For Book Fans & Collectors: Return of Philly Vintage Book Fair

After a long hiatus, The Philadelphia Vintage Book & Ephemera Fair is returning to town. If past incarnations are any indication, it's well worth a visit, even if you don't buy anything. There are plenty of specialist booksellers of all types, from modern first editions to antiquarian scientific works to postcards and posters--and good old second-hand books. 

A good source of ideas and things to alter.

Dates/Hours: February 3, 2013 / 10am-4pm

Location: The Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown Hotel, 201 North 17^th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103.

Admission: Adults: $6, Youths 12-21: $3, Under 12: free w/Paid Adult.  Discount Coupon

Directions: Right off I-76 & I-676, corner Race Street.

Appraisals: Appraisals provided by John Bruno 1-3pm at $5/item.

Donna Globus Exhibit at Free Library Main Branch

Four works by PCB member Donna Globus are on exhibit at the main branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia. Members and friends are welcome to the opening reception on Thursday, Jan. 31. Here are the details:

Pulp is the Word!

Pulp to Pixels: Artists Books in the Digital Age

From November 7^th through the 16^th, the Harold F. Johnson Library at Hampshire College hosted an exhibition called Pulp to Pixels: Artists Books in the Digital Age.  This exhibition of artists books, curated by Andrea Dezsö, Steven Daiber and Meredith Broberg, is a celebration of both traditional, physical book construction and innovative digital books. Many of the artists featured in the show have created works that bridge the chasm between the analog and digital realms. 

Painting with Pulp, a 10-week class in making handmade paper art, will be offered Monday evenings at Fleisher Art Memorial this winter. Taught by PCB member Mary Tasillo, who is also a columnist for Hand Papermaking Newsletter, this course explore a range of techniques using pigmented pulp, including – layering, stenciling, and drawing imagery into your paper itself, and embedding found objects, drawings, and more. Learn papermaking using traditional Western sheet pulling techniques combined with contemporary artistic strategies. Fibers will range from cotton rag and abaca to recycled materials. Explore the ways hand papermaking can be used in your art, discuss ways to make paper in your home, and consider the potential for combining your handmade paper with other media. Use your own themes and imagery, experiment with color and layering, or just focus on creating beautiful sheets for use in your 2-D or 3-D work outside class. Registration closed soon at www.fleisher.org. Images from previous classes can be seen at http://www.citizenhydra.net/painting-with-pulp.html.

Book Party at UArts

Books, prints, art for sale & display by undergrad and grad book arts students.


Come see what the new generation of book artists is up to. Chat a bit. Give a bit of moral support. Buy something, even.

Where:

CBS Auditorium, Hamilton Hall
320 S. Broad St.
Philadelphia

When:

Wednesday, Dec. 12

12-3 PM

Workshops This Weekend

AND 

Japanese Binding

Sunday, 9th December

1-5pm in Merchantville, NJ

$65

(For more information on Japanese Binding:

www.ei-ni.com)

PCS Fantastic Friday 12/7

If you missed the Queen's Birthday party or the Summer Olympic Games...

 you still have the opportunity to celebrate the British Spirit! 

 Come Calligraphers and Friends 

to a fantastic celebration toasting the literary works of Charles Dickens

this Friday, December 7th at the Philadelphia Free Library on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway! 

From 2-5 pm demonstrations will be in the main hall 

from 5-7 pm we will have a terrific reception you won't want to miss!

 Shane Candies of Philadelphia (150 year old Factory!) will be present

in period dress and with yummy confectioneries... 

Lovely buffet dinner and good cheer  

If you arrive after 5 pm, please use the Wood Street entrance.  

Any questions?  Please contact Frances McKenzie 215-688-2994

A special gift for everyone attending... so "Chip, Chip!"

Letterpress Education for the People

Anyone who’s seen the documentary Proceed and be Bold! knows who Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. is and what he’s about

Now he’s turning his art and energy toward setting up a printshop in Detroit MI called Detroit Printing Plant. Amos is currently crowdfunding on Indiegogo to raise money for a building there and needs the help of members of the letterpress and book arts community. 

According to Proceed and be Bold!  producer/director Laura Zinger, the project’s goals are:

• To teach letterpress printing,
• To allow letterpress printers to develop and hone their craft,
• To show letterpress printers how they can make a living from their craft,
• To create a space for book manufacturing including book binding, making handmade paper, and printing, and
• To bring manufacturing back to Detroit, MI via letterpress and book manufacturing.

To see it explained in Amos’ unique style, check out his Indiegogo campaign page: www.indiegogo.com/justprint. You’ll also find out about cool gifts for donors there. And as an extra bonus, Proceed and be Bold! will be available for free viewing during the campaign at www.youtube.com/watch?v=i251DDffUzY&feature=youtu.be.

As Amos puts it, "It's not about being so big that you have to maintain your bigness, it's about being just big enough that your craft can maintain you."  That’s something we can all relate to and support.