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20 August, 2024
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We recommend — The Book Restructured: Wire-Edge Binding
Everything corresponds. Sweet is easy: happiness. Tanginess is trickier: people going the wrong way and calling it right; the tendency not to complain while harboring envious and covetous feelings. Sourness is things you like and don’t like — woven together. Smokiness is slow vision, seeing...
20 May, 2018
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Looking forward to — Book Arts Program workshop, “The Practice of Ukiyo-e Woodblock”
The Practice of Ukiyo-e Woodblock Keiji Shinohara, instructor August 5-6 Friday & Saturday, 10:00-6:00 Book Arts Studio, J. Willard Marriott Library, Level 4 Registration for this workshop is closed. Leave the brayers, pallet knives, rag papers, and presses behind, and journey eastward. With brushes and barrens, master printmaker Keiji Shinohara...
28 July, 2016
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Looking forward to Book Arts Program workshop, “All Shook Up: Text & Image in Flag Books”
Text & Image in Flag Books Karen Hanmer, instructor July 7 Thursday, 9:00–5:00 Book Arts Studio, J. Willard Marriott Library, Level 4 Application for this workshop is closed. The foundation of Hedi Kyle’s deceptively small and simple book flag book structure is an accordion folded spine. Flaps attached to both sides...
06 July, 2016
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We recommend — Book Arts Program workshop, “Letterpress Printing: Text + Image”
Letterpress Printing: Text + Image Crane Giamo, Instructor June 14—August 2 Tuesdays, 5:00—8:00 Book Arts Studio, J. Willard Marriott Library, Level 4 $340, register here. Get a handle on what it takes to crank out an edition of gorgeous letterpress prints. This active, eight-week class introduces the fundamentals of letterpress, from...
13 June, 2016
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Looking Forward to Book Arts Program Workshop, “Up-cycled Stories: Books as Process”
Rare Books is proud to support the Book Arts Program with its collections. For more information about the Book Arts Program and future workshops, visit their website or like them on Facebook. Up-cycled Stories: Books as Process Julianna Christie, Marnie Powers-Torrey & Emily Tipps May 28 Saturday, 10:00–6:00 Book...
24 May, 2016
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Exhibition — “Tunnel Vision”
Tunnel Vision: A Selection of Tunnel, Pop-up and Movable Books from the Rare Books Department Tunnel Vision features a selection of pieces from the rare book collections produced using various paper manipulations to create the illusion of depth — framing and narrowing the viewers’ perspective. This...
05 April, 2016
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