school's in
I have a section of
Bookbinding I coming up at The Center for Book Arts here in NYC, meeting Monday nights from April 20 - June 29. Join us and learn or review bookbinding fundamentals this spring.
Come see what this is all about.
nothing too much just out of sight
Late this summer I had the honor and thrill of lending a bone folder-wielding hand to Sir Paul McCartney's latest project, executing models of various concepts dreamed up by Norman Hathaway for the CD packaging of
The Fireman's Electric Arguments, including a binding with an exposed spine and thread tails left long.
The music fan in me is enjoying this album, particularly the tracks "Sing the Changes" and "Don't Stop Running."
the quilt shop at the center of the universe
The City Quilter, an indispensable partner in my art making, celebrated its 10th anniversary with a commemorative quilt, to which I contributed this log cabin block featuring the storefront - teeny tiny quilts and bolts of fabric and all. The quilt has just been completed and is currently on display in
the shop in Manhattan and on The City Quilter's
web site.
goodbye friend
RIP Lizzie, the Center for Book Arts cat
summer school
I'm teaching a new workshop at The Center for Book Arts this summer, in
longstitch binding - a favorite of mine. We'll meet July 19-20 to explore this ancient and useful structure.
Also, I have another section of
Bookbinding I coming up in August.
And some good news for students past and present: as I have promised some of you, I have begun making PDFs of handouts from my classes available by
email request.
the care and feeding of old books
My work in book conservation at the Met continues... this year I am assisting conservator Sophia Kramer in the conservation of French illustrated books, 1800-1850. This day I was removing staples from the spine of an illustrated novel. Later I sewed the text block and Sophia returned it to its repaired case.
too pretty to eat
Mindy Dubansky celebrates the life and work of Alice C. Morse in style, with a
book and
exhibition at The Grolier Club - the culmination of 10 years of research and collecting. Cookies by Roni Gross depict signatures used by Alice Morse in her designs.
