all things bookart
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 […]
Posted in Letterpress on Mar 6th, 2013
The sunflower is an annual plant native to the Americas. This is our latest addition to the letterpress printed cards Painted Tongue offers. More printing to come! We are super busy at the studio with card printing and custom orders.
Posted in Letterpress on Mar 2nd, 2013
Another day at Painted Tongue Press! Printing another note card. The Cosmos plant is in the family Asteraceae – commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, or sunflower family. It is such a beautiful flower. Printing it today reminded me of an early summer day, imagining a field of cosmos flowers swaying in the warm […]