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

Hand Papermaking, Inc.

Publishers of Hand Papermaking magazine, featuring articles on papermaking, development, and education; a quarterly newsletter; limited-edition portfolios; and paper artist registry. —Beltsville, MD

Pellinore Press

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

Spur Stor

Limited edition posters and prints of artwork by award-winning illustrators Joyce Hesselberth and David Plunkert. —Baltimore, MD

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

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

Sewing on Paper Tapes

Former Pyramid resident artist Sarah McDermott will show how to create an exposed spine binding using handmade paper tapes. — Sun. 3:00 – 3:45 pm

Featured Speakers

Jesse McAfee

The Print Factory is a mobile art collective that began in Kansas City in 2007. Traveling hand made mobile presses, members aim to promote their artists, and to show the relevance of the printed image in this information age. Artist Jesse McAfee will discuss The Print Factory and his functional backpack print shop, the S.C.O.P.E. —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

Pilar Nadal

The Tired Press is a mobile printmaking studio that focuses on the creation and production of site-specific postcards. It is a bicycle outfitted with a small scale relief press, pannier cabinets for supplies, a gallery for exhibition of prints made on the press, as well as a volunteer post office service. Anyone who meets the bicycle can print, purchase, write, and/or send a postcard! — Sat. 11:00-11:45 am

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Fair Venue: Civic Building

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