Happy Blog Birthday #9

For it's birthday, I've made this nine-year old blog  a  pop-up card, inspired by Arno Célérier, whose work I saw on David A. Carter's facebook page. I generally don't spend much time making pop-ups, but I do like cutting paper. Sometimes, while sitting having morning coffee with my husband, I cut silly little shapes from any…

Heading West to Waverly, Pennsylvania

Right now I'm preparing materials for three short workshops that will be happening at the Community Center in Waverly, Pennsylvania. this Saturday, October 11. There will be many presenters during the grand weekend long celebration of the 50th year of the E. Lammot Belin Arts Scholarship. I've taken a look at the line-up, which was published as part…

A Nod to Making Pop-Ups

Since I have devoted my last few posts to pop-ups,  I've decided to put together a brief introduction to this magical bit of paper engineering.  There are many fabulous in-depth resources to making pop-ups: this post is not one of those. Instead, I offer here a couple of introductory type of handouts. For in-depth looks…

BASIS: Pop-Ups at the end of the Summer

I've been pouring over these photos that I have taken of work done at a Book Arts Summer In Salem workshop, as well as pages from a very special book that created by students during this past winter while working at North Main Gallery in Salem, NY alongside Ruth Sauer and Ed Hutchins. One thing…