Making Books while the Snow Falls

Working as a visiting artist in Upstate New York requires good snow tires. Since where I live is centrally located int he middle of nowhere, I generally drive about an hour no matter where I am heading. If we're expecting sleet and ice I stay home. With snow, I drive slowly and pray.  Yesterday, the…

Using Wallpaper for Book Covers

Pamphlet covers  made from salvaged wallpaper sample books have captured my attention. Up until recently I have not been a fan of using wallpaper sample books as part of anything that I do with bookmaking. The fact is that no matter what you do with wallpaper it still always looks like wallpaper, a quality which I found…

Art and Recycling

A couple of weeks ago my dear friend Nancy, an avid recycler, sent me an email labeled "Favor" which included these words: "Before next Saturday's Compost Workshop (Nov 13) we need nine 8-1/2 x 11 signs, which I will have laminated so we can re-use them at future events. " I had no idea what a…