Book & Paper Arts Calendar Updates - July 26, 2023
Hello everyone,
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FOBA call for 2024 workshop proposals have been *extended out to Jul 30, 2023 - also save the date for for FOBA 2024 happening Jun 19 - 23, 2024, in Monmouth, OR
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Some things on my radar: (1) I have been keeping an eye on this popup creation manual for the last 3 or 4 years waiting for it to be published and now Shawn Sheehy has a workshop, Building The Pop-Up Creation Manual, where you get the manual and he shares his expertise on putting it together (see Bits and Bobs below for links to a short video about the manual) - please go to Nov 4 in the calendar (2) Are you going to the The Movable Book Society 2023 Conference? You can attend in person and virtually from Sep 28 - Oct 1 (see calendar link above)
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Elbel Libro/Bookbinding out of the box will be moving from the Netherlands to France on August 20 - their new address is Atelier Elbel Libro - 7, rue du Château, 67510 Lembach, France
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I will be taking the month of August off as far as the newsletter is concerned - lots of things are happening so I will see you towards the end of September
Me ke aloha nui - Jade
Unfolding paper explorer, information conduit & facilitator, foodie, unorthodox traveler, astronomy enthusiast, somewhat grudgingly tech savvy
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Book & Paper Arts Calendar | Book & Paper Arts Newsletter
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Sections below:
Things to do in the area |
Call for artists/ entries/ proposals/ submissions |
Bits & bobs about paper/ books/ tips/ trips |
Musings and Meanderings |
About the calendar |
Resource List |
Housekeeping
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Paper Connection has opened their new Art Annex at Hope Artiste Village, Unit #109, Pawtucket, RI - join them at their drop-in clinics on Wednesdays
Yerba Buena Art and Makers Market, San Francisco, CA - first Sunday of every month - and if you are a creator they have a free booth for you
University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA - Collins Memorial Library - 12th Annual Puget Sound Book Artists Members’ Exhibition - now until Jul 27, 2023
Dayton Memorial Library, Regis University, Denver, CO - Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers exhibition - now until Jul 29, 2023
Minnesota Center for Book Arts Main Gallery, Minneapolis, MN - Paper Is People: Decolonizing Global Paper Cultures - now until Aug 12, 2023
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA (Los Angeles, CA) - Printed Matter's LA Art Book Fair - Aug 10 - Aug 13, 2023
WNY Book Arts Center, Buffalo, NY - 15th Annual Book Arts Member Show - now until Aug 19, 2023
The American Bookbinders Museum, San Francisco, CA - POETIC JOURNEY/TRAVESÍA POÉTICA - now until Aug 26, 2023
Women’s Studio Workshop, Kingston, NY - In the Palm of Your Hand: A Group Exhibition of IttyBitty Works of Art - now until Sep 2, 2023
Center for Book Arts, New York - Kumi Korf: A World of Her Own and Visual Volumes: Contemporary Explorations in Book Arts - now until Sep 9, 2023
Sandia Heights Artists (Albuquerque, NM) - 20th Annual Studio Tour - Sep 9 - Sep 10, 2023
Spark Gallery, Denver, CO - Westward Bound II - Aug 17 - Sep 10, 2023
Book Club of Washington Northern road trip - Mt. Vernon and Anacortes Sep 16, 2023 and an optional overnight stay in Anacortes venturing out to Bellingham on Sep 17, 2023 - note: this is an event for BCW members and guests
Guild of Book Workers annual conference - Standards of Excellence Seminar in Hand Bookbinding - San Francisco, CA - Sep 28 - Sep 30, 2023
2023 Movable Book Society Conference, Cleveland, OH - Sep 28 – Oct 1, 2023
Save the dates for the Vermont Crafts Council Open Studios: Sep 30 & Oct 1, 2023
Queensbury Convention Centre, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada - WinterGreen Craft Market - Oct 13 - Oct 14, 2023
Mary M. Torggler Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA - The Possibilities of Paper and The Magical World of Paper Kimonos - now until Oct 15, 2023
23 Sandy and the Collins Memorial Library, University of Puget Sound - Dreams - at the Collins Memorial Library, Tacoma, Washington - on view Aug 20 - Nov 17, 2023
Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID - Jacob Hashimoto: The Fractured Giant - now until Jan 21, 2024 - time lapse video of the installation process
Hiromi Paper - 2024 Conservation Washi Tour - Sep 7 - 14, 2024 - $3200/person ($500 deposit required to reserve a spot) - meet and observe Japanese papermakers, and experience the art of washi first hand by visiting various papermaking villages in Japan's countryside. Tour includes an itinerary of conservation focused papermaking studios, toolmakers, museums, and shops. Transportation, breakfast/dinner and 8-night accommodation included - please note, this is an intensive tour with daily visits to conservation-centric papermakers and is not a conventional sightseeing tour - contact Yuki at yuki@hiromipaper.com for more information - *Participants are responsible for their own round-trip flights - limited spots available
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Call for artists/ entries/ proposals/ submissions
Websites for calls for entries for all mediums and online juried shows:
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Call for entries management and jury system entrythingy.com
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Find calls https://www.callforentry.org/
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Colossal (international platform for contemporary art and visual expression that explores a vast range of creative disciplines) opportunities
Focus On Book Arts (FOBA) call for 2024 workshop proposals - extended to Jul 30, 2023
Santa Fe BAG call for entries - Celebration of the Book - deadline: Aug 1, 2023 - exhibit dates: Oct 2023 to Apr 2024 - must be members of Santa Fe BAG and Libros New Mexico Book Arts Guild to participate
Sitka Center for Art & Ecology, Otis, OR - call for 2024 workshop proposals are being accepted now through Sep 5, 2023
Call for proposal: Craft Ontario 2024 Virtual Workshops - opportunity for Craft Ontario members - deadline: Nov 1, 2023 - become a member
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Bits & Bobs about paper/ books/ tips/ trips
Sarah Bodman - Book Arts Newsletter - Impact Press at the Centre for Print Research, UWE Bristol, UK - more book arts related events in the UK, EU, EEA and some USA - latest edition and back issues
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art’s (BIMA) - Artist's Books Unshelved: full play list here
John Neal Books - upcoming online calligraphy classes
I was excited when I first saw this pop-up creation manual 3 or 4 years ago and was waiting for it to be published - short video here - and Shawn Sheehy will now be teaching a workshop to put it together (see Nov 4, 2023 in calendar)
A Falk Brito mandala with variations folded by Isa Klein - it is in Portuguese but the close captioning is in English and her folding "instructions" are clear. If you ever need to auto translate any YouTube video on your phone or tablet (does not work on a not so smart TV) check out this video - also just found out that this is also a Falk Brito mandala one of the first I ever folded.
What a neat way to organize my prepped origami bases I have been folding for my 8-module mandalas classes with Falk Brito in Brazil (16 - 18 for each step by step fold and 8 for the final mandala) or 9 bases for the Froebel units - Hedi Kyle's pleated display stand folded by Paula Krieg - fun and practical
MCBA (Minnesota Center for Book Arts) - Paper is People artist panel talk - I was only going to watch Skye's portion of the presentation but was drawn in to stay by the other equally amazing artists!
I watch NHK World to keep up with all things Japanese. They have a show series called Japanology Plus talking about origami that I hope you enjoy. And only in Japan can you find a vending machine that vends origami structures
Who knew the middle page of your zine is more important than you realize (on Instagram) and how to make a simple zine
If you missed the San Diego Book Arts member exhibit in May 2023 at the Front Porch Gallery in Carlsbad, CA, here is the online information about the books exhibited
How to clear your cache on your phone to keep your mobile browsers fresh and keep your web browsing snappy - for iPhones - for Android
YouTube video history of Pop-up and Movable Books: 700 Years of Paper Engineering featuring the Popup Lady
I love washi tape and here is Kit Davey's 5 washi tape ideas on Youtube
Originally saw Katy Colin fold origami corrugation on Instagram and then Jen Kwan (ZXBer extraordinaire) put a name to it. I was going to reverse engineer it based on what Katy mentioned but now I have a reference if I get frustrated. The link on the top of that page no longer works but that started me down another internet rabbit hole about Ray Schamp
Will these unusual road signs encourage you to drive in Japan? To make matters slightly more complicated they drive on the left side of the road like other British Commonwealth countries - I won't drive in Malaysia as it is much easier to GRAB a ride or call on a cousin :)
This flipper card from Maththew Reinhart is for father's day but could be translated for other occasions!
I believe I will be adding grand libraries to the list of things I look for when travelling. What else do I look for? Paper (naturally), ceramics, glass, art-o-mat vending machines, little free libraries, anything unusual on google maps (that is how I found a Chinese temple dedicated to the god of war in Mendocino, CA) or roadside oddities, and now grand libraries!
Do you have a tough time saying, "No"? Here are a few ways to say "No" nicely on Instagram
If you attended the Realms of Solids workshop back in October of 2022, you may enjoy folding this box - a Self-Closing Truncated Tetrahedral Box
If you reside in Los Angeles County here is a list of free museum in Los Angeles plus free museum days. Look for free museums and free museum days in your area using your favorite search browser
I am always on the lookout for good and thorough origami teachers on YouTube - Evan fits the mold as he marks what has been folded so far and explains things well. He makes the leap to the next step for a little more challenging origami easier, for example, this one called Flower X - if you want more of a challenge try hydrangea with leaves folded by Sara Adams
Cute and quick little book with an interesting cover
Another wonderful Ed Hutchins book, Arizona Wildlife, that can be found in the Jaffe Center for Book Arts collection as shown in Instagram
I found this never ending card but was unable to find instructions on how to make it. The closest I could come to it was this version by Sam Calcott and the simplest flexagon by Paula Krieg
Had been wondering how to connect 2 shrigley pages together - I had experimented with making 2 pages (from one sheet of paper) with 4 section accordion between them - the pages somewhere (or they may have been relegated to the trash/bin) but then I serendipitously ran across this blog entry (thank you, Cathryn Miller of Byopia Press) for shrigley binding and hinge connector
If you enjoyed the twist fold base and then made the origami mosaics from June's newsletter here is another structure you can make from that twist fold base - another origami tato
Yau Hoong Tang - Negative Space - imaginative and expansive storylines from minimal visuals
Hedi Kyle sling fold book - I had created a mini one (3"x3") as part of SDBA's Shelter in Place Book Exchange back in June 2020 but I had no idea what it was called as I had learned it from another YouTube video - thought the name did not make sense so I decided to called it a recursive wrapped slot book
In checking out a blog about one's art supply stash I came across a page where you can get public domain imagery from Scrap Paper Circus
I had thought I had already included this nifty structure to fold and hide secret messages - here are instructions on a Victorian puzzle purse or menko
I first met Paula Krieg on Zoom (I knew of her from her Playful Bookbinding and Paper Works blog before then) attending a Folded Folly flexagon class put on by MoMath back in August 2021 while in the desert for the Perseids meteor shower - nice to come back to this flexagon and think back to that time!
I have been privileged enough to see this amazing view before - Mauna Loa viewed from Volcano National Park at sunrise - this one is on Instagram. I love seeing both Maunakea and Mauna Loa in their many moods
A rather cool box - worth replaying it over and over in Instagram (IG) to figure out how to fold this box
Kit Davey had an ingenious little book on IG with a removable spine and covers so you can change it out depending on your mood, outfit or occasion. I commented on it in Instgaram and she pointed me towards the tutorial she had on YouTube
How do you make a cube more exciting? Why you sink in a corner on a Paul Jackson cube and build a tower with them!
The Language of Flowers! drumleaf binding book with printable file and instructions from Byopia Press
I also seem to have a thing for clocks - I have one that has a sail between the hour and minute hand making cool shapes no matter the time and another with loads of triangles that makes cool geometric shapes as the hands sweep over the face. However this guy makes some really inventive clocks
Stress relief with meditative folding on Instagram with a bit of pleating or try the YouTube version
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My descent into my latest folding distractions, and thus feeling terribly unmotivated to start working on this latest newsletter, all started when I was entranced by origami mosaics created by Patrizia Porzio back in mid-May after seeing them on Instagram (IG). So much so that I did my usual intensive research to look for where I could learn these modules. It was with great joy when I found out that Patrizia would provide an e-book for the asking. Of course I asked and printed it off immediately taking a few select sheets with me as we traveled so I could start folding the module that piqued my interest. I folded enough while house sitting to make an anniversary card, a thank you card, and 3 square/bird base notes that showed both the front and back (even the back was fascinating to me). Then I see that there was an IG live about these mosaics which was luckily uploaded to YouTube. Great for me as I knew there would be a need to pause the video and rewind to catch up to what they are doing on screen. Always happy to learn an easier way to do a twist fold base and learn 2 more mosaics.
For my next step towards distraction I went ahead and paid for a membership on a YouTube channel - something I usually do not do. I try to figure things out or look for videos or instructions or have a book somewhere in my unread pile of books (my practice of Tsundoku :)). I had already been following this creator - she introduced me to the Froebel unit and once I did the financial analysis it made sense for me to be a member to get a weekly live class along with the recorded videos to refer to. I don't know about you but I tend to forget things.
I had been following Falk Brito from Brazil on Instagram as I was also intrigued by the pictures of his mandalas there enough to ask myself, "Now how did he fold that?". I looked on YouTube but only came up with a few (I highlight 2 in the Bits and Bobs section). Then I noticed he was teaching after I grabbed the text on one of his posts and ran it through a translator - I wrote to him and now I have had 2 classes with him. He does not speak English and I do not speak Portuguese but origami transcends all languages! Google translate and Paypal do their bit as well. The other participants are wonderfully exuberant and I have never been so quiet in a workshop. So much so that I have had requests to say something!
The other wonderful thing is that one of my classmates lives in San Luis Obispo, CA, so she is helping with some of the translation. I also love how they say my name phonetically pronounced Jajay. I am still trying to figure out when to pronounce the "T" like a soft "ch" but it seems like a "D" is pronounced like a "j". I now know how to say good evening, fold & unfold and front in Portuguese. The tough part for me is the pronunciation but I suspect my ears just need to get used to the language. Currently it may be as difficult for me getting the tones correct in Mandarin (which I also do not speak). But Falk and my classmates have been very supportive and generous with their compliments when I post pictures.
The best takeaway from Falk's workshop is that he makes sure that there is a step-by-step folding reference just in case one does not have access to the internet to check the Whatsapp group for each mandala. The first mandala workshop had 16 steps per module (the 2nd had 18 steps) and 8 modules per mandala. We fold the step-by-steps first and then work on the complete mandala. I now also follow through with a similar tactic when folding new Froebel units. I fold a reference windmill base that shows the progression of folds at each quarter of the base. There are now 12 - 16 units (as of this writing) and the teacher has suggested putting all of these in a book. The finished and progression unit would fit perfectly on printer paper folded in fourths the long way and halves the short. I would love to use Kit Davey's removable spine and covers to accommodate any additions to the book. Oh, yes! I also had the opportunity to fold 2 pleated display stands, to corral the 9 or 24 bases that I have been preparing for each of my workshops, thanks to Paula Krieg. I just adore them and they can also be used to display the finished structures, too. I am not the only one excited about the display stand - here is Paula's latest blog post about her tangrams and the pictures sent to her for the display stands - so pleased and honored to be mentioned in this post. She is the only person I know when she requests homework and homework is turned in!
So drop me a line letting me know what your latest distractions have been. Oh! One other distraction - shimmery text weight paper for folding - some of them change color as you turn them in the light. I am trying to justify getting 50 sheets of Stardream paper in one color. Sigh!
See you in September!
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Link to the calendar (If the link to the left is not working copy this URL - https://teamup.com/ksd9e12a80c3878ba5 - and paste to your browser)
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The time listed in each entry will be the listing organization's time zone - if a virtual/online workshop a time zone converter link will be listed in the description area - if in another country a currency converter will be included as well
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There is no difference between In-person1 (blue entries), In-person2 (red entries), In-person4 (purple entries) and In-person 4 (green entries) or Online1 (orange entries), Online2 (light teal entries), Online3 (light purple entries) and Online4 (blue grey entries), just a way to visually separate workshops; pink entries are for festivals or conferences; yellow are public online meetings from various book arts guilds and museums
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To change views in the calendar: For laptop/PC/tablet locate the 3 bar or hamburger button (≡) upper right corner and select .. Day .. Week .. Month .. List; for smartphones select the 3 bar button and make your selection as above
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To move backwards or forwards in time in the calendar: For laptop/PC/tablet locate "Today" in the upper left corner and click on the single left facing arrow to back one time period (based on what view you have selected) and single right facing arrow to move one time period forward; for cellphone locate the ">>" button and to the right of that will be the single left & right facing arrow
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To search by keyword look for magnifying glass. If one class is sold out search for a unique word from that class to see if another is available, for example, "masu" or "Sheehy". Do check out that organization's workshop calendar for other disciplines/mediums being offered
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The calendar is updated as I come across information and you have 24x7 access to it
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You can add any calendar entry to your own personal calendar to help you keep track of meetings and workshops you will be attending. On any interested entry either right click or touch & hold down your finger on the selected entry for a couple of seconds, select Share then select which calendar (Google, iCal, Outlook) you wish to add to. Be sure to update the time to your local time zone
For more information:
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Video from NEBA mixer
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Video from PSBA meeting
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Video for calendar discussion with Sara Siggelkow NPBAF Education Manager - the 6-minute mark is where the discussion of the calendar begins
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Would you like to schedule a zoom session to discuss the ins and outs of the calendar? I would be happy to set one up with you - email me at jsqcentral-workshop@yahoo.com
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Resource List (maintained in my Dropbox account - close popup to view document). Documents are saved in Word format (.docx) but can be opened and saved as a PDF
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Central place for artist residencies - all mediums
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Organizations where I gather my information
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Teaching opportunities
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On-demand workshops with pre-recorded videos and/or kits
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Favorite paper places (I am not affiliated, associated, authorized, endorsed by, or in any way officially connected with any of the companies listed. I merely enjoy their products and fantasize about what I can buy)
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MFA programs in the US (updated annually) - due dates, points of contacts, programs offered and admission requirements
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