A Directory of Book Artists - Listed by Category

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ARTISTS' BOOKS

Jocelyne Aird-Bélanger
Val-David, Québec
    sewn structures; altered books; book-like objects

Barbara Barnes Allen
Seattle, Washington
    one-of-a-kind books that sit on assemblage bases that reflect the contents of the book

Deirdre Allen
St.Albert, Alberta
    accordion; German case; Greek; many sewn structures on a wood spines; piano hinge and many folded book structures; custom built book cradles; sewing frames and presses; display easels

Hugh Walter Barclay
Kingston, Ontario
    case binding

Peter Bartl & Jane Merks
Balfour, British Columbia
    Oriental; sewn structures; accordion; tunnel

Gerald H. Borch
Calgary, Alberta
    traditional binding; Japanese hemp leaf and tortoise shell binding

Father M. Charles Brandt, erm
Black Creek, British Columbia
    sewn structures

Joyce Brodsky
Tucson, Arizona
    conventional structures; innovative forms including movables; multi-media

Ruth Brown
Toronto, Ontario
    handsewn one-of-a-kind cloth books made of tactile fabrics from various countries; embroidered illustrations attached with Velcro or hand sewn directly onto cloth book pages; copies of A Cloth Book Manual (English and Spanish versions) available

Tara Bryan
Flatrock, Newfoundland
    accordion & variations; tunnel; pop-up; sewn structures

Janet Carroll
Winnipeg, Manitoba
    long stitch-link stitch; accordion; Coptic; crossed structure

Wyman Chu
Toronto, Ontario
    accordion; Oriental; oversized binding (case bound or soft cover perfect bound); custom embroidery on book cover; cover lamination (glossy or matte)

Susan Colberg
Edmonton, Alberta
    sewn structures; unbound (leaf) in box; book design

Martha Cole
Lumsden, Saskatchewan
    simplified bindings with wheat paste cloth covers - both hard and soft; single signatures with wheat paste cloth covers

Susan V. Corrigan
Toronto, Ontario
    accordion variations; long stitch-link stitch

Guylaine Couture
Montréal, Québec
    one-of-a-kind books with this obsession for reusing printed documents, to preserve the forgotten zone in a photograph, to exploit a word; simple techniques to bind my books; zines

Mira Coviensky
Toronto, Ontario
    non-traditional techniques and materials

Lorraine Douglas
Sidney, British Columbia
    accordion; tunnel; flag

Dorothy Field
Victoria, British Columbia
    accordion; unbound Tibetan style

Jacques Fournier
Montréal, Québec
    accordion; long stitch-link stitch; Oriental; sewn structures

Karen Hanmer
Glenview, Illinois
    text and image in a variety of folded and traditional structures; interest in memory, cultural history, and the history of science

Barbara Helander
Brampton, Ontario
    accordion; pop-up; tunnel; star; Coptic

Jan Kellett
Qualicum Beach , British Columbia
    miniature limited editions; hand binding; leather binding; letterpress; sewn structures; format and materials vary to suit contents

Kristina Komendant
Blaine Lake, Saskatchewan
    one-of-a-kind using wood, lotus leaves, and other unusual materials

Karen Kunc
Avoca, Nebraska
    accordion; sewn structures; sculptural books

Marlene MacCallum
Corner Brook, Newfoundland
    as per needed of individual project

Chum McLeod
Barrie, Ontario
    accordion

Lise Melhorn-Boe
North Bay, Ontario
    accordion; pop-up; tunnel; carrousel; star; Oriental; sewn structures; flag; quilted; incorporating found objects; box making

Cathryn Miller
Grasswood, Saskatchewan
    accordion; Oriental; sewn structures

Micheline Montgomery
Mississauga, Ontario
    sewn structures; long stitch-link stitch

Claire Owen
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    accordion

Gina Page
Richmond, British Columbia
    accordion; concertina; tunnel

Maureen Piggins
Toronto, Ontario
    accordion; glicée printing of original painting/drawing and poetry; non-traditional materials (mica panels); original painting/drawing

Susan Pinard
Ottawa, Ontario
    sewn structures; accordion; star; Oriental stab; pop-ups; tunnel books

Marlene Pomeroy
Waterloo, Ontario
    long-stitch; modern Oriental; sewn structures; simplied bindings; fine bindings; custom bindings

Felicia Rice
Santa Cruz, California
    accordian; Japanese stab bindings

Terry Rutherford
Outremont, Quebec
    accordion; pop-up; tunnel; sewn structures

Joyce Ryckman
Montreal, Quebec
    single pages in cases; single pages held with clips; folded fortune teller with case; stitching three hole pamphlet stitch

Miriam Schaer
Brooklyn, New York
    beaded bindings; sewing on cords; link stitch sewn structures

George A. Walker
Toronto, Ontario
    Coptic; long stitch-link stitch; sewn structures; experimental

Marlene Yuen
Vancouver, British Columbia
    accordion; pop-up; photographic; minitature; comic books

BOOKBINDING

Dave Allen
Victoria, British Columbia
    hand binding; conservation; restoration; box making

Deirdre Allen
St.Albert, Alberta
    hand binding; design binding; edition binding

Hugh Walter Barclay
Kingston, Ontario
    design binding

Peter Bartl & Jane Merks
Balfour, British Columbia
    hand binding; design binding

Gerald H. Borch
Calgary, Alberta
    hand binding; box making

Tonny Braden
Madoc, Ontario
    hand binding; edition binding; conservation; restoration; box making

Father M. Charles Brandt, erm
Black Creek, British Columbia
    hand binding; design binding; conservation; restoration; box making

Joyce Brodsky
Tucson, Arizona
    hand binding; design binding; box making

Ruth Brown
Toronto, Ontario
    hand binding

Tara Bryan
Flatrock, Newfoundland
    hand binding; box making

Gale Buffett
Vancouver, British Columbia
    hand binding; box making

John W. Burbidge
Peterborough, Ontario
    hand binding; conservation; restoration

Lorraine Butler
Brentwood Bay, British Columbia
    hand binding; conservation; restoration; box making

Janet Carroll
Winnipeg, Manitoba
    hand binding

Wyman Chu
Toronto, Ontario
    hand binding; design binding; edition binding; restoration; box making

Susan Colberg
Edmonton, Alberta
    hand binding

Martha Cole
Lumsden, Saskatchewan
    hand binding; edition binding; box making

Coleen Curry
Muir Beach, California
    hand binding; design binding; edition binding; box making

Ken Curry
Abbotsford, British Columbia
    hand binding, conservation, restoration, box making

Lorna Daniel
Prince George, British Columbia
    hand binding; restoration; box making

Laurence B. Duffar
Knowlton, Quebec
    hand binding; design binding; box making

Jacques Fournier
Montréal, Québec
    hand binding; design binding; edition binding; box making

Gabrielle Fox
Cincinnati, Ohio
    hand binding; design binding; conservation; restoration; box making

Karen Hanmer
Glenview, Illinois
    design binding; box making

Barbara Helander
Brampton, Ontario
    hand binding; box making

Audrey Hollinger
Waterloo, Ontario
    materials supplier

Kristina Komendant
Blaine Lake, Saskatchewan
    hand binding; design binding

Karen Kunc
Avoca, Nebraska
    hand binding

Monique Lallier
Summerfield, North Carolina
    hand binding; design binding; box making

Denise Lapointe
Montreal, Quebec
    hand binding

Marlene MacCallum
Corner Brook, Newfoundland
    hand binding

Chum McLeod
Barrie, Ontario
    hand binding

Cathryn Miller
Grasswood, Saskatchewan
    hand binding; edition binding

R. John Miller
Baltimore, Maryland
    hand binding; conservation; restoration

Claire Owen
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    hand binding; edition binding

Susan Pinard
Ottawa, Ontario
    handbinding; box making

Marlene Pomeroy
Waterloo, Ontario
    hand binding; design binding; box making

Terry Rutherford
Outremont, Quebec
    hand binding; design binding; conservation; box making

Miriam Schaer
Brooklyn, New York
    hand binding; box making

Art Seto
Toronto, Ontario
    hand binding; edition binding; conservation; restoration; box makin

Shelagh Smith
Woodbridge, Ontario
    hand binding; restoration; conservation; edition binding; box making

Don Taylor
Toronto, Ontario
    hand binding; design binding; edition binding; restoration; box making

George A. Walker
Toronto, Ontario
    hand binding; design binding; edition binding; box making

Marlene Yuen
Vancouver, British Columbia
    hand binding

CALLIGRAPHY

Joyce Brodsky
Tucson, Arizona
    lettering arts

Martha Cole
Lumsden, Saskatchewan
    lettering arts; hand-lettering in one-of-a-kind books

Lorraine Douglas
Sidney, British Columbia
    lettering arts

Jacques Fournier
Montréal, Québec
    lettering arts

Kristina Komendant
Blaine Lake, Saskatchewan
    lettering arts; illumination; pen-nib and brush calligraphy; embossing

Karen Kunc
Avoca, Nebraska
    illumination

Cathryn Miller
Grasswood, Saskatchewan
    lettering arts

Susan Pinard
Ottawa, Ontario
    lettering arts; illuniation; Celtic knotwork

Marlene Pomeroy
Waterloo, Ontario
    lettering arts; creative journals for travel

George A. Walker
Toronto, Ontario
    lettering arts; engraved letter forms on end grain wood

HAND PRINTING

Hugh Walter Barclay
Kingston, Ontario
    letterpress

Peter Bartl & Jane Merks
Balfour, British Columbia
    letterpress

Tonny Braden
Madoc, Ontario
    kwikprint titling

Father M. Charles Brandt, erm
Black Creek, British Columbia
    kwick print

Tara Bryan
Flatrock, Newfoundland
    letterpress

Susan Colberg
Edmonton, Alberta
    letterpress

Martha Cole
Lumsden, Saskatchewan
    digital imagery using computer printers

Jacques Fournier
Montréal, Québec
    letterpress; hot stamp

Audrey Hollinger
Waterloo, Ontario
    letterpress; type foundry

Karen Kunc
Avoca, Nebraska
    letterpress

Denise Lapointe
Montreal, Quebec
    letterpress

Margaret Lock
Kingston, Ontario
    letterpress

Marlene MacCallum
Corner Brook, Newfoundland
    letterpress; photogravure

Cathryn Miller
Grasswood, Saskatchewan
    stencil; block printing

Claire Owen
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    etching

Gina Page
Richmond, British Columbia
    letterpress; stencil/pochoir

Felicia Rice
Santa Cruz, California
    letterpress

Alan Stein
Parry Sound, Ontario
    letterpress

George A. Walker
Toronto, Ontario
    letterpress; relief; intaglio; serigraphy; lithography; wood cut; wood engraving

Marlene Yuen
Vancouver, British Columbia
    letterpress

ILLUSTRATION

Jocelyne Aird-Bélanger
Val-David, Québec
    etching; computer imaging

Deirdre Allen
St.Albert, Alberta
    lino and wood cuts; copper dry point; collagraph; silkscreen; lithography; monotypes; watercolour; drawing; mixed-media

Hugh Walter Barclay
Kingston, Ontario
    lino block; soft-block

Peter Bartl & Jane Merks
Balfour, British Columbia
    lino block

Joyce Brodsky
Tucson, Arizona
    collage; multi-media

Tara Bryan
Flatrock, Newfoundland
    lino block; etching; wook engraving

Martha Cole
Lumsden, Saskatchewan
    wheat paste collage with expressive mark making; monoprints; digital graphics; multi-media

Mira Coviensky
Toronto, Ontario
    image transfer; altered photographs; mixed media

Lorraine Douglas
Sidney, British Columbia
    lino; mono; stencil

Dorothy Field
Victoria, British Columbia
    drawing; collage; dry point; Polariod transfer

Gabrielle Fox
Cincinnati, Ohio
    wood block/wood engraving

Jan Kellett
Qualicum Beach , British Columbia
    line drawings hand printed from polymer plates; hand coloured; pochoir using watercolours; block print

Kristina Komendant
Blaine Lake, Saskatchewan
    pen and ink; watercolour

Karen Kunc
Avoca, Nebraska
    colour woodcut; colour etching; screenprint

Denise Lapointe
Montreal, Quebec
    etching; lino block; wood block; dry point; aquatint

Margaret Lock
Kingston, Ontario
    wood block

Marlene MacCallum
Corner Brook, Newfoundland
    photogravure

Chum McLeod
Barrie, Ontario
    watercolour; gouache; ink; metal leaf

Cathryn Miller
Grasswood, Saskatchewan
    giclée print of images produced using Adobe Illustrator, Painter, Photoshop

Micheline Montgomery
Mississauga, Ontario
    watercolour and acrylic painting; collage

Claire Owen
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    etching; lino block; wood block

Gina Page
Richmond, British Columbia
    aquatint & chine collé; stencil/pochoir; pastels/conté drawings

Marlene Pomeroy
Waterloo, Ontario
    lino block; watercolour (one of a kind)

Terry Rutherford
Outremont, Quebec
    linocut; photography

Joyce Ryckman
Montreal, Quebec
    photography; ink jet printing; video book works

Miriam Schaer
Brooklyn, New York
    mixed media; collage; digital

Alan Stein
Parry Sound, Ontario
    wood engraving; stone lithography; hand painting of engravings or covers

George A. Walker
Toronto, Ontario
    wood engraving; wood cut; lino block; other techniques when required

Marlene Yuen
Vancouver, British Columbia
    hand drawn illustrations; wood block

PAPER DECORATION

Deirdre Allen
St.Albert, Alberta
    marbling (acrylic); paste paper; sponge; stencil/pochoir; block print

Hugh Walter Barclay
Kingston, Ontario
    block print

Father M. Charles Brandt, erm
Black Creek, British Columbia
    marbling (oil)

Joyce Brodsky
Tucson, Arizona
    marbling (acrylic); paste paper; surface design

Janet Carroll
Winnipeg, Manitoba
    marbling (watercolour, acrylic); suminagashi

Martha Cole
Lumsden, Saskatchewan
    paste paper; sponge; stencil/pochoir; extensive collage with wheat paste markings

Susan V. Corrigan
Toronto, Ontario
    paste paper; sponge; rubber stamp prints

Laurence B. Duffar
Knowlton, Quebec
    paste paper; marbling (watercolour); block print

Barbara Helander
Brampton, Ontario
    paste paper; sponge; stencil/pochoir; block print

Audrey Hollinger
Waterloo, Ontario
    marbling (acrylic); paste paper; materials and equipment supplier

Kristina Komendant
Blaine Lake, Saskatchewan
    marbling (watercolour, acrylic)

Susan Kristoferson
Calgary, Alberta
    itajme (fold, clamp, & dye)

Karen Kunc
Avoca, Nebraska
    marbling (watercolour); block print

Cathryn Miller
Grasswood, Saskatchewan
    paste paper; sponge; stencil/pochoir; block print

Micheline Montgomery
Mississauga, Ontario
    hand painting book covers

Claire Owen
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    marbling (oil); stencil/pochoir; block print

Gina Page
Richmond, British Columbia
    stencil/pochoir

Susan Pinard
Ottawa, Ontario
    marbling (acrylic); paste paper; sponge; stencil/pochoir

Marlene Pomeroy
Waterloo, Ontario
    marbling (watercolour); paste paper

Felicia Rice
Santa Cruz, California
    Stencil/pochoir; block print

Terry Rutherford
Outremont, Quebec
    marbling (watercolour); paste paper

Art Seto
Toronto, Ontario
    marbling (oil)

Shelagh Smith
Woodbridge, Ontario
    marble (water); paste; sponge; block print

Don Taylor
Toronto, Ontario
    paste paper; sponge

George A. Walker
Toronto, Ontario
    paste paper; sponge; stencil/pochoir; block print

PAPERMAKING

Deirdre Allen
St.Albert, Alberta
    custom built moulds and decals

Father M. Charles Brandt, erm
Black Creek, British Columbia
    conservation; archival

Joyce Brodsky
Tucson, Arizona
    custom paper design; textural papers for dimensional art work; experimental

Wendy Cain
Newburgh, Ontario
    pulp painting; general sheet forming and fibre characteristics

Jacques Fournier
Montréal, Québec
    archival; pulp painting

Audrey Hollinger
Waterloo, Ontario
    conservation; archival; materials and equipment supplier

Susan Warner Keene
Toronto, Ontario
    pulp painting; sculptural

Kristina Komendant
Blaine Lake, Saskatchewan
    pulp painting; sculptural; sheet production from cotton, linen, denim, or natural materials, ie. cattails, straw, etc.

Karen Kunc
Avoca, Nebraska
    pulp painting

Denise Lapointe
Montreal, Quebec
    papermaking

Cathryn Miller
Grasswood, Saskatchewan
    archival; acid-free decorative

Gina Page
Richmond, British Columbia
    paper made from local plant fibres

George A. Walker
Toronto, Ontario
    pulp painting; sculptural; handmade paper for printmaking

COLLABORATES WITH OTHERS

Jocelyne Aird-Bélanger
Val-David, Québec

Dave Allen
Victoria, British Columbia

Deirdre Allen
St.Albert, Alberta

Hugh Walter Barclay
Kingston, Ontario

Peter Bartl & Jane Merks
Balfour, British Columbia

Tonny Braden
Madoc, Ontario

Father M. Charles Brandt, erm
Black Creek, British Columbia

Ruth Brown
Toronto, Ontario

Tara Bryan
Flatrock, Newfoundland

Wendy Cain
Newburgh, Ontario

Janet Carroll
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Wyman Chu
Toronto, Ontario

Martha Cole
Lumsden, Saskatchewan

Guylaine Couture
Montréal, Québec

Mira Coviensky
Toronto, Ontario

Coleen Curry
Muir Beach, California

Lorraine Douglas
Sidney, British Columbia

Laurence B. Duffar
Knowlton, Quebec

Dorothy Field
Victoria, British Columbia

Jacques Fournier
Montréal, Québec

Gabrielle Fox
Cincinnati, Ohio

Barbara Helander
Brampton, Ontario

Audrey Hollinger
Waterloo, Ontario

Kristina Komendant
Blaine Lake, Saskatchewan

Susan Kristoferson
Calgary, Alberta

Karen Kunc
Avoca, Nebraska

Monique Lallier
Summerfield, North Carolina

Denise Lapointe
Montreal, Quebec

Marlene MacCallum
Corner Brook, Newfoundland

Lise Melhorn-Boe
North Bay, Ontario

Cathryn Miller
Grasswood, Saskatchewan

R. John Miller
Baltimore, Maryland

Micheline Montgomery
Mississauga, Ontario

Claire Owen
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Gina Page
Richmond, British Columbia

Susan Pinard
Ottawa, Ontario

Marlene Pomeroy
Waterloo, Ontario

Felicia Rice
Santa Cruz, California

Terry Rutherford
Outremont, Quebec

Joyce Ryckman
Montreal, Quebec

Miriam Schaer
Brooklyn, New York

Art Seto
Toronto, Ontario

Alan Stein
Parry Sound, Ontario

Don Taylor
Toronto, Ontario

George A. Walker
Toronto, Ontario

Marlene Yuen
Vancouver, British Columbia

TEACHERS

Jocelyne Aird-Bélanger
Val-David, Québec

Dave Allen
Victoria, British Columbia

Deirdre Allen
St.Albert, Alberta

Hugh Walter Barclay
Kingston, Ontario

Peter Bartl & Jane Merks
Balfour, British Columbia

Father M. Charles Brandt, erm
Black Creek, British Columbia

Joyce Brodsky
Tucson, Arizona

Ruth Brown
Toronto, Ontario

Tara Bryan
Flatrock, Newfoundland

John W. Burbidge
Peterborough, Ontario

Wendy Cain
Newburgh, Ontario

Janet Carroll
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Susan Colberg
Edmonton, Alberta

Martha Cole
Lumsden, Saskatchewan

Guylaine Couture
Montréal, Québec

Mira Coviensky
Toronto, Ontario

Coleen Curry
Muir Beach, California

Ken Curry
Abbotsford, British Columbia

Lorna Daniel
Prince George, British Columbia

Lorraine Douglas
Sidney, British Columbia

Laurence B. Duffar
Knowlton, Quebec

Dorothy Field
Victoria, British Columbia

Jacques Fournier
Montréal, Québec

Gabrielle Fox
Cincinnati, Ohio

Karen Hanmer
Glenview, Illinois

Audrey Hollinger
Waterloo, Ontario

Susan Warner Keene
Toronto, Ontario

Kristina Komendant
Blaine Lake, Saskatchewan

Susan Kristoferson
Calgary, Alberta

Karen Kunc
Avoca, Nebraska

Monique Lallier
Summerfield, North Carolina

Denise Lapointe
Montreal, Quebec

Margaret Lock
Kingston, Ontario

Marlene MacCallum
Corner Brook, Newfoundland

Lise Melhorn-Boe
North Bay, Ontario

Cathryn Miller
Grasswood, Saskatchewan

Micheline Montgomery
Mississauga, Ontario

Claire Owen
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Gina Page
Richmond, British Columbia

Susan Pinard
Ottawa, Ontario

Marlene Pomeroy
Waterloo, Ontario

Felicia Rice
Santa Cruz, California

Terry Rutherford
Outremont, Quebec

Miriam Schaer
Brooklyn, New York

Art Seto
Toronto, Ontario

Don Taylor
Toronto, Ontario

George A. Walker
Toronto, Ontario

BOOK ARTISTS WITH WEB SITES

Dave Allen
     www.bookbinder.ca

Hugh Walter Barclay
     theehellbox.wordpress.com/

Peter Bartl & Jane Merks
     www.pbjbookarts.ca

Ruth Brown
     www.makingclothbooks.com

Tara Bryan
     www.tarabryan.com

Wyman Chu
     www.covernpages.com

Susan Colberg
     www.ualberta.ca/ARTDESIGN/html/staff/scolberg.html

Martha Cole
     www.marthacole.ca

Guylaine Couture
     www.gycouture.blogspot.com

Mira Coviensky
     www.miracoviensky.com

Lorraine Douglas
     wordmarksajournal.blogspot.com/

Jacques Fournier
     www.bibliopolis.net/roselin

Gabrielle Fox
     www.gabriellefox.com

Karen Hanmer
     www.karenhanmer.com

Barbara Helander
     www.anniversarytimes.com

Audrey Hollinger
     www.papertrail.ca

Susan Warner Keene
     www.susanwarnerkeene.com

Jan Kellett
     www.dewaldenpress.com

Susan Kristoferson
     www.kristoferson-studio.ca

Monique Lallier
     www.moniquelallier.com

Denise Lapointe
     www.st-armand.com

Marlene MacCallum
     www.marlenemaccallum.com

Lise Melhorn-Boe
     www.lisemelhornboe.ca

Micheline Montgomery
     www.pearangelart.com

Claire Owen
     www.claireowenturtleislandpress.com

Maureen Piggins
     www.maureenpiggins.com

Susan Pinard
     lively-letters.blogspot.com

Felicia Rice
     www.movingpartspress.com

Joyce Ryckman
     www.jryckman.ca

Miriam Schaer
     miriamschaer.com/

Art Seto
     www.ryerson.ca/gcm

Alan Stein
     www.alanstein.ca
     www.robertsgallery.net

Don Taylor
     www.dontaylorbookbinder.com

George A. Walker
     www.george-walker.com

Marlene Yuen
     www.marleneyuen.com



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