Kseniya Simonova's Amazing Sand Drawing (VIDEO)
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/13/kseniya-simonovas-amazing_n_258793
.html>



Or :



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/13/kseniya-simonovas-amazing_n_258793.
html



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http://www.philobiblon.com/bindorama09/



Jill Littlewood

President, Friends of Dard Hunter, Inc.





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http://weburbanist.com/2009/09/06/15-more-creative-bookcases-book-storage-so
lutions/



Jill Littlewood

President, Friends of Dard Hunter, Inc.



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** This message is being cross posted to several lists as a courtesy to Karen
Cutter and the fine folks at the Book Arts Jam. Apologies in advance if you
receive duplicates. Just exercise your right to push the delete button. Or
better yet, just pass on the information to someone you know who might want to
participate in this fine event! -Steve Robison

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Hi all...

September 15th is the final deadline for applications to the BABA Book Arts Jam.

There are still a few free-of-charge tables available for
artists who would like to "display only" at the
eighth annual Bay Area Book Arts Jam
at Foothill College in Los Altos, CA (San Francisco Bay Area) on
Saturday October 17, 2009, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

If you are an instructor please pass the word along to your students.
Exhibitors who would like to sell their works may reserve a table for $50.

This one-day celebration of the book arts, print arts and paper
arts is co-sponsored by Bay Area Book Artists and Foothill College. It
reaches out to audiences of all ages from the San Francisco Bay Area
and beyond who are interested in the book arts, including the allied
fields of letterpress printing, fine press publishing, zines,
papermaking, printmaking, photography, and the arts of decorating
paper. A major emphasis of the Book Arts Jam is on education outreach
and sharing information.

We'd like to invite to you to reserve a table at our Jam to display or
sell.  For an application please go to:

http://www.bookartsjam.org/ForExhibitors.php

For questions, email me at  kacutter@....

We look forward to seeing you then!

-Karen

Karen Cutter
kacutter@...

Annual Book Arts Jam at Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, CA



October 17, 2009 from 10 am to 4 pm



Don't miss Book Arts Jam 2009, a one-day regional celebration of the book

and print arts, co-sponsored by the Bay Area Book Artists and Foothill

College. This year's event features an exhibition of artists' books,

hands-on demonstrations, and make-and-take activities; an exhibitors'

showcase with work by more than 50 artists and craftspeople in the book,

paper, and print arts; a slideshow of member work; silent auction; and a

full-service onsite cafeteria. Great for families with children, teachers,

students, artists, and anyone who likes books.



October 17, 2009; 10 am-4 pm



Foothill College 12345 El Monte Road, Los Altos Hills, California



Free admission, parking $2.  <http://www.bookartsjam.org/>

www.bookartsjam.org



Eventline: 650-949-7591



  Visitors can work with local letterpress printers, attend demonstrations
and

participate in hands-on activities on a variety of book and print

techniques; meet prominent regional artists, craftspeople, and

representatives of Bay Area book arts organizations; and browse and shop for

a wide variety of unique books and book-related items.



Deborah Kogan





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Be sure to check out all the photos. Nice work! And the "kickstarter" idea
sounds intriguing!

http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/1997-dictionary-story







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http://www.gentenaar-torley.nl/Films_P_E.html#
<http://www.gentenaar-torley.nl/Films_P_E.html>



Wow.  Peter Gentenaar's work is so beautiful, especially in this setting.









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I'm very curious just how these are made.  Is there wire to give the paper
some structure, or am I just seeing creases?  Looks very much like fabric.
J.

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Subject: [bookartsconnection] 100 paper sculptures in a cathedral in France
with glorious music

http://www.gentenaar-torley.nl/Films_P_E.html#
<http://www.gentenaar-torley.nl/Films_P_E.html>



Wow.  Peter Gentenaar's work is so beautiful, especially in this setting.









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Date:    Sat, 26 Sep 2009 13:20:17 -0400

From:    "Peter D. Verheyen" <verheyen@...>

Subject: [collegebookart] CBAA Member Exhibit Deadline Approaching



Wow, it's hard to believe how time flies! Only one month away for the
deadline for The Assignment. Hope you can join the fun.





CALL FOR ENTRIES

The Assignment

A Juried Exhibition of Book Arts Organized in Conjunction with the

Meeting of the College Book Art Association in Portland, Oregon



December 4, 2009 - January 10, 2010

23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, Oregon



THEME - 23 Sandy Gallery and the College Book Art Association (CBAA)

invite you to submit work to The Assignment, a juried book arts

exhibition held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the CBAA in

Portland, Oregon. To illuminate the conference's focus on book arts

teaching practice and pedagogy, this exhibition will feature work

created by member artists generated directly from course assignments

or from those assignments we generate for ourselves. Work accepted

into the show will be exhibited alongside a written description of

the assignment. Non-members are welcome to submit work if they pay

the membership fee on top of the entry fee. Entries deadline is

October 24, 2009.



MEDIA - This exhibit is open to book arts related artworks created as

either edition or one-of-a-kind. Artist books, sculptural books, book

objects, altered books, zines or broadsides are encouraged. Any

medium, any style, any size.



JURORS - The Assignment will be juried by Macy Chadwick and Clifton

Meador. Macy Chadwick is an instructor at Academy of Art University

in San Francisco, the San Francisco Art Institute, and the San

Francisco Center for the Book. She is also the proprietress of In

Cahoots Press, Oakland, California. Clifton Meador is associate

professor and director of the M.F.A. program in book and paper at

Columbia College in Chicago. He is also the editor of the Journal of

Artist Books.



CASH PRIZES & AWARDS - One book will be awarded the "Purchase Prize"

and will be purchased and donated to the John Wilson Special

Collection Room at the Multnomah County Library in Portland. Other

honorary and cash awards will be given by the CBAA. Those awards have

yet to be determined, but stay tuned. We'll post them on the web site soon.



Complete entry information can be found at:

http://www.23sandy.com/assignment/call-for-entries.html



P.S. We are still taking sample assignments for the "Assignment:

Inspiration" web page. If you need some inspiration for your

assignment entry or you have an assignment you'd like to share, check

it out here: http://www.23sandy.com/assignment/assignment-inspiration.html



**********************

Laura Russell

23 Sandy Gallery

623 NE 23rd Avenue

Portland, OR 97232

Phone: 503-927-4409

Email: laura@...



Keep Up With 23 Sandy Gallery News

Web site:        www.23Sandy.com

Blog:               www.23sandygallery.blogspot.com

Facebook:
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Hello Book Artists and polymer clay lovers!
	 Backspace Bookarts is once again pleased to host olymer clay artist
extraordinaire, Dayle Doroshow.  Dayle will be teaching two classes
in Santa Monica Nov. 7-8, illustrating her subtle mastery of the
medium of polymer clay.  All skill levels welcome. For details or
more information, see below, or contact Marcia @ 310/729-1920 or
reply to this email.  Class size is limited, so sign up today!
Hope you'll join us.
Marcia Moore, Backspace Bookarts

The Imitatives - Saturday, 7 November 2009 - 10am to 4pm - $100
(Materials included)
This workshop explores a cornucopia of imitative recipes for making
polymer clay that looks like the real thing. The class will focus on
recipes for ivory, amber, turquoise, jade and coral. After making the
clay body, we will create beads of all of these imitatives and
complete a necklace that also serves as a sampler of all the
techniques. Or you can create your "sampler" as a book of individual
tiles/pages of the different techniques.. Antiquing and ageing the
pieces will also be covered.

Rattles and Rattle Beads - Sunday, 8 November 2009 - 10am to 4pm -
$100(Materials included)
We’ll start off this spirited class by looking to ancient cultures as
our inspiration point to create rattles from beautifully designed
sheets and balls of polymer clay. Add the dimension of  “fun” to your
art by incorporating sound. The rattles can be in many shapes, from
simple forms and handheld balls to more complex figures. We’ll spend
a some time brainstorming on shapes and we  will explore the ways to
produce different sounds within the rattle. Techniques for surface
designs will be many and varied- Millefiore, texture and sculptural
elements.

Hello!

It is time to clean out another closet.  I have 15-20 RSM magazines from the
1990s looking for a new home. Many are in the old large size format.  Most are
in pristine condition.  Please e-mail me if you can provide food and shelter to
these senior editions.

Thanks,

Gretchen

Below is a link to video of Human Powered Beater used in workshop at the
2009 FDH Conference in Atlanta.

  <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJJkzKA16Ow>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJJkzKA16Ow






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

http://dardhunter.blogspot.com

Annual meetings:

2010: October 18-24 at Arrowmont, Gatlinburg, Tennessee

2011: Month of October: Regional meetings

2012: October 17-21 FDH joins IAPMA at the Morgan Conservatory, Cleveland,
Ohio, USA





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http://www.gagosian.com/news/2009-09-30_gagosian-storefront/





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Date:    Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:34:12 -0400

From:    artvid <artvid@...>

Subject: Masereel woodcuts & Bartosch film



On a side note, poetic film animator Berthold Bartosch animated one of
Masereel's graphic novels.



http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x56sbo_lidee-snippet-by-berthold-bartosch_s
hortfilms



from Wikipedia:

[The 1930 film L'Idee] is described as the first serious, poetic, tragic
work in animation. The film's characters and backdrops were composed of
several layers of different types of paper
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper> from semi-transparent to thick
cardboard <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardboard>. Special effects like
halos, smoke and fog were made with lather spread on glass plates and lit
from behind. The film was based on a book of woodcuts
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodcut> from Frans Masereel
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frans_Masereel>, /The idea/. "The Idea"

featured a score by composer Arthur Honegger
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Honegger>, including an Ondes Martenot
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ondes_Martenot>, which is believed to be the
very first use of an electronic instrument in film history.



It's interesting to see what can be done with paper and cardboard.



-R. Gancie









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This animation is very cool. Please check out my blog for information about
using Solarplates on a letter press.
www.slnorquay.blogspot.com


> To: bookartsconnection@yahoogroups.com
> From: jill@...
> Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:51:30 -0700
> Subject: [bookartsconnection] girl jumps into envelope and other mail art
wonders
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> work in animation. The film's characters and backdrops were composed of
> several layers of different types of paper
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> cardboard <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardboard>. Special effects like
> halos, smoke and fog were made with lather spread on glass plates and lit
> from behind. The film was based on a book of woodcuts
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodcut> from Frans Masereel
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frans_Masereel>, /The idea/. "The Idea"
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> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Honegger>, including an Ondes Martenot
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ondes_Martenot>, which is believed to be the
> very first use of an electronic instrument in film history.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9a5hH5idQc



If you can stand the jitteryness, this is a lovely 5 minute video on making
a book at the Woman's Studio Workshop.



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

http://dardhunter.blogspot.com

Annual meetings:

2010: October 18-24 at Arrowmont, Gatlinburg, Tennessee

2011: Month of October: Regional meetings

2012: October 17-21 FDH joins IAPMA at the Morgan Conservatory, Cleveland,
Ohio, USA





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--- In bookartsconnection@yahoogroups.com, "Jill Littlewood" <jill@...> wrote:
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> If you can stand the jitteryness, this is a lovely 5 minute video on making
> a book at the Woman's Studio Workshop.

Geez, no kidding! Interesting, but it made my eyes go all funny...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSaPbVjcrp4  Artist Maeve Clancey created the
papercuts for Lisa Hannigan's music video.  The hanging technique they show
half way through is something to store away for stage sets, backdrops, photo
shoots, solstice floats, etc.







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What an inventive music video...amazing papercuts...thanks for the link, Jill!

--- In bookartsconnection@yahoogroups.com, "Jill Littlewood" <jill@...> wrote:
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSaPbVjcrp4  Artist Maeve Clancey created the
> papercuts for Lisa Hannigan's music video.  The hanging technique they show
> half way through is something to store away for stage sets, backdrops, photo
> shoots, solstice floats, etc.
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Origami is the traditional Japanese art of paper folding.    The goal of
this art is to create a representation of an object using geometric folds
and crease patterns preferably without the use of gluing or cutting the
paper, and using only one piece of paper.

Won Park  is a master of Origami.  He is also called the "money folder", a
practitioner of origami whose canvas is the United States One Dollar Bill.

Bending, twisting, and folding, he creates life-like shapes in stunning
detail.

One Dollar




One Dollar      Butterfly



One Dollar        Camera


Two Dollars            Battle Tank


Two Dollars        Chinese Dragon





One Dollar Crab


One Dollar        Dolphin


Two Dollars   Jacket






Two Dollars       Spider





One Dollar         Scorpion n


One Dollar       Bat



One Dollar     Toilet Bowl



One Dollar      Penguin






One Dollar      Shark



One Dollar     Jet



One Dollar         Hammer Head Shark


>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>




This  is wild ****
   He lives in a garbage truck! You have to look at  this house!
























With the taxes and insurance going up, this is an  alternative.  (Pretty
neat looking to me)


























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I often forget Yahoo won't post images.  These were of the money folding of
an origami artist named Won Park.  If you put his name in google you can hit
images.



Also, he lives in a garbage truck that is gorgeous inside - like a fancy
yacht.



Jill



Jill Littlewood

President, Friends of Dard Hunter, Inc.



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http://vimeo.com/7694315  Rani Parkhurst does a lovely performance piece
with her books.





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Thanks, Jill--this reminds me of Russian nesting dolls.  Are you back in SB
now??  J.

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Subject: [bookartsconnection] "Patience"

http://vimeo.com/7694315  Rani Parkhurst does a lovely performance piece
with her books.





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Jill..you always find gems to share with us..Thanks!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_jyXJTlrH0

I just can't stop watching it!

This came my way and it is really lovely action.



  <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dehXioMIKg0&feature=player_embedded>
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Thanks, Jill--this is wonderful!  It would be fun to locate this artist; it
looks like he's in the Bay Area somewhere.  Now I'm going to watch the other
MAKE videos.  Are you home?  How's it going?  Could we get together some time?

Jeanette

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Received: Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:20:02 PM PST
From: "Jill Littlewood" <jill@...>
To: "'Clay Bodine'" <claybodine@...>, <joe@...>,
<bookartsconnection@yahoogroups.com>, "'Mary D Thompson'" <marydee2@...>,
"'Angela Moll'" <angela@...>, <Blabaw@...>
Subject: [bookartsconnection] Kinetic Wave Sculptures on MAKE









This came my way and it is really lovely action.



  <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dehXioMIKg0&feature=player_embedded>
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dehXioMIKg0&feature=player_embedded>







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I got a query from Lanny Sherwin, below, and I wonder if anyone on this list
can help him out with information.  Back in the days when we met once a
month for book arts meetings we had a few that were origami-oriented, one
with a student from UCSB who I have lost touch with.  Any leads would be
appreciated.



Jill



Jill Littlewood

President, Friends of Dard Hunter, Inc.

Jill@...



From: Lanny Sherwin [mailto:sandmanrecords@...]
Sent: Sunday, December 06, 2009 12:32 PM
To: Jill@...
Subject: re: Santa Barbara origami



Hi, Jill,

I'm interested in joining or forming an origami group in the Santa Barbara
area. I saw your Yahoo group and sent you a message but never heard back.
Any active folders in the area that you're aware of? I'm mostly interested
in doing it for my 12 year old son, who's pretty guru-ish for his age. We
were at the Pacific Coast Origami Conference last month and met families
from as far away as SLO & Orange Cty who said they'd travel here for a day
of folding.

Please let me know what you know!
Thanks,
Lanny



Lanny Sherwin
President, Sandman Records
www.SandmanRecords.com
805-565-5524
Our Motto: "Don't Drive Parents Crazy!"



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http://www.houseind.com/movie/





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And a TED talk from one of the artists featured in the documentary:
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/robert_lang_folds_way_new_origami.html

  Syd McCutcheon