Calls For Entry

Items are in no particular order and new items are added randomly.

Needed: Images of Work Using Japanese Papers

Nancy Jacobi, president of The Japanese Paper Place in Toronto, is currently writing a book on the creative use of Japanese paper.

She is requesting knowledge of books that have been made using good quality handmade Japanese papers where the paper names are known.

Innovative uses of the paper for cover, end sheets or text pages are of special interest, particularly where the paper has first been printed, painted or drawn on before being used in the book.

Please send images for consideration to nancy@japanesepaperplace.com.

It’s coming!

Art of the Book 2013

The Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild (CBBAG) is thrilled to announce it is in the planning stages of Art of the Book 2013, a juried exhibition of members' work.

It’s not too early to begin planning your entry! Submissions are welcomed from the traditional to cutting edge design. The categories will be: Fine Binding; Papermaking; Paper Decorating; Calligraphy; Box Making; Fine Printing; and Artists' Books.

The exhibit will open in Calgary, Alberta, in July 2013. This is CBBAG’s first ever opening outside Toronto! There will also be an associated conference and workshops. A full-colour printed catalogue will be produced by CBBAG and will depict selected works, plus binding descriptions and biographical statements by each artist. The show will be available to travel from January 2013 through 2014.

Up to three works per member may be submitted. The entry fee for one to three works will be $30, and work must have been completed after January 1, 2010. (Non-members who wish to enter will have the price of a year membership added to their entry fee.)

Full details and the Intent to Entery Form will be available online soon.

To become a member of CBBAG, join online at: www.cbbag.ca/membership.html

Questions or comments? Please contact: artofthebook2013@gmail.com

Sincerely, Art of the Book 2013 Committee