11th, at the San Francisco Center for the Book. There is still time to sign up! The class starts at 9:30AM and will end at 5:30PM. I am working on another sample for the workshop right now. Come back to check out some new pictures. Hope […]
Posted in Bookart, Exhibitions, Tunnel Book on May 8th, 2013
online catalogue available!
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, Looking for Matthew on Mar 22nd, 2013
The following is the foreword of Bill Denham’s ‘Looking for Matthew’, a collection of poems. Matt and me — My heart went cold that September morning when the voice on my cell phone identified herself as an SFPD Homicide Detective. I knew Matthew was dead. Yet even as I felt the numbness come over me […]
Posted in Bookart, Looking for Matthew on Mar 14th, 2013
Bill has been working on the book since last year, now it is coming closer to a finish. During the last weeks he was nearly every day at Painted Tongue Press, working on ‘Looking for Matthew‘. An incredible project. Together with Mitsuko, I will help Bill to bind 15 of his letterpress printed books. The […]
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 […]