Book Arts

For those of you who come across this blog and wonder what it's about, let me explain in a little more detail what I am doing.

I am a second year MFA candidate at the University of Alabama Book Arts program. What is book arts? Well, it can mean many things to people. I like what the Center for the Book in NYC says, " Today many artists adapt the form and materials of the book to communicate their content. There are traditional letterpress books with beautiful typography, fine bookbindings, artists' books, and sculptural bookworms. "

In my third year, in order to complete my MFA, I have to complete a book project. As the book stands now in my mind it will be made of handmade paper that I will make. I will use photopolymer plate to letterpress the text and some of the images. Hopefully printed on my Chandler and Price clamshell press. I also plan to use linoleum and other media to create images. As far as the binding, I'm leaning toward a traditional flat back cased in book. It will have 4 or 5 sections. How many sections will depend on how much of a response I receive from everyone out there.

Here are some sites that might be of interest to you.

http://www.philobiblon.com/

http://www.centerforbookarts.org/

http://minsky.com/sharpaper.htm - Richard Minsky is a legend of the book arts world.

http://bookartsguild.org/