For those of you who couldn't attend, you can see the exchange books on our
Flickr page. Look at the column on the left and tap the "Flickr
Photos." You will be directed to the Flickr pages and see the
exchange books. Also, if you haven't visited the blog in a while, make
sure to look at the older posts. Just before this one is a post from
Bonnie Julien about a Book Arts exhibit in the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art
in Washington.
Our
meeting each month is not just a workshop. At the start of each meeting,
our Librarians bring in the book and magazine libraries. We also have a “free”
box that contains donations of materials that people can take home.
This month we were really lucky.
Beth M. is moving and is downsizing.
She brought boxes of book board, paper,
embellishments and a lot more.
We also have announcements and take care of business. We learned that
several members are in Newport, Oregon for the paper arts festival.
We will have pictures of that on the blog.
Also, we found that Connie is going to host
our May meeting at her home.
Connie loves
tools that manipulate paper and she will have her home set up so that we all
can try out many of her tools.
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| Exchange books - Purple Theme |
We
have the book exchange and it is always delightful to see the variety of books
submitted.
This month’s theme was “Purple”
and, as usual, we had a wide range of books.
Again, go to the Flickr photos to see these books in color.
The colophons are in the newsletter along
with black and white photos.
Diane Williams presented the workshop.
It is called a “Paper Pocket Book” and consists of ten pockets (made
from #10 security envelopes) in a hard cover with a ribbon closure.
The pockets could hold ephemera, gift cards,
photos or whatever you would like. The book structure was created by Greta Baack.
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| We cut and decorated the envelope ends that would become the pockets. Some members decorated before cutting the envelopes to size, others after. We used stencils, stamping ink, stamps and pen to decorate the envelopes. One of our members loved the inside security designs and turned the envelopes inside-out (left). |
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| Here are a few more examples of surface design for the envelopes. |
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| After surface design, we apply adhesive to the pockets, stick them together, add a cover and ribbon closure and we have a "Paper Pocket Book." |
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| Here are a few more examples of the books. |
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And now for the pictures of the members doing what they do best... making books. Again, many thanks to Diane for the workshop.
Great meeting!
The Newport Paper Arts Festival (NPAF) is a three day celebration of paper and book arts that is held every April. Sponsored by Oregon Coast Council for the Arts, this was the 20th anniversary of the festival. This year there were 86 attendees (as listed on the roster) with 17 NORBAG members (six from California, five from Oregon, five from Washington, and 1 from Alaska). There were 12 instructors (including two NORBAG members, Randi Parkhurst and Margo Klass) and 18 workshops covering such topics as monoprinting, surface design, collage, stamp carving, boxes, decorative book binding, nature printing, paper manipulation, photo-transfer, and encaustic. 
All but one of the workshops were one-day classes, but seven NORBAG members chose the two-day Coptic-Bound Flitch Book class taught by Margo Klass. This was a great opportunity to work with vertically cut and aged Alaskan birch wood. Members also took classes such as Gelli Plate Monoprint Mania, Drum-Leaf Binding, Crows’ Feet and Layers Book, and Randi’s two classes; Paper Embellishment and Secret Matchbox Structure.
