Over 40 exhibitors of book arts, prints and specialty tools + supplies
Exhibitions and Raffle
Preview Party Friday Nov. 16
Speakers and Demonstrations
What’s New in Book Arts
Contemporary Prints

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And Good Night

Uncategorized by Tia Blassingame on November 19, 2012

From talks to demonstrations, surrounding events like the various exhibitions and mobile press demonstrations to simply talking with artists about their work and techniques, the fair covered a lot of ground. The diversity of book arts was on display, and embodied through vastly different processes, materials, themes, and styles. For some attendees, this weekend was their…

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Featured Exhibitors

Marina Terauds

Intaglio printmaking inspired by nature, myth, legends and fairy tales. —North Branch, MI

Pellinore Press

Limited edition prints, artist books, stationery, and novelties, printed from original woodcuts & handset type. —Baltimore, MD

Coronado Printstudio, Pepe Coronado

The studio invites artists from various disciplines to print new works. —Hastings-on-Hudson, NY • Pepe will be a panelist on “Taking it on the Road: Mobile Studios”, Sat. Nov. 17, at 11:00 am.

Featured Demonstrations

Reductive Blend Roll Letterpress

Former Pyramid Atlantic Resident Artist Lee Marchalonis will print a a multiple-run reductive image on the Vandercook letterpress using on-press blended inking. This technique allows for complex interactions between printing runs and opportunities for color mixing on the palette and press. — Sun. 1:00-1:45 pm

Excavated Screenprints

Corcoran College of Art + Design professor Dennis O’Neill will present recent projects from students and his Alexandria print studio Handprint Workshop. The new screenprint is a chameleon, borrowing freely from sculpture, painting/digital imagery, and boundless in its possibilities. A printing demonstration will follow. — Sun. 2:00-2:45 pm

Screenprinting with Natural Dyes

Denise Bookwalter will mix up screenprinting inks from natural dyes: including preparing the dyestuffs and thickening the consistency, followed by a printing demonstration. The variety of plant and animal based materials for making screenprinting ink for fabric and paper will be covered. — Sun. 1:00-1:45 pm

Featured Speakers

Mary Mashburn and David Shields

Mary and David will share their experience working with Globe Poster Collection at MICA and the Rob Roy Kelly Wood Type Collection at UT at Austin, as well as the ideas surrounding letterpress in the modern age. — Sat. 9:30-10:00 am

Pepe Coronado

After moving to Hastings-on-Hudson, NY, Pepe Coronado formed Dominican York Proyecto GRAFICA, a printmaking collective of 12 Dominican/New York artists. He also reaches out to the community with his Carrito Grafico (press cart), “performances” encouraging passers-by to create a small block print. — Sat. 11:00-11:45 am

Libby Clarke

Here and Now: A Movement in the Making • Libby Clarke details her efforts to save the world one person at a time by describing her latest endeavor. This project involves stickers, a website, and a phone app working in concert to help the user develop a habit of present-mindedness.—Sat. 10:15-10:45 am

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