Exhibition

The Value of Secrets
More current work here:Fabrications.

California College of the Arts
Faculty Exhibition
5212 Broadway at College Ave., Oakland, CA

Oliver Art Center
September 8-24, 2010
Opening Reception: Wednesday, September 15, 5:30-7:30pm
Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8:30 a.m.-noon and 1-4:30 p.m. (closed Wed. mornings)

The Value of Secrets will be on display.

Upcoming Instructional Book for 2011

Coming JANUARY 2011 from Lark Craft (previously known as Lark Books): Making Handmade Books: 100 Bindings, Structures and Forms. This will be my fifth instructional book, a compilation and revision of the first three books plus new material and 41 statements from professional artists who make books and/or teach bookmaking. Check out their new blog where there is updated info plus book giveaways, recipes(!) etc.: http://www.larkcrafts.com/

Miniature Edition

The Mini Fiction or Palm-of-the-Hand Series was launched in December 2009. The structure of the series includes one short-short story, also known as flash fiction, handwritten inside a miniature book structure. The first story is called The Rules Would Be Different. The book structure is a crossed-structure binding with acrylic ink painted Nideggan paper and composition gold leaf, contained in a two-inch square clear acrylic box with a lid. Edition of six, all handwritten in white ink. Three for sale. See it also here.

Previous Exhibitions

ArtRead: Bookworks from CCA Students and Faculty
Curated by Betsy Davids, Alisa Golden, and Nance O'Banion
Photos of the books here.
Catalogue and preview of catalogue available here.

Wings for Words: New Bookworks from Korea and Japan
Curated by Alisa Golden
Photos of the exhibit here.
Catalogue used to be available here. But you can still purchase them from the San Francisco Center for the Book.

Representation

You may purchase books directly from the press via cash, money order, or check.

If you prefer to pay by credit card, the following dealers represent never mind the press:

Donna Seager Gallery
851 Fourth Street
San Rafael, CA

Vamp & Tramp, Booksellers, LLC
South Hall Building
1951 Hoover Court, Suite 205
Birmingham, AL 35226-3606

Publications

Painted Paper: Techniques & Projects for Handmade Books & Cards
published by Sterling, is available now from the link to Amazon, above. This is my latest how-to with color step-by-step photos of techniques using acrylic inks and with many examples of how the papers can be used. Preview the contents here. Paperback with new cover, reissued from Lark Books in October 2009. Please note that this is a painting technique book.

500 Handmade Books: Inspiring Interpretations of a Timeless Form (500 Series)
This thick, paperback publication contains photos of my books Steaming on the Stovetop: Poems from the Pantry, A Witness to Curious Speed and Wrapped in Their Offspring among 497 others curated by Steve Miller of Alabama and Suzanne Tourtillott, Senior Editor, Lark Books. 420 pages of full-color books. Just photos and brief descriptions. An amazing resource.

Snapshots of Book Art in Asia
In Summer 2007, my interviews and article for the Pacific Center for the Book Arts journal The Ampersand was published. Tsang Kinwah and Heejung Kim have posted the article on their websites. Sangmi Chun has posted excerpts on her blog. I'm happy to report that I've now got it online with active links so you can see all the artists and artwork easily.

The following people graciously gave their time: Xu Bing, Michael Cherney, Elsie Sampson, Tsang Kinwah, Kahoru Otani, Veronika Schäpers, Seiko Tachibana, Peng-Peng Wang, Shu-Ju Wang, Narae Kim, Sangmi Chun, and Heejung Kim. Thanks to everyone who had input. Hard copies of the magazine are available through PCBA. The article became a prelude for the Wings for Words exhibit at the San Francisco Center for the Book in 2009.

Here is a new posting of an article "The Background's The Thing" that I wrote in September 2008 for the Pacific Center for the Book Arts Journal The Ampersand, comparing book art to science fiction short-short stories from the 1960s.

On the Side

In addition to books and prints, I make other things for fun for myself or friends. This is a new section, and who knows what is next?
Here you go.

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