Workshops for April, May and June...

Helping children screen t-shirts at my child's birthday a few months ago.

DONE!

I've finally been able to co-ordinate my schedule and my family's schedule to create a workshop schedule! Whew.

This is a broadside created by a participant in the Letterpress 1 workshop

Introduction to Letterpress (max. 3 participants), Fee: $90.- +$4.50 GST

Sat. Apr. 25 Sat. June 5

Sat. May 1 Sun. June 6

Sat. May 8 Sun. June 12

Sat. May 15

All Intro. to Letterpress workshops take place from 9:30 am - 1 pm.

Letterpress 1 (max. 3 participants, Intro to Letterpress is a pre-requisite) Fee $175.- + $8.75 GST

Sun. May 16, 10 - 4:30 pm

Sun. June 13, 10 - 4:30 pm

Covers registration for 2 or more colour printing, building a form, editioning.

Working Washi (max.4 participants), Fee: $40.- + $2.- GST

Wed. MAy 12, 6:30 - 9:30

Explore the surface treatments of suminagashi, orizome and pigmented rice paste used for decorating Japanese washi papers. Washi paper, inks, pigments, brushes are supplied.

SIlkscreen (maximum 3 participants) Fee: $ 90.- + $ 4.50 GST

Sun. May 30, 10 - 3 pm

Sun. June 13, 10 - 3 pm

Bring your own light coloured shirts, fabric, cardstock and/or paper for printing your own designs on.

Please see side bar for registration instructions.

WAYZGOOSE Time!

It's that time of year again! Wayzgoose is happening in Grimsby, Ontario on Saturday April 24th from 10 am - 5 pm. There is no admission fee and you'll get to look at some amazing book arts works! Most of the exhibitors have things for sale, also! I always spend too much!

I was absent last year because of the death of our son, but I'll definitely be there this year. Hope some of you can make it out!!

Some of the things I've been making.

3 basic stab-bound books with covers made of my handmade rag papers.

Top: one of my experimental books with leather laces incorporated into the spine and fore edge. The cover material is Japanese washi that I decorated using pigmented paste.
Bottom: a detail of the spine.

I started making these for friends! Collaged papers adhered to a glass front, edged in copper with an ultrasuede back (so that it feels soft against the skin).

Some of my letterpress cards.
The images are a combination of vintage metal cuts and old wood type. I print them on the Vandercook or my Showcard flatbed press. Polymer plates aren't part of my repertoire . I'm a bit of a Luddite, so I can't create the vector files needed to have polymer plates of new images produced!

A rainbow of my handmade rag papers sewn together for a book.

A small pillow book covered in silk for your little secrets.

A large album with a fuzzy heart and dragonfly pendant sewn onto a pink burlap cover.

The deckle edges some of my handmade rag papers.

Some books.
Top: concertina book covered in Japanese washi decorated using a paste resist method.
Middle: book with exposed stitches through the spine. The cover is more of my handmade paper made with a mix of cotton pulp and kozo fibre. There is a button sewn on the front and a cord to tie the book closed.
Bottom: book has exposed stitching and a cover made of card stock letterpress printed with an assortment of vintage cuts. The cord cinching stitches on the spine is also used for tying the book closed.

March Break is Over.

Back from vacation in chilly Florida!

Got together with Don and Ruth Black for a day while we were down there.

Don had several books on the table when we got there... I think he knew I would be tempted!

One was the "Hamilton Specimens of Wood Typefaces" published by Shooting Star Press. It's a reprint of Hamilton's 17th issue of their Wood Type Catalogue from the early 1900's. Beautiful!

Don let me have his copy since we're not sure whether the publisher would ship to Canada and how much more it may cost. Thank you, Don!

Once I figure out what is wrong with my scanner hook-up I'll scan a few pages for all to see.

For now, here is a picture of the cover.

Jan. Photos

Lead used for holding space.

A student's project printing vintage cuts on the vandercook SP15.

From my Letterpress 1 workshop.

Close up of odds and ends of cast type.

Odds and ends of tiny cast type fished out of trays.

Back at it! Workshop update.

Last week was my first time teaching a workshop at my studio in over a year. I was really nervous. I was sure I would forget some piece of vital information that people needed to know for doing Letterpress!

I didn't need to worry... all went fine. The participants were really great and enthusiastic! I love meeting new people who have similar interests. Everyone who takes the workshop seems to have a love of old type, fine paper, books or a combination of the three. Of course I love all three. Don't ask me about font names though. I come from a fine art background! I just look at the type and chose by how it looks... the short, fat font with the rounded serifs are good!

Thank you to the people who participated in last weeks workshop. You made my return to teaching a wonderful and relaxing experience!

Workshop update:

Intro. to letterpress ($ 90.00)

Fri. Jan. 22 from 1 - 4 pm (full)
Sat Jan. 23 from 10 - 1 pm (full)
Sat. Feb. 6 from 10 - 1 pm (full)
Fri. Feb. 12 from 1 - 4 pm (cancelled)
Sat. Feb. 20 from 10 - 1 pm (full)

Letterpress 1 ($ 175.00)

Sun. Jan. 24 from 10 - 4 pm (1 space left)
Fri. Jan. 29 from 10 - 4 pm (full)
Fri. Feb. 19 from 10 - 4 pm
Sun. Feb. 28 from 10 - 4 pm (full)

Book Arts Fair, Christmas Market, 2010 Workshops

Hello everyone!

Almost a year off and now I'm getting back into my work. Slowly.
First up, a reminder that KOZO Studio Gallery will be open for our Christmas Market Fridays (2 - 7 pm) and Saturdays (2 - 6 pm) beginning November 28th until Christmas Eve. We have lots of new "old wood type" for sale, and wonderful handmade gifts by some of my creative and artistic friends.
Also, the 25th Annual OCAD Book Arts Fair is on Sat. Dec. 5th from 10 am - 5 pm in the Great Hall of OCAD on 100 McCaul St. I'll be there and we'll be bringing a bunch of letterpress paraphernalia (wood type, metal type, cuts, ludlow mats...).

Workshops

I've decided to do semi-private letterpress workshops for now. There will be no more than 3 participants per class! As Martha says, "It's a good thing". It will be less stress for me to prepare and participants will be able to focus on a project, receive more individual attention from me and have more time available at the presses to play.
In both classes participants will be able to use wood type, metal type, and an assortment of vintage cuts from Akemi's collection. The presses we'll be using are a Vandercook SP 15 prints up to 12 x 15 ") and a Showcard Mini flatbed press (prints up to 8 x 10").
Intro. to Letterpress covers the basics of printing, terminology, and of course, printing a series of cuts and type of your choosing.
In Letterpress 1 we'll create a two colour print with registration. We'll use a chase, learn to lock in a form and some basics of doing multi colour prints.

Dates available are:

Intro. to letterpress ($ 90.00)
Sat Jan. 16 from 10 - 1 pm (full)
Fri. Jan. 22 from 1 - 4 pm
Sat Jan. 23 from 10 - 1 pm (full)
Sat. Feb. 6 from 10 - 1 pm (full)
Fri. Feb. 12 from 1 - 4 pm
Sat. Feb. 20 from 10 - 1 pm (1 space left)

Letterpress 1 ($ 175.00)
Sun. Jan. 17 from 10 - 4 pm
Sun. Jan. 24 from 10 - 4 pm (1 space left)
Fri. Jan. 29 from 10 - 4 pm
Fri. Feb. 19 from 10 - 4 pm
Sun. Feb. 28 from 10 - 4 pm (full)

Thank you all for your patience during this past year. It's been a
very difficult 10 months and I'm glad to report that I actually want
to start working again. The beginning of January will be difficult as
it marks the first anniversary of our son's death. I've had wonderful
support from my community of friends and past students.
Thank you so very much!

Crafty Christmas time!

Well, this  will be my first show in over a year. I'm glad I'm starting with this one. It's the first year for this show and one of the organizers is my friend, Lisa. Please come out and support this east end craft show on Nov. 21st. They'll also be showing Handmade Nation afterwards!!!

A diverse mix of local makers of fine, cool, funky, sassy art and craft selling their wares at the stunning Fox Theatre in the Beaches. The sale is from 10am to 4pm, followed by Faythe Levine’s Documentary, Handmade Nation at 4:30pm.

Movies and Makers: An Art and Craft Show is a co-production between The Fox Theatre and GirlCanCreate that brings together all things local and handmade. The show is designed to provide both emerging and established artisans with a marketplace to sell their wares. We are looking forward to creating a unique experience in a unique space, The Fox Theatre.

Admission to the craft show is free.

Tickets to Handmade Nation are $6 for Fox Theatre members and $8 for non-members.

Here is the Vendor List for the first Movies and Makers's Holiday Show!

Nathalie-Roze and Co  Brook Alviano  Ashley Winnington-Ball  Karen Tiveron of Zippster  Kid Icarus  Nomura Photography  Pam McFadyen of Lurearts  Tweek  Melinda Reidl  Andrew Kellner  Akemi Nishidera of Kozo Studio  Kiele Poirer of Kabe Glass Studio  Barb Danielewski of Epidemic 613  Knotted Nest  GirlCanCreate  Emily Law and Mark Cabuena  Comfortably Lovely  Worn Journal  Le Petit Pig  2 Mile Jewellry  Afrodelik Designs  Jordynn Mackenzie  Dot Handmade  Pickleseed  The Clay Mobile  Ronald Caddigan  Curious Oddities  Suzanne Greenburg  Beside Herself

November 21, 2009 10 am to 4 pm The Fox Theatre 2236 Queen Street East Toronto, ON

For vendor interviews and show goodness check out our blog here! movies-and-makers.blogspot.com

Wunderkammer Call

Find out more at

http://wunderkammercabinet.blogspot.com/

WUNDERKAMMER - new project!

It's fall. Kids are back at school and I have started going back to the studio. I seem to have forgotten where I keep a lot of things. Where are my bone folder?!?! Where is my fine grit snadpaper?!?!

Anyroad, my first project (thanks to Sheila and Nat's enthusiasm and push) is a show called Wunderkammer Cabinet. Yes, if you know German the title is redundant -but hey! We thought just calling it Wunderkammer would be too vague for the average non-German speaker.

My husband and I gave this large oak cabinet to myself late last fall as a Christmas, new baby <:(  present. Sheila saw it and thought it would be great for a collective show. Now that time has passed since our sons still birth and I feel ready to get back into my studio, Sheila and Nat have helped me get me into the studio to get this project off the ground. Where do they get their energy?!? The posters for the artists call are letterpress printed using hand set wood and metal type  and computer printed for the body copy.