March Library Kiosk Display

Have you been to the Humboldt County Library recently? If not, it's time for a visit to see a new display of NORBAG artists' books. Travel oriented books and journals are featured. One look at these books and you'll be anxious to start planning your next vacation as well as the perfect structure to document your memories. It looks like our members have been to some wonderful locations and have found beautiful ways to share them in their book art.

Thank you to Lynne G for creating this display.

Slit Fold Pop-Up with Edge Gerring

Are you intimidated by pop-up techniques? If so, here is your chance for some instruction. At the March NORBAG workshop you will learn how to make a pop-up card that can be used for any occasion or incorporated into the signatures of a book. Instruction sheets and finished examples will be provided. For those who already know the "Slit-Fold" technique or who finish quickly and want to make a second card, Edge will be prepared to teach a slightly more complicated pop-up called a "Step Fold".

Edge's festive pop-up birthday card.

 Materials and Tools to bring:

• (1) 8.5" x 5.5" Card stock for the cover
• (1) 8" x 5" card stock for inside layer
• Decorative papers
• Embellishments suitable for the occasion you choose (birthday, wedding, graduation, etc.)
• Ruler
• Pencil
• Scissors
• Glue
• Bone folder
• Scrap paper for gluing on

When:   Saturday March 12 at 12 noon
Where:  Eureka Methodist Church at Del Norte & F Streets
RSVP:    YES! by March 7 Edge's contact information is in the March newsletter
Cost:     50 cents

February 2016 Workshop - Valentines

This month our "workshop" had a purpose other than book arts. Lorraine Miller-Wolf had us prepare Valentine cards for the Senior Nutrition Program home delivered meals, participants at the senior lunch sites, kidney dialysis patients and people living in our local board and care homes.

Lorraine brought some supplies and the rest of us did too.  Some of us had already made cards at home. We then spent the next several hours making Valentines. Here are the pictures. Need I say more?

And now for the results!

Lots and lots of cards.

Take a look at the February 14th blog. It shows the display of Valentine cards that have been part of the previous years' exchanges.

Valentine Display

NORBAG Valentine spirit is now on display in the kiosk at the Humboldt County Library. It is always wonderful to see the wide variety of exchange cards produced by our members and now everyone who visits the library can experience this show of creativity from previous years. 

We would like to thank the Humboldt County Library for allowing us to maintain the displays in this kiosk, Lynne G for arranging them, and Dolores G for providing the photographs used here.

Valentine Making with Lorraine Miller-Wolf

Please join Lorraine on Saturday, February 13th for an afternoon of making beautiful, original valentines. This will be the 11th year that Lorraine has spearheaded this project. Let's try to help her break last year's record of 824 valentines that she gave to people receiving the Senior Nutrition Program home delivered meals, participants at the senior lunch sites, kidney dialysis patients and people living in the local board and care homes.

These valentines were made at last year's Feb. workshop

Feel free to bring your own supplies (suggestions are listed below). Lorraine will provide card stock, stickers, etc. for your use...along with some munchies! This is a perfect way to celebrate Valentine's Day by sharing your creative talents with people who will definitely appreciate the cards they receive from you. If you are unable to come to the workshop but would like to contribute cards please contact Lorraine. Her phone number and email address are in the February newsletter.

More Valentines by creative NORBAG artists

Materials to bring:

• Miscellaneous papers suitable for valentines
• Paper doilies
• Ribbon, lace, or other adornments
• Bone folder
• Scissors
• PVA glue or glue stick
• X-acto knife and cutting mat
• Stamps and stamp pads

Details:

When:  Saturday, February 13 at 12 noon
Where: Eureka Methodist Church at Del Norte & F Streets
RSVP:   NO
Cost:    None

January NORBAG Workshop

In January, our workshop taught us about a Leporello structure.  Instead of a single piece of paper folded as an accordion/concertina, you have separate folded sections glued to each other to form an accordion fold that is not limited by the length of a single piece of paper. 

According to Imago.co.uk: "Steeped in history, this binding technique takes its name from Don Giovanni’s manservant, Leporello, in Mozart’s famous opera.   A notorious lothario, Don Giovanni seduces so many women that when Leporello displays a tally of them all, it unfolds concertina-like across the stage, as a list of considerable length!"

Sounds quite elegant and posh. Not so for this workshop. Margaret B. from the UK sent us an exchange book that is brightly colored and exuberant. Since Margaret is in the UK, Dolores did the workshop.

Things started neatly. We started by picking five papers of different colors to make the cards.

Then things started getting a little out of hand when we started adding scrap paper and punches for the surface design.

Then the tables exploded with color.

In the bottom right, you can see that the covers were folded in half and that was the base unit used in the Leporello.

We made a WOW fold in a different color and added it to the folded card.

The next several pictures show many of our designs.

Hmmmmm

By the way, here is a picture of Ellen G. who takes and posts all of the photos of the exchange books on Flickr. She is taking pictures while the rest of us are at play in the workshop! Make sure to tap the Flickr pictures button to see the books in full color that are just black and white in the newsletter. The last photos displayed are from the December Card Exchange. The current month of pictures are usually up by the time you receive the next month's newsletter.

Newport Paper and Book Arts Festival 2016

The Visual Arts Center (VAC) at Nye Beach, Festival headquarters 

It's time to save the weekend of April 22-24 for a great time playing with all kinds of paper projects in the beautiful coastal town of Newport, Oregon. This year's Newport Paper & Book Arts Festival promises to be one of the best ones ever with seven classes each day to choose from. Offering 12 one-day classes, 3 two-day classes, and 1 three-day class there is bound to be something to inspire every book and paper enthusiast. The official schedule with registration materials will be mailed out sometime in the next month, but we were able to get a sneak peek of the list of classes and instructors.

One-Day Classes:

• Mixed Media Cards & Embellishments for Books with Cheri Aldrich
• Eco Dying of Paper & Fabric with Heather Fortner
• Loves Me Loves Me Not/Crepe Paper Flowers with Sarah Gayle
• Collage Play 2: All About Texture with Glenda Goodrich
• Exposed Bindings with Dolores Guffey
• Mini Paper Book Mobile with Kathy Karbo
• Accordion in a Case with Moe Snyder
• Make Your Mark (Long Stitch Journal, Sumi Ink) with Moe Snyder
• Fishbone Fold Book with Connie Stricks
• Paper from Mushrooms with David Summerlin
• The Art & Craft of Collage with Arlene Warner
• Paste Paper Evolution with Jackie Wygant

Two-Day Classes:

• Indigo Dyeing & Books with Judilee Fitzhugh & Marilyn Zornado
• Pocket Books with Margo Klass
• The Amazing Dremmel with Jill Timm

Three-Day Class:

• The Magical Book Box with Randi Parkhurst

The following photos are from past Festivals.

The Instructor's Show in the upstairs gallery at the VAC

No, we're not making a salad here, but a nature inspired collage 

for the pages in the journal below

Completed hand-printed botanical journals

Painted papers drying before assembly

Completed books from a Margo Klass workshop

Completed projects from two participants

A collection of completed structures

One of many benches awaiting visitors to enjoy the beautiful scenery at Nye Beach

NORBAG members have traditionally been prominent participants of the Festival so let's make 2016 our biggest showing ever. If you aren't already on the mailing list call (541) 265-6569 or email Khlo (registrar) at npaf@coastarts.org.