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Re: [BKARTS] Florida trip
I am going to the Tampa, St Petersburg area from November 2 until November 15. Are there any book arts related events happening there? I will have a car and lots of free time.
Alice Turak
Denver, Colorado
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> 1. Charlene Matthews Book Art Class In LA
> 2. Deacidification Solution
> 3. deacidification of photos
> 4. storage of photos
> 5. First bilingual book (3)
> 6. Indianapolis Happenings?
> 7. Book Arts at the San Francisco Public Library
> 8. Crayola Removal?
> 9. Activist Art in Minneapolis, Nov5
> 10. Clasp replacement/restoration
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> Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 00:26:23 EDT
> From: Lisa Deutsch <Lagourmet@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: Charlene Matthews Book Art Class In LA
>
>
> The Los Angeles Book Arts Center still has a couple spots available in the
> following class:
>
> More Mechanical Tightbacks with Charlene Matthews
>
> The Mechanical Tightback is the Sixteenth Century binding found in archives
> and records collections. This simple, utilitarian binding works well for
> diaries, journals, sketchbooks, photo albums, scrapbooks, and so much more.
> Charlene has some new twists to offer those that have taken the class
> before but beginners are also welcome.
>
> November 12
> 9:30am - 4:30pm
>
> A $25 materials fee is payable to the instructor at class time.
>
> $105 - nonmembers
> $85 - members
>
> For more information on the Los Angeles Book Arts Center, info on this class
> or to sign up for the class with Pay Pal please visit our website at
> _www.LABookArts.com_ (http://www.labookarts.com/) or call (310) 657-2616.
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> Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 01:21:39 -0700
> From: "Jack C. Thompson" <tcl@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: Deacidification Solution
>
> Linda,
>
> Photographs should not be deacidified. The emulsion of photographs
> is gelatin, and gelatin is stable in a *slightly* acid condition.
>
> I am not talking about digital photographs or photos printed on RC
> paper; I'm talking about traditional photographs.
>
> As to the photos turning brown, are you certain that what you have
> are not sepia toned photos?
>
> In any event, do not deacidify your photos. It would probably be
> best if you remounted the photos on neutral pH paper, and such
> paper is available, perhaps from TALAS; also check University Products.
>
> Jack
>
>
> >Hi Aaron,
> >
> >I have an album of photographs that I bought at auction several years
> >ago. (snip) Obviously the paper they are mounted on is not archival--
> >many have gotten very brown.
> >
> >Are these formulations something that would help keep the album from
> >deteriorating so quickly? I can't quite tell from your site if they are
> >useful after-the-fact, as it were, or if they need to be applied BEFORE
> >mounting the photos.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Linda S.
>
>
> Thompson Conservation Lab.
> 7549 N. Fenwick
> Portland, Oregon 97217
> USA
>
> 503/735-3942 (phone)
> 503/289-8723 (fax)
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> Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 09:29:47 -0400
> From: seawall <seawall@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: deacidification of photos
>
> brown spots/browning of photos can be caused by whatever was used to
> glue photo to pages, if not photo corners.....they used to use rubber
> cement which will eat into both photos and paper beneath.
> not much one can do about that.....but i'm not the expert here. i
> suggest scanning the images that you already have for posterity's sake
> (of the images at least).
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> Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 09:43:39 -0400
> From: Marcia Watt <Marcia.Watt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: storage of photos
>
> You want to make sure you remount photos on material that has passed the
> "Photo Activity Test." These items are readily available from companies
> such as Gaylord, University Products, Talas, etc.
>
> Marcia Watt
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> Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 10:11:12 -0400
> From: dennis/marsico <marsico@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: First bilingual book
>
> Hello book-arts group,
> If you have a moment take a peek at my first bilingual book. Blind Desire
> is printed in English and Braille with the Braille emboss riding on the
> surface of the poem=B9s photograph.
> The web link is; =20
> http://www.dionysuspress.com/Blind_Desire.html
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> Dennis
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> 412.781.6350
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> Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 09:38:55 -0500
> From: Joan Michaels Paque <joanmichaels@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: First bilingual book
>
> Dennis,
>
> Congratulations on your innovative and very creative Braille embossed=20
> book. It is
> indeed sensuous. A pure delight.
>
> Joan Michaels Paque
>
> www.joanmichaels.paque.com
>
> dennis/marsico wrote:
>
> >Hello book-arts group,
> >If you have a moment take a peek at my first bilingual book. Blind Desi=
> re
> >is printed in English and Braille with the Braille emboss riding on the
> >surface of the poem=B9s photograph.
> >The web link is; =20
> >http://www.dionysuspress.com/Blind_Desire.html
> >
> >Dennis
> >
> >
> >
> >Dionysus Press=20
> >www.dionysuspress.com
> >marsico@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >412.781.6350
> >
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> Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 09:46:48 -0700
> From: RLavadour <paper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Indianapolis Happenings?
>
> Any book arts happenings in Indianapolis, Indiana Nov. 2-5? I'll be at the
> symposium at the Eiteljorg Museum and would love to find some diversions
> while there.
>
> thanks in advance -
> Roberta
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
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> Mission Creek Press / Pendleton, Oregon
> http://www.missioncreekpress.com/newwork.htm
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> Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 10:08:33 -0700
> From: Asa Peavy <apeavy@xxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Book Arts at the San Francisco Public Library
>
> For Immediate Release: October 11, 2005
>
> Contact: Sherri Eng (415) 557-4282 seng@xxxxxxxx
>
> Images Available
>
> =20
>
> New Exhibition Examines Ethics, Legality of Leaf Books
>
> Main Library Hosts Show's Only West Coast Stop
>
> =20
>
> SAN FRANCISCO-A unique exhibition of 45 leaf books will make its only
> West Coast visit Nov. 5-Dec. 31 when it will be on display in the Jewett
> Gallery at the Main Library. Disbound and Dispersed: The Leaf Book
> Considered is the first exhibition to examine the history of the leaf
> book, a late 19th-century development that incorporates a leaf, or
> single page, from an original work with new supplementary text in a fine
> press publication. The leaf books in this exhibition contain manuscripts
> and printed leaves dating from the 12th through 20th centuries.
>
> =20
>
> Noteworthy leaf books in the exhibition include those containing
> original leaves from the first four folios of William Shakespeare's
> plays, a leaf from the Gutenberg Bible, and a leaf from the first
> edition of the Canterbury Tales. Books were drawn from the collections
> of Northwestern University, University of Chicago, Brigham Young
> University, Harvard University, Indiana University, R.R. Donnelly & Sons
> Co. and three private collectors. Related materials from the Main
> Library's Book Arts & Special Collections Center will supplement the
> exhibition during its stay in San Francisco and will be on view in the
> Rare Book Room on the Library's sixth floor.=20
>
> =20
>
> The Caxton Club of Chicago, a society of book collectors founded in 1895
> and named after the first English printer William Caxton, organized the
> exhibition. After its two-month stint in San Francisco, the exhibition
> will travel to Harvard University's Houghton Library and Indiana
> University's Lilly Library.
>
> =20
>
> While leaf books have a devoted following, the practice of creating
> them, which entails destroying one book to make another, continues to be
> controversial. The exhibition's opening program, "A Poor Man's Morgan
> Library: The Challenges and Issues of Publishing and Collecting Leaf
> Books," will feature a panel of book collectors and enthusiasts who will
> discuss the ethical, legal and historical issues surrounding the
> creation of leaf books. John Windle, antiquarian bookseller and leaf
> book publisher; Anthony Bliss, curator of rare books at UC Berkeley's
> Bancroft Library; Michael Thompson, attorney and co-author of "Disbound
> and Dispersed;" and private collector Paul Robertson are among the
> panelists. The program is sponsored by the San Francisco Public Library
> and the Book Club of California.
>
> =20
>
> The panel discussion will be held 2:00-4:00 p.m. on November 5 in the
> Koret Auditorium at the Main Library. The program and exhibition are
> free and open to the public. For more information, please call
> 415.557.4560 or 415.557.4277.
>
> =20
>
> * * *
>
> =20
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> Press release: http://sfpl.lib.ca.us/news/releases/leafbook.htm
>
> Exhibitions at SFPL (Upcoming):
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>
> Directions to the Main Library:
> http://sfpl.lib.ca.us/librarylocations/main/maindirections.htm
>
> =20
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> Asa Peavy, Program Manager
>
> Marjorie G. & Carl W. Stern Book
>
> Arts & Special Collections Center
>
> San Francisco Public Library
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> 100 Larkin St.
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> Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 13:21:27 EDT
> From: Susan Toth <BksBd2BUsd@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: Crayola Removal?
>
> I have two questions and I hope this doesn't sound too stupid.
>
> 1) How do I access the achieves for the Book Arts List?
>
> 2) A customer would like to know about removing the old fashioned Crayola
> markings from the back of maps. These maps are in an Atlas and several of the
> front signatures are missing. He would like to save what is remaining. Should I
> tell him it can't be done and the art work is now part of the paper? What
> about the new product out on the market that takes crayon off of walls?
>
> Susan Toth
> Books...Bound To Be Used
> BksBd2BUsd@xxxxxxx
> (269)641-7454
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> Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 14:07:11 -0400
> From: Judith Shaffer <shaffer.judith@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: First bilingual book
>
> Dennis! This is absolutely lovely. And sensuous.
> Congratulations on this wonderful production.
>
> Best wishes,
> Judith
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> Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 18:33:25 -0700
> From: Susan Hensel <susanhensel@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Activist Art in Minneapolis, Nov5
>
> A LEAP OF FAITH: at the intersection of Faith &
> Politics
> November 4-December 29, 2005
>
> Susan Hensel Gallery=953441 Cedar Ave. S.=95Minneapolis,
> MN 55407
>
> Opening Reception
> SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5
> 5-9pm
>
> FREE FOOD
> Airforce Nutrisoda
> Good Music
> Artists=92 talk
>
> A national group of twenty-two artists from all faith
> traditions were asked:=20
> How do faith & politics interact? =20
> Should they interact?=20
> How does one affect the other?=20
>
> A diverse response ensued. This show of painting,
> sculpture, books, mixed media & video is their answer.
> =20
> Some answer with further questions. =20
> Some answer with fierce proclamations.=20
> Some answer with quiet meditations on faith.
>
> Among these artists there is great concern about the
> narrowing gap between church and state and the
> apparent the corporatizing of both. There are many
> expressions of the message of faith broken by human
> action=85there are also expressions of quiet faith and
> of transformation. The affects of 9/11, of the last
> two presidential elections, of the war in Iraq are all
> present. The acknowledgement of a deeper history is
> also in play
>
> Do come for a challenging evening with the arts.
>
>
>
> Susan Hensel
> BFA '72, U of Michigan
>
>
> Susan Hensel Gallery
> Susan Hensel Design, LLC
> 3441 Cedar Ave. S.
> Minneapolis, MN 55407
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> Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 22:01:39 -0500
> From: jmerchant <jmerchant@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Clasp replacement/restoration
>
> Hello-
>
> Just wanted to mention that I recently completed
> another clasp replacement/restoration. You can
> view the documentation of this clasp making process at
>
> http://www.bookclasp.com/restore2.htm
>
> This was done for a family bible restored by
> Carole Vanderhoof of Lonely Pine
> Bindery. You can also view her step by step process at
>
> http://lonelypine.ce-service.biz/oldbible.htm
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joycelyn Merchant
> Ginkgo Leaf Books
> http://www.bookclasp.com
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