Category Archives: Workshops

Workshop: Back-to-Back Accordion books with Gabby Cooksey

PSBA Fundamentals Workshop Accordion 101: Back-to-Back Accordion books Saturday, February 13th 2016 12 p.m. to 3 p.m Room 020, Collins Library University of Puget Sound The accordion structure is perhaps the most versatile structure in the world of bookbinding. This structure, … Continue reading

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Workshop: Dos a Dos Binding with PSBA Member Gabby Cooksey

A Dos a Dos binding is a book with 2 separate texts are bound together in which the fore edge of one text and the spine edge of the other are on top of each other. The only way they … Continue reading

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On The Surface: Expressing Your Ideas On Cloth and Paper

  705 Court C in Opera Alley had definitely changed from when I had last been inside some twenty years before. Remembering a large retail space, I was instead greeted by a long hallway bordered by artists’ studios and shops … Continue reading

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Retreat to Move Forward!

“The mission of the Puget Sound Book Artists is to further the knowledge, practice and understanding of the arts of the book by means of educational activities including but not limited to lectures, workshops, and exhibits.”    Lofty words, but how … Continue reading

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A Spring Morning With Chandler!

     Ever wonder how Chandler creates her stunning (and meticulously detailed) linoleum block prints?  On a recent Saturday fourteen PSBA members postponed a morning of soaking in the delights of spring daffodils in bloom and the dew on the flowering trees … Continue reading

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The 2014 Art of The Book Symposium

By 8:30 am, March 15th, 2014, a steady stream of book artists, curators, library directors, paper makers, book restorers, illustrators, printers,  calligraphers, poets, and book art lovers  began gathering inside Collins Library at the University of Puget Sound, anxious for … Continue reading

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Art Of The Book Symposium: March 15, 2014

Puget Sound Book Artists, in association with the Northwest Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers and the Book Arts Guild  is pleased to host a one day symposium dedicated to the Art of the Book. This symposium is being held in … Continue reading

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Dimensional Books

(Or, How to Have a Successful  Two Day Workshop in Five Easy Steps.) (1) Put to good use the PSBA brain trust. (2) choose an award winning book artist (Kevin Steele) to conduct the workshop. (3) Set up dates, times, and studio location. … Continue reading

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Kevin Steele Workshop

DIMENSIONAL BOOKS: A Binding Workshop with Kevin Steele August 17 – August 18, 2013  Learn fascinating bindings that combine aspects of accordion folds, pop-ups, tunnel books, and sewn structures. Design a 3-dimensional movable book-object that allows for experimentation with dimension, … Continue reading

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One Sheet Wonder!

                                                                   The Puget Sound Book Artists were pleased to host printmaker and book artist Diane Stemper for a Friday evening talk and Saturday workshop, April 19th and 20th, 2013.  Stemper’s workshop focused on books made with a single sheet of … Continue reading

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