Hi Elena and everyone,



If you go to the website for the Friends of Dard Hunter listed below and
click on links in the upper right hand corner it will give you the web
addresses for the best papermaking supply houses.  Carriage House is
excellent, Twinrocker is also, and David Reina Designs is where you want to
look for sturdy studio equipment.  Two places not mentioned are Magnolia
Editions, the only west coast supplier of papermaking materials and
equipment; and Mark Lander who makes the only Hollander Beater under $2,000
- I think his original model, the "Critter" goes for around $1,000. (There
is a yahoo group about Hollander Beaters and they mostly discuss his various
models. )



I am glad the papermaking bug has caught you.  Now you can join the Friends,
where I will probably be moving from VP of  the annual conference to being
President as of October.  This year we meet in Hawaii at a fabulous place -
see the Friends website for details.  Next year the conference is in
Atlanta, at the American Museum of Papermaking.  This is where the
collection of papermaking artifacts brought back by Dard Hunter from his
travels around the world are housed and displayed.



Hand Papermaking magazine is a beautiful and informative magazine - also
listed on the website. One part has all the information about shows,
internships, galleries, residencies, etc.  The other part is a magazine you
never throw away because the depth of the information in the articles is
extraordinary and is always relevant.



See you soon -



Jill





Jill Littlewood

VP Annual Meetings for the Friends of Dard Hunter, Inc.

Jill@...

435 E. Pedregosa

Santa Barbara, CA, 93103

(805) 898-9260 (home)

(805) 448-2045 (cell)

(805) 898-0703 (fax)



www.friendsofdardhunter.org

Kona, Hawaii, October 23 -26, 2008





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I think I posted this earlier but I'd rather do it twice than not at all:



Date:    Mon, 1 Sep 2008 23:10:44 -0700

From:    Judith Hoffberg <umbrella@...>

Subject: Call to all Southern California Artists Who Make Books



> CALL TO ALL SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ARTISTS WHO MAKE BOOKS

>

> Art Catalogues at MOCA, Pacific Design Center and Umbrella are

> collaborating in a wide and resplendent exhibition of contemporary

> artist bookworks which will be accessible to the public for

> exploration and sales during the course of the Artist Book Exhibition

> upstairs in the Galleries at MOCA, Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles.

> We want bookworks from San Diego to Santa Barbara, so please tell your

> colleagues.

>

> We are asking for more than one copy of artist books which will be

> sent on consignment to Art Catalogues for the duration of the

> exhibition opening on 19 October and closing sometime in January.  If

> you send at least 5 copies, we will try to sell them to the public

> during the holiday season and before and after as well.

>

> If you do send a one-of-a-kind bookwork, then realize that it will be

> handled by the public in the bookstore.

>

> Books are to be consigned and sent, before October 3, 2008, to:

> Art Catalogues at MOCA

> Attn: Dagny Corcoran

> 8687 Melrose Avenue, G102

> West Hollywood, CA 90069

> (310) 289-5223

>

> Necessary information is to be supplied:

> Title

> Artist/Author

> Publisher

> City

> Year

> Price/Discount (I must have at least 30% per MOCA, as all sales go

> through their register) Description, including edition size, where

> signed, number of pages, medium and any interesting side-note. Dagny

> put each book in a plastic bag together with the description and price

> Contact address, e-mail and phone number

>

>

>

>

Judith A. Hoffberg

Editor & Publisher, Umbrella

>





Jill Littlewood

VP Annual Meetings for the Friends of Dard Hunter, Inc.

Jill@...

435 E. Pedregosa

Santa Barbara, CA, 93103

(805) 898-9260 (home)

(805) 448-2045 (cell)

(805) 898-0703 (fax)



www.friendsofdardhunter.org

Kona, Hawaii, October 23 -26, 2008





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Hi all,
Please forgive me if this information doesn't pertain to you or if you've
already made up your mind about who you'll be voting for on election day. I
recently forwarded the Kilkenny letter about  republican vice presidential
candidate, Sarah Palin, to a friend who then emailed the author to verify its
authenticity before sending it around. While I haven't (yet) verified the
accuracy of the statements made, I can now at least verify its authenticity. So
if you're interested in hearing what Alaskan resident, Anne Kilkenny, has to say
about Sarah Palin, then read on...
~Sally

P.S. Last day to register to vote is just around the corner. Register and be
heard!

Subject: Fwd: reply to your questions about Palin
To: (I took out my friend's name and email to protect her privacy)
Date: Monday, September 15, 2008, 11:16 AM

I just
  received this response from the Alaskan citizen, Anne Kilkenny, who wrote the
letter about Palin. I am impressed with her level of committed involvement. Way
to go, Anne!

From: Anne Kilkenny <annekilkenny@...>Date: September 15, 2008 1:02:49
PM CDTTo: undisclosed-recipients:;Subject: reply to your questions about Palin


Hello,

Thank you for emailing me with your thoughts and questions about Sarah Palin.
  Some of you have waited for days for my reply; I apologize for my slow
response, but I have received over 12,000 emails and I have just not been able
to keep up.

Who am I?
I am the writer of an email dated 8/31/08 about Sarah Palin that “went viral”.
SOME PEOPLE HAVE RECENTLY RECEIVED A DISTORTED, EDITED VERSION OF THIS EMAIL. I
urge you to go to the website listed below to see what I actually wrote (with an
addendum I wrote on Sept 9th).

http://community.adn.com/adn/node/130537.

On Sept 4th, I asked the Anchorage Daily News if they would post on their
website my original email. I asked them to do this for several reasons: 1) they
are the largest newspaper in Alaska, 2) they are not aligned with either party,
3) I was being told that people were changing what I wrote, and 4)
--importantly--they know me. When I go to City Council meetings
  there is always a reporter from the Anchorage Daily News there; they can verify
that I am a resident of Wasilla and frequently to go City Council and other
meetings.

I HAVE NEVER BLOGGED. I DO NOT HAVE A WEBSITE. If you find other things with my
name attached, it is campaign dirty tricks.

I am not working for either campaign, however, by now I assume they both are
aware of my letter. Nobody connected with either campaign suggested that I write
my email, nobody has paid me, and nobody has asked me to stop answering my
email. Sitting next to my keyboard as I type, however, is the most beautiful
bouquet of flowers which were sent to me by a total stranger in Conneticut in
appreciation for the time I put into writing it!

I am a fiscal conservative and social liberal. I believe that government serves
an important function in society: doing for the common good what individuals and
the private sector cannot. Primary government
  responsibilities include infrastructure and guardianship of our rights.

How & why did I write my email?
My piece about Sarah Palin evolved over a 3 day period in response to questions
I got from friends and relatives who live outside Alaska. By the afternoon of
the 3rd day I was getting replies from friends of friends of friends--in other
words, people who didn't know me--and they were asking "Who are you?" and "Why
did you write this?", so I added those sections to my email and then sent it out
to about 30 people on my email list with whom I had not yet communicated. Within
a couple of hours a friend of a friend of a friend posted it AGAINST MY WISHES
on a website. From there, it was posted on numerous other websites.

I had no idea it would "go viral". For years, I had drafted PTA newsletters that
went electronically to hundreds of people, and THEY never went viral! In fact, I
have reason to believe most of the time they weren’t
  even read! ha!

How do I know anything?
I have been a Wasilla resident since 1981. I went to many City Council meetings,
because in 1996-7 I was the author of a new chapter in the city of Wasilla
Municipal Code, and it took a year to shepherd this new code through the City
Council. (It passed unanimously). After that, I went to meetings periodically:
when there was something on the agenda of interest to me and around
election-time.

Wasilla has a strong mayor form of government; the mayor is full-time.

What’s happening?
I am inundated with email, but I am still trying to reply to as many as I can; I
am way behind. I’m sorry for the length of this, but with over 12,000 emails
I’ve had to draft an “omnibus” reply.

How can you verify the truth of what I wrote?
Many people have asked me if what I have written is true. Your request for facts
to check is appropriate and fair, however with over 12,000 emails to
  answer, I do not have the time to supply all the information you would need to
substantiate everything I have written. I have become aware of some factual,
grammatical, and personal errors which are identified in the addendum, but none
of these errors substantially change what I wrote. These errors are addressed in
the addendum to my email which is posted on the Anchorage Daily News website
referenced above.

I have been interviewed by many newspapers, and NBC, CBS, ABC and CNN. I have
supplied them with all the names of the individuals involved, etc. so they could
fact-check what I wrote. I suggest that you go to the following sites to check
out those parts of what I have written that the mainstream media has been able
to put together reports on so far. I am so impressed with the reporters I’ve
met; they are literally working around the clock to get to get up to speed.

A story dense with facts and information about Sarah Palin's first 6
  months as Mayor can be found at:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008163431_palin070.html

A more comprehensive look at her terms as Wasilla’s Mayor and her 20 months as
governor can be found in a NY Times story that appeared 9/14/08, and can be
accessed at the website below:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/14/us/politics/14palin.html?_r=1&hp=&adxnnl=1&ore\
f=slogin&pagewanted=print&adxnnlx=1221415398-aXQkakmNv2hz9SVPQ1KEuw

About the library/censorship issue.

Below is a link to a segment from Good Morning, America on 9/10/08, which covers
the attempted library censorship and attempted firing of the librarian. It is
100% accurate to the best of my knowledge.

http://www.acakadut.com/videos/v-VcdqcXZ1jqU/Ross-on-Palin-ABC-09-10-09.html

Did the Mayor ask the
  Librarian about removing books from the Wasilla Public Library?
Yes. I was a witness to one of the occasions on which Mayor Palin asked the
Librarian about removing books from the collection. Stories in the Anchorage
Daily News & Frontiersman newspapers report that Mayor Palin asked such a
question. Snopes reports that the McCain campaign also acknowledges that she did
this.

Was there a list of books?
Not as far as I know. I’ve always said I didn’t know of any, Gov Palin says
there was no list, and the list in circulation looks bogus because some of the
books on it weren’t even published at that time.

Were any books removed?
No. Not as far as I know. The City also says books were never censored. If you
read carefully what I wrote, you will see that I said that she “attempted” to
censor the books, not that she actually was able to.

What does Palin say?
Conflicting things. At the time that all this happened,
  Palin acknowledged to both of the local newspapers that she had asked the
librarian about removing books from the library; she said that her questions
were “rhetorical”. However, ABC News broadcast video of her telling Charles
Gibson that all of this was an “old wives tale” and I have been told that she is
telling people around Wasilla that this whole library story is B.S.

What remains in dispute?
Mayor Palin’s motives for discussing censorship of the library collection remain
in dispute. She claims her questions were rhetorical. They sure didn’t sound
rhetorical to me! I foresee no resolution to this aspect of the story.

Palin’s approval rating
Governor Palin is a very attractive, warm person, with lots of charisma. I think
that her high approval ratings are because of that. On Sept 13, 2008, pro- and
anti-Palin rallys were held in Anchorage and the anti-Palin rally was the
larger; some say this is because there had
  been many pro-Palin rallys already.

“Troopergate”
Trooper Wooten (Palin’s ex-brother-in-law) is not anyone’s idea of a model State
Trooper, but I am of the opinion that everyone should be treated the same. I
think it would be wrong for friends and relatives of the Governor to get special
favors, OR be more severely punished.

About aerial wolf-hunting in Alaska.
The recent aerial wolf hunting issue was not about sport hunting. It was about
whether or not only State Fish & Game employees would be allowed to shoot wolves
from planes when there are emergencies and packs of wolves are attacking kids
and pets. Sarah Palin’s position on this issue should not, in my opinion, be
construed as lacking a proper “sporting” attitude. This was not a hunting issue;
it was a prey management issue.

Forwarding/editing/blogging.
Yes, you may forward my email to your friends. I would prefer if you didn't
change it or edit it
  in any way.

If you want something shorter, write your own white paper and put YOUR name on
it.

I remain very conflicted about giving permission to post my email on a website.
I don’t have time to check out all the blogs and websites which have requested
permission to post it. Yet, I don’t want to penalize the considerate and
conscientious people who ASK when so many (800+ I’m told) have not. So, I am not
going to give permission, but I am also not going to do anything if someone
posts it without my permission, either.

I hope that I have adequately answered your questions and been a help to you in
deciding which ticket you want to vote for. In this imperfect world there are no
perfect candidates--unless one wants to run for office oneself!

I encourage you to get involved in the campaign of whichever candidate you
support. The best decisions are made when people are informed and everyone
participates.

Anne
  Kilkenny
Sept. 15, 2008







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A rich outpouring of ideas.





http://www.rockport.lib.me.us/alteredbooks/index.htm     - the creative
works of art





http://www.rockport.lib.me.us/OutofBoundsAlteredBookProject.php     - the
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Yes indeed.  Thanks, Jill.          Judy

Jill Littlewood wrote:
>
> A rich outpouring of ideas.
>
> http://www.rockport.lib.me.us/alteredbooks/index.htm
> <http://www.rockport.lib.me.us/alteredbooks/index.htm> - the creative
> works of art
>
> http://www.rockport.lib.me.us/OutofBoundsAlteredBookProject.php
> <http://www.rockport.lib.me.us/OutofBoundsAlteredBookProject.php> - the
> background on the project
>
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>



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Hi all,

I had a chance to stop at the Artists' Union Gallery in Ventura last
Friday and really enjoyed the current exhibit "Art of the Book 2",
curated by Inez Monguio.  It includes many artists from both S.B. and
Ventura counties.  It's a wonderful display of many of the various
forms "book arts" can take and gloves are provided so that artworks may
be handled.  The gallery is located on the beach side of the 101
freeway, at 330 South California St., on the plaza beside the beach
(across from the hotel).  It is open Thu.-Sun. from noon-6 pm (-9 pm
Fri. and Sat.).  The show runs through October 14 and is definitely
worth a visit!

Pam

Brian Dettmer



http://wearduringorangealert.blogspot.com/2007/11/artist-of-week_21.html



This came from a discussion on one of the book arts list servs about books
as sculptures.





Jill Littlewood

VP Annual Meetings for the Friends of Dard Hunter, Inc.

Jill@...

435 E. Pedregosa

Santa Barbara, CA, 93103

(805) 898-9260 (home)

(805) 448-2045 (cell)

(805) 898-0703 (fax)



www.friendsofdardhunter.org

Kona, Hawaii, October 23 -26, 2008





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Below is an exchange on the Book Arts List_Serv, which is the largest email
group devoted to book arts in the country (around 2,000 subscribers I
believe).   It took me awhile to screw up the courage to answer Lisa since I
know my position is way at one end of the spectrum.  Nonetheless, I was a
bit taken aback by what I got from Mr. Andrews.

This is not the whole of the conversation with Lisa - there were thoughtful
replies. But I am always amazed at the way the anonymity of email releases
lack in civility in people who would never be that way if they met you.

I like to think my position of openness is part of what is happening in this
country right now, and that we are heralding in a time when more people feel
a place at the table, whatever table it is.

In my next email, I am going to send on an article on Communities of Artists
I wrote for Hand Papermaking magazine.  We are a perfect example of the
strength of those communities.

Jill


Hi all,

New to book arts, aside from a course taken last semester.  Recently, I've
been working on a book idea.  When I finished with the mock-up, I noticed I
had   deconstructed the form of the book and it seems more like a sculpture.
Now I've been attempting to pull the piece back into a "book" form.  Am I
making sense?

So my question is: what defines a book as opposed to a sculpture?  Is it
text or is it the original intent?  Any opinions would be much-valued.

Lisa




Dear Lisa,

I have a set of books in a book arts show that are called "The Censor's
Library." Each piece in the library is a trade book encased in a solid wrap
of high shrinkage hemp and abaca.  The book inside is from the American
Library Association's list of books banned in America.  It is a sculpture,
but also fits in the book arts world.  And you can't turn pages or read
anything; you can't even tell if I am telling you the truth about the nature
of the books I have encased.  It is a comment on contemporary life, in book
form.

On this list-serv we have discussed the question of what makes a book a book
in many different ways, most exhaustively when Johanna Drucker published her
ideas in the Bonefolder.  I appreciate lots of different opinions and have
my own, articulated at first by my friend Elena Siff: "It is a book if you
say it is a book."

I am a populist.  If you want to call something a book, go for it.  Because
I want to include you if you want to be included, for any reason whatsoever.
But it only gets interesting after that: why? What makes it booky?  What do
you want us to think when you include it in the field of book things?

I feel the same about people calling themselves book artists.  You are if
you say you are. I'll let you in - but all the interesting questions come
after that.  Where is your work?  Does it interest you? Me? Is it good?
What do you want to do next? I extend the same openness to people who want
to call themselves homeschoolers, or artists, or whatever.  Relax, you are
in.  Now, what do you want me to know or see, about you or your work?

Many years ago I curated Judith Hoffburg's collection of artists' books; it
was 2,500 pieces by the time UCLA took it and put me out of a job.  Every
day brought treasures in the mail and from her travels.  There were things I
knew right away were books: they looked like what I had grown up with.
These I could put together by subject because their form was the same.  But
what about a clear vinyl pillow with alphabet noodles rattling around inside
it?  What category of book arts did that fit in? It was a comment on
bookness, with the letters constantly re-arranging themselves; and the
artist had sent it to Judith, so they meant it to be thought of in book
terms.  Trying to categorize this piece is when I began to expand my
definitions.

In Judith's collection there were a number of items that were book
sculptures: pieces of wood shaped like books, Styrofoam carved like a book,
things that were probably similar in kind if not in size to the granite book
John Cutrone mentions.  To me, this was one big happy family, cement book
shapes included. You look at such a form and experience it differently than
a book you hold in your hand and turn the pages as you read them.  But the
idea of making a book solid was a comment on what a book is and isn't, just
like my books in their paper sarcophagi. I like that. I like everyone
together because then I make connections I would never make if someone else
does the editing. And while I appreciate the editing that is essential to
shows, catalogues, etc, in the whole big field of book art I appreciate more
not less. Inclusion and variety; fuzzy definitions. I like to make up my own
mind what a book is.

Jill








Date:    Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:30:55 -0700

From:    Michael Andrews <apeiron@...>

Subject: Re: Book or Sculpture?



Here again, such openness is a disguised form of ostracism - it throws out
reasoning, words, discursive thought, text as irrelevant and excludes, by
implication, anyone and everyone who is capable of thought, words, text,
learning, education, etc.

It throws out literature and history,

it throws out science and philosophy

and, certainly, it would be mortally offended by mathematics.



Sadly, for democracy, it throws out an intelligent electorate.

But that is an obvious horse of a different color.



A book is not a book if meaningful text cannot be read.

That is the definitive use of a book.

It is why the object "book" was invented.

Anyone is free to apply any name at all to anything that exists.

That is called a civic right or freedom of speech, which, by common
defintion is not about definitions but about content and protest.

But, I digress.

If actual communication is to be involved we have to agree on definitions
and rules, or else discourse becomes nonsense.

It muddies the clarity of discussion

to dispense with commonly accepted words, to redefine them as anything and
everything - it dispenses with discourse and communication period.



More to the actual point, it muddies markets.



The idea of defining a book simply by calling it a book applies strictly to
the idea of intention, the intention of having some object considered as a
book.

So far, that is acceptable.

But it fails in its intention because it cannot seem to confine itself to
simple rules of communication in which a book is commonly defined as an
object that has a meaningful and readable text, and a sculpture as a
different form of art that is spatially oriented as opposed to a form that
is linguistically oriented.



It is further confusing to contemplate whatever it is that impels someone to
redefine an obvious piece of sculpture as a book.

What is it that makes them want to redefine one form of art, a sculpture, or
a painting as another art form altogether?

Are they offended by the concept of sculpture?

Is it simply confusing to people who do not read because books often are
encapsulated as objects that have sculpture like attributes such as tactile
weight, smell, or visual appeal?

Or is it simply a failure to attract any positive feedback from the
sculpture market that they feel impelled to invade the dying book market,
and thereby erode that market even further by preying on and confusing the
weakened intellects of those who do not understand that books are objects
that require attention and that least denominator of discursive reasoning,
they require reading?



Oops, that's a complex sentence

so I am sure the point is lost there.



Better to seal it up in a block of concrete and call it book art.



The fact is that Littlewood's sculpture depends for its impact and meaning
on the fact that the inaccessible texts are commonly known, made famous, in
fact, by readers of those very same texts.

It is actually a sculptural comment on what are in fact books, and not a
book in itself.

It depends on its meaning as sculpture by representing an object whose form
is only known to represent the containment of a readable text.

The form, as form, has no other meaning except as abstract art and that is a
discussion better left to them what can clearly use words.



The meaning of a sculpture of a book depends on the objects known as books.



One wonders how many of the proscribed texts Littlewood has actually read
before sealing them off?

The suspicion is that Littlewood simply likes both books and sculpture, but
does not create texts, so she creates sculpture about books.

Nothing wrong with that, commendable even - it is simply beyond any
intellectual grasp why she can't call it sculpture.



If it walks like a duck ....



No matter what claims to openness are made if you can call anything anything
you have just excluded language, and yet, utilize language to justify an
anti-language esthetic.



Go figure.



Oh well, who needs all these pesky words and thoughts anyway?

For that matter this culture has already excluded actual books, so why fret?



Book arts, anyone?



















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Published in Hand Papermaking, Summer 2008



COMMUNITIES FOR PAPER ARTISTS



When I visit my favorite coffee shop, Reds, I pass a faded bit of stencil
art by the front door that says, "Art is Hard, and Then You Die."  The first
time I saw it I almost cried - it had been a bad week.  Now I smile
ruefully: things have gotten better.



Making art is hard. And besides the usual problems that no one knows what
you are doing, or cares, besides the millions of technical snafus possible
in each endeavor, there is the sheer loneliness most artists have because
they work in solitude.  Being alone is good for following your muse; it is
bad when you look up after hours of hard work and no one is there.



  Occasionally I will get a call from someone who wants me to rescue an
artist who is despondent.  Usually a few years out of art school, the artist
has done all the right things: exhibited in shows, compiled a decent resume,
sent their images to galleries, read the books on self-merchandising.  What
school didn't prepare them for was life on the outside - how could it?  In
schools everything is set up for you: the studio space is rented, the rooms
are lit and heated, assignments are given and work expected, critiques
frequent, friends and faculty come to your openings. The community is built
in.  If you show up and work, you are part of a world where everyone
understands what being an artist is.



The day after graduation all that is gone - poof!  You may keep up with a
few friends but  nothing else is the same, and no one is waiting for your
work.  And what is your work anyway? Where is your community? How will you
find facilities to make art? These questions can also be asked of those who
never could afford the time or money to go to Art School - those who, for
example, wanted to develop their interest in art once their kids were grown
and they had time for personal pursuits.



This is where community art groups come in.  Inevitably the artists I am
supposed to help have never heard of the local guilds and groups; if they
have, they dismissed them while seeking attention from the gallery world.
But for every artist given encouragement by galleries, dozens are supported
by community arts groups. And while every art practice has a national guild,
it is the intimacy of local groups that can keep an artist from giving up:
this is where people in the arts meet and celebrate their work and their
connections.



In 1988 Eve Reid founded the Handmade Paper Guild of Southwest Michigan. It
started because Eve was teaching papermaking and she and her students wanted
to share ideas and socialize beyond the classroom.  The group, originally 12
members, met before class and began a series of successful endeavors:
monthly meetings with lectures, demonstrations, or guest artists; an annual
show of members' work; field trips; help for exhibiting (how to mount, mat
and photograph work; how to write resumes and artists' statements); a
newsletter; a Christmas sale; a day of trading or selling art equipment;
collaborations with other artists like calligraphers and book artists.  The
Guild also discovered ways to be visible in the community: it offers a
scholarship each year for the papermaking class, it gives a subscription of
Hand Papermaking to the library of Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, and it gives
an award to the Southwest Michigan Area Show for work on or of paper.



In the beginning Eve did much of the work herself, including organizing and
hosting monthly meetings and writing the newsletter.  Now the Guild has a
treasurer, secretary, hospitality person and newsletter editor.  In addition
to giving Eve a break after years of service, this gives members a way to
invest themselves in the group and create its future.



For Winnie Radolan, The Guild of Papermakers, which she founded, serves many
of the same functions. Like Eve, her group evolved from the wish to continue
meeting outside  classroom situations. Unlike the Kalamazoo Guild however,
this guild has far-flung members. For example, Tom Bennick of Idaho can tell
you how much the Guild means to him since there are so few papermakers close
to where he lives.  However, most of the 70 odd members live close to
Philadelphia and get together for meetings and exhibitions.



  Winnie directed the first meeting and then found herself doing it again and
again - she finds she is a good catalyst for keeping the group together.
She likes the dynamic to be informal, so there are no elections, bylaws or
regular meetings: Winnie calls a meeting whenever she has the time and
energy. When it comes to shows if she doesn't have a lead she says, "If you
want a show, get a show group together."  Exhibiting in colleges and art
centers is good for member's resumes, but the real benefit of these regular
exhibitions is the way every level of interest can be encouraged and the
growth of individual members can be highlighted.



In keeping with Winnie's relaxed and inclusive personality, she asked
members if they wanted to write about the Guild in answer to my query about
their group.  Their responses echo much of what I have said here - they
treasure the stimulation, the connections, the team work, the wealth of
technical knowledge that is freely shared, and, for one member, the
connections outside graduate school.

While local groups are the intimate face of connection, there is valuable
cross-pollination in seeing what papermakers in other parts of the world are
doing. The Friends of Dard Hunter and the International Association of Hand
Papermakers and Paper Artists are two groups that give a papermaker national
and international connections. Each organization hosts conferences that
bring paper lovers together for a rich crossover.

By far and away the most radical change in the way artists contact each
other has come through the internet.  Not only is organizing local groups
easier but many new groups have been created and flourish because voices can
chime in from all over the globe.  Papermaking, a Yahoo group with 1500
members, is an extraordinary example. Papermakers from Australia chat with
those in England and their conversation is read in America.  A group in
India asks for help starting a paper business and gets connected to people
with useful suggestions.  Members ask and give sophisticated technical
advice and all of it is archived so a newcomer can get this wealth of
knowledge by perusing the collected exchanges.  In addition, there are photo
books of individual work and of

group-sponsored exchanges: samples of plant papers, paper bowls, and
Christmas ornaments. There is even a zine that the members create
periodically by submitting their pages and paper samples.



The Friends of Dard Hunter has a Yahoo group that has the same feeling of
collegial camaraderie, though in numbers it is much smaller. Also on Yahoo
is a group called Hollander Beaters, with 500 members.  The Book Arts List
Serv, hosted by Peter Verheyen, is a rich source of information for book and
paper artists. Any one of these might have a posting mentioning a YouTube
video about papermaking, or an announcement that the latest issue of the
Bonefolder or Umbrella are up on a website. A general search for information
on papermaking gets you a list of 2,590,000 hits in a few seconds: this is
the internet at its best, connecting and informing at the speed of light.
Times have never been so good for artists to find their communities, in
their neighborhoods and around the world.









Jill Littlewood

VP Annual Meetings for the Friends of Dard Hunter, Inc.

Jill@...

435 E. Pedregosa

Santa Barbara, CA, 93103

(805) 898-9260 (home)

(805) 448-2045 (cell)

(805) 898-0703 (fax)



www.friendsofdardhunter.org

Kona, Hawaii, October 23 -26, 2008





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If anyone sees where the final cut is being played please let the list know:





"Vanessa Gould has recently produced a wonderful film documentary about
origami masters. The website for this project is
  <http://www.greenfusefilms.com> http://www.greenfusefilms.com <
<http://www.greenfusefilms.com> http://www.greenfusefilms.com> It won
best film at RISD's International film festival





Jill



Jill Littlewood

VP Annual Meetings for the Friends of Dard Hunter, Inc.

Jill@...

435 E. Pedregosa

Santa Barbara, CA, 93103

(805) 898-9260 (home)

(805) 448-2045 (cell)

(805) 898-0703 (fax)



www.friendsofdardhunter.org

Kona, Hawaii, October 23 -26, 2008





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I'm going to Ventura this evening to pick up my piece from the book show at
the Artist's Union Gallery and would be happy to bring back other people's
as well.



Jill



Jill Littlewood

VP Annual Meetings for the Friends of Dard Hunter, Inc.

Jill@...

435 E. Pedregosa

Santa Barbara, CA, 93103

(805) 898-9260 (home)

(805) 448-2045 (cell)

(805) 898-0703 (fax)



www.friendsofdardhunter.org

Kona, Hawaii, October 23 -26, 2008





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This is the finest collection of photos of altered books I have seen.
Jeanette Mustacich sent it.



http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/09/bittersweet-art-of-cutting-up-books.
html



Jill Littlewood

VP Annual Meetings for the Friends of Dard Hunter, Inc.

Jill@...

435 E. Pedregosa

Santa Barbara, CA, 93103

(805) 898-9260 (home)

(805) 448-2045 (cell)

(805) 898-0703 (fax)



www.friendsofdardhunter.org

Kona, Hawaii, October 23 -26, 2008





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I just got back from the Friends of Dard Hunter meeting in Hawai'i and it
was a fabulous conference with days of immersion in handmade paper and those
enthusiastic about it. One highlight was the art show of postcard size
pieces - you can see a few on the blog listed below but a click once you are
there will take you to the whole show.



Elena, this is especially for you now that you have your own paper making
set up!



http://dardhunter.blogspot.com/



Next year, in October,  the conference will be in Atlanta at the American
Museum of Papermaking.  The conference and the museum will be a double treat
for anyone interested in the world of handmade paper.



Jill



Jill Littlewood

VP Annual Meetings for the Friends of Dard Hunter, Inc.

Jill@...

435 E. Pedregosa

Santa Barbara, CA, 93103

(805) 898-9260 (home)

(805) 448-2045 (cell)

(805) 898-0703 (fax)



www.friendsofdardhunter.org

Annual meeting in Atlanta,GA  2009





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--- In bookartsconnection@yahoogroups.com, "Jill Littlewood"
<jill@...> wrote:
>
> I just got back from the Friends of Dard Hunter meeting in Hawai'i
and it
> was a fabulous conference with days of immersion in handmade paper
and those
> enthusiastic about it. One highlight was the art show of postcard size
> pieces - you can see a few on the blog listed below but a click once
you are
> there will take you to the whole show.
>
>
>
> Elena, this is especially for you now that you have your own paper
making
> set up!
>
>
>
> http://dardhunter.blogspot.com/
>
>
>
> Next year, in October,  the conference will be in Atlanta at the
American
> Museum of Papermaking.  The conference and the museum will be a
double treat
> for anyone interested in the world of handmade paper.
>
>
>
> Jill
>
>
>
> Jill Littlewood
>
> VP Annual Meetings for the Friends of Dard Hunter, Inc.
>
> Jill@...
>
> 435 E. Pedregosa
>
> Santa Barbara, CA, 93103
>
> (805) 898-9260 (home)
>
> (805) 448-2045 (cell)
>
> (805) 898-0703 (fax)
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>
>
> www.friendsofdardhunter.org
>
> Annual meeting in Atlanta,GA  2009
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>
Jill...what a wonderful exhibition of small work...I should join next
year..Atlanta sounds like fun...been having a great time making paper
collages with my handmade paper...here are some examples:

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=15623§ion_id=5002805

--- In bookartsconnection@yahoogroups.com, "elena mary siff"
<esiff@...> wrote:
>
> --- In bookartsconnection@yahoogroups.com, "Jill Littlewood"
> <jill@> wrote:
> >
> > I just got back from the Friends of Dard Hunter meeting in Hawai'i
> and it
> > was a fabulous conference with days of immersion in handmade paper
> and those
> > enthusiastic about it. One highlight was the art show of postcard size
> > pieces - you can see a few on the blog listed below but a click once
> you are
> > there will take you to the whole show.
> >
> >
> >
> > Elena, this is especially for you now that you have your own paper
> making
> > set up!
> >
> >
> >
> > http://dardhunter.blogspot.com/
> >
> >
> >
> > Next year, in October,  the conference will be in Atlanta at the
> American
> > Museum of Papermaking.  The conference and the museum will be a
> double treat
> > for anyone interested in the world of handmade paper.
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> > Jill
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> > VP Annual Meetings for the Friends of Dard Hunter, Inc.
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> > (805) 898-9260 (home)
> >
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> >
> Jill...what a wonderful exhibition of small work...I should join next
> year..Atlanta sounds like fun...been having a great time making paper
> collages with my handmade paper...here are some examples:
>
> http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=15623§ion_id=5002805


Just realized in one of the collages you will recognize a fragment of
paper you gave me several years ago..green with zigzag shape..I do use
everything!
>

shawnsheehy.com  Wonderful guy; great pop-ups.



http://www.brandenburgerstudios.com/books.html    The artist did the journal
and watercolors but also published the book using Pages on her i Mac and a
scanner.







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http://www.23sandy.com/MaternalLegends/-Intro.html



www.karenhanmer.com









Jill Littlewood

President, Friends of Dard Hunter, Inc.

Jill@...

435 E. Pedregosa

Santa Barbara, CA, 93103

(805) 898-9260 (home)

(805) 448-2045 (cell)

(805) 898-0703 (fax)



www.friendsofdardhunter.org

Annual meeting in Atlanta,GA  2009





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http://etsybooks.blogspot.com/





Jill





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http://www.opb.org/programs/artbeat/videos/view/209-Roberta-Lavadour





Jill



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http://www.mariemarcano.com/







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This is very cool work; have you ever met her or seen the work?  J.

------ Original Message ------
Received: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:49:41 PM PST
From: "Jill Littlewood" <jill@...>
To: <bookartsconnection@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [bookartsconnection] calligraphy and books, scrolls

http://www.mariemarcano.com/







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From: santabarbara printmakers <sbprintmakers@...>

Date: December 26, 2008 11:20:45 AM PST

To: sbprintmakers@...

Subject: calling all drawers



Pamela Zwehl-Burke teaches Art 123 Figure Drawing/Anatomy at SBCC (on the
hill not the Schott Center!) credit program, Tuesdays, 11:15-4:05, class
start January 27 (I think). The class will be structured to look at basic
drawing conventions, drawing to investigate form, basic human anatomy, and,
finally, making figure drawings which document structure and surface. We
will start with our own body consciousness, learn what to look for when
"picturing" external form, how to organize what we know and see into
expressive drawings.


Pamela needs 4 more people for the Figure Drawing/Anatomy class for the
Spring semester or the class may be dropped. It's a fantastic class (having
taken it myself several years ago), great for brushing up on your anatomy
but also to learn it formally if you haven't already. I can't speak highly
enough of the energy that Pamela brings to her teaching. She is retired and
only teaching this one semester class.. for those of you who missed being a
student of hers now is your chance to experience the enthusiasm and skill
first hand.

Check out the course schedule HERE
<https://bannerportal.sbcc.edu/pls/prod/pw_pub_sched.p_listthislist>  and
apply online HERE
<http://www.cccapply.org/applications/CCCApply/apply/Santa_Barbara_City_Coll
ege.html>

Happy New Year,
Nicole

  <http://www.sbprintmakers.blogspot.com/> Nicole Strasburg & Sara Norquay
Co-Chairs, Santa Barbara Printmakers
Don't forget to check in with the BLOG
<http://www.sbprintmakers.blogspot.com/>  for updates on classes and shows
Website: www.sbprintmakers.com



  <http://www.sbprintmakers.com>











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Judith Hoffberg passed away yesterday. Judith was a force to be
reckoned with in the book arts world..she will be profoundly missed as
will her famous newsletter/magazine Umbrella. Judith donated the
majority of her huge book collection to UC Santa Barbara's Art Library
which is incredibly fortunate to have this bequest.

Dear Friends,

  You are warmly invited to attend the celebration of Judy Hoffberg's
life on Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009 at 11 am, at the art gallery Track 16 in
Santa Monica's Bergamot Station  (directions at
http://www.track16.com./contact.php)

  Several members of the local art community will speak.

  An artist's book will be created in her memory, and deposited with
her papers at the University of California, Santa Barbara.  If you are
interested in creating a page, please use 8-1/2 x 11" paper.  Let your
inspiration be Judy's perpetual curiosity about anything to do with
libraries, books, and all kinds of art. The deadline is July 31, 2009.

  There was a very nice obituary in Wednesday's Los Angeles Times:
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-judithhoffberg28-2009jan28,0,564891\
5.story

  A memorial fund, the proceeds of which will be donated to either the
Artists' Book Collection at University of California, Santa Barbara,
or Judy's Umbrelliana collection at University of California, San
Diego, is being established.

  Please forward to anyone who may be interested.

  We hope you will be able to attend.

  Amy Ciccone

Through April 19, there is an exhibit called "Tango with Cows: Book
Art of the Russian Avant-Garde" at the Getty Research Institute
Exhibition Gallery. More info:
http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/tango_with_cows/ You can download
PDFs of some of the books at that link, and listen to some of the
poetry in Russian and English.

http://vimeo.com/2295261



A stop action video using cut outs and books by the publishing house 4th
Estate.



Jill



Jill Littlewood

President, Friends of Dard Hunter, Inc.

Jill@...

435 E. Pedregosa

Santa Barbara, CA, 93103

(805) 898-9260 (home)

(805) 448-2045 (cell)

(805) 898-0703 (fax)



www.friendsofdardhunter.org

Annual meeting October 15 -18, 2009

Atlanta, Georgia, USA





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The Friends of Dard Hunter, an international group of hand papermakers, is
pleased to announce a joint show with Ozu Washi gallery and Oji Paper Museum
in the Ginza area of Tokyo, Japan. Details and the call for entries are on
our website <www.friendsofdardhunter.org> in the upper left corner: Friends
Doings and Happenings. The cut off date for entries has been extended to
April 8, 2009.

If you are a papermaker or paper enthusiast we hope you will consider
joining us in this unique opportunity to exhibit your work in Japan.



Jill Littlewood

President, Friends of Dard Hunter, Inc.



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http://shinichimaruyama.com/



Wow.  Is this beautiful or what?





Jill Littlewood

President, Friends of Dard Hunter, Inc.

Jill@...

435 E. Pedregosa

Santa Barbara, CA, 93103

(805) 898-9260 (home)

(805) 448-2045 (cell)

(805) 898-0703 (fax)



www.friendsofdardhunter.org

Annual meeting October 15 -18, 2009

Atlanta, Georgia, USA





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Loved the animated city and this Japanese artist's work is stunning. Are you
going to Japan with the paper exhibition ? Sounds like it will be a great show!