MAY MATCHBOX BOOK WORKSHOP

The May workshop featured miniature pop-ups. Edge Gerring shared what she learned from a workshop she took at the Newport Paper & Book Arts Festival (NPBAF) taught by fellow NORBAG member, Jackie Wygant. As you will see from the photos, it was fun yet challenging to work with tiny pop-ups to fit into a tiny book which fits into a tiny matchbox. Tiny was definitely the theme of the day!

Making the cover

A beautiful cover

Cutting out and coloring the various parts

Preparing the pop-ups

The snake

The snake spirals out when the page is opened
 and the butterfly spreads its wings.

Cutting out the flower pot

Gluing the book together

Many thanks to Jackie and Edge for sharing this fun structure!

NORBAG members who attended the April Newport Paper & Book Arts Festival brought some of their creations to share for Show & Tell.

Collage reveal

Book Necklaces

Buttonhole Binding, and in the background, a Spirit House

Sunprint, Blueprint, Cyanotype

And last but not least, here is a photo of some of the May exchange books. Individual photos plus colophons will soon be available for viewing in the Guild Flickr gallery. Click on the link in the upper left hand corner of this page.

The theme for the month was Project Page or Compendium structures.

SUMINAGASHI WORKSHOP

The October workshop will be offered on two days and taught by our member from Portland, Jackie Wygant. Because space is limited, you must register in advance. As of 9/30 there are three spaces open on Friday and the Saturday workshop has filled. Suminagashi is the oldest and simplest form of marbling in which inks are floated on water, then gently manipulated into floating veins of color. This technique should not be confused with combed and patterned marbling of later periods.

You will learn basic techniques: how to float colors on a liquid, apply and manipulate the colors to make patterns, lay the paper on the liquid, and how to preserve your creation. You will use multi-color acrylic marbling inks to make numerous sheets of beautiful paper to use for book arts, box making, cards, collage, etc. In the afternoon you will learn multi-brush, two hand technique, and double loading of a single brush, as well as paper laying and frisket variations.

Be sure to bring your lunch as there will be a one-hour break.

Jackie teaching a paste paper workshop

Multiple brush technique

A selection of Suminagashi papers

How to register:

There are a few spaces still available. Please contact Dolores Guffey to register for the Friday October 7 workshop. Both days will begin at 9:30 am - 4:30 pm

What will be provided:

• All inks in a large variety of colors
• A selection of papers of varying weights and sizes
• Trays, brushes, and any other tools required (to use, not to take home)

Note about the NORBAG meeting: Even if you are not participating in the workshop, please join us on Saturday October 8 from 12:30 - 1:30 pm during the lunch break to see the papers made, view exchange books, and check out library books. The exchange will begin promptly at 1 pm.

When:   Friday October 7 OR Saturday October 8 from 9:30 am - 4:30 pm

Where:  Eureka Methodist Church at Del Norte & F Streets

RSVP:    YES! ASAP to Dolores (contact information in the newsletter)

Cost:     $40.00

Bring?    Your lunch...all materials and tools will be provided

Newport Paper & Book Arts Festival - 2016

NORBAG was widely represented (as usual) at this year's Newport Paper & Book Arts Festival (NPBAF) on April 22-24. What fun we had cutting, dyeing, embellishing, folding, stenciling, stitching, tearing, wrapping, and who knows what else, but if it involved paper we probably tried it. There were 21 different workshops with 108 participants and at least 15 were NORBAG members including four instructors (Dolores Guffey, Margo Klass, Randi Parkhurst, and Jackie Wygant).

The festival, sponsored by the Oregon Coast Council for the Arts, celebrated its 21st year and continues to grow as the largest annual event of its kind on the West Coast. The workshops range in levels of expertise from beginner to advanced so there is usually something to suit everyone. There were a few multiple day classes, but most were only one day. Pictured below is a sampling of photos from the weekend.

Randi demonstrated her box/book sculpture, Patience, at the Instructors show reception.

The instructors were invited to show some of their work in the gallery...some pieces were for sale.

Jackie Wygant, artist and instructor

Two books by Alaskan instructors Margo Klass (top), and Connie Stricks (bottom)

Margo Klass

Tall books by Judilee Fitzhugh and smaller books by our own Dolores Guffey

Randi Parkhurst's piece titled "The Windmill" - it is two books and two boxes that fit together in several ways

Margo's two-day Pocket Book class had many components so our tables got a little messy 

Michele had a little help from Wes stitching her book together - he was really concentrating on the project

Pocket Books - same structure but they became very unique books

The stitching could be done with one or two different colors of thread

The Pocket Book class minus a couple of members...all but three participants were NORBAG members, including our instructor and our mascot, Wes

Instructor Heather Fortner helps to unveil a scarf dyed by a participant in the Eco-Dye class

We each had one silk scarf plus 18 sheets of paper to use. Here Heather demonstrates how to roll the paper & leaf pages onto a dowel

This roll of paper & leaves is tied up tight and ready for a hot bath

Some of the leaves were fresh and some dry

Here is an example of what the paper could look like after the bath and the leaves removed

Two of the vats for boiling the rolls of paper & leaves or scarves and leaves

Two more boiling stations...each had water, vinegar, rust items, and various plant materials such as black walnuts, avocado pits, eucalyptus leaves etc.

Papers drying outside...it wasn't a very warm day so most papers did not dry completely

Heather demonstrated one way to bind the pages into a book, but since our papers did not dry completely we had to wait to do this at home.

If you would like to join in the fun next year put April 21, 22, & 23, 2017 on your calendar now and make sure you are on the mailing list for the festival. To receive a brochure next year email npaf@coastarts.org.