Archived entries for Book Arts

  • March 17, 2012
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Hatch Show Print workshop

Hatch Show Print workshop at the Silver Buckle Press in the Memorial Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Hatch show Print was established 1879 by two brothers in Nashville, TN. The print shop is the oldest and longing running press printing handcrafted letterpress printing methods. The shop has produced an large variety of posters and ephemera including advertising for trailers, state fairs, wrestling matches, and circuses.However most of the work printed at Hatch has been announcements of musical events, from country music to contemporary music groups. The current print shop manager is Jim Sherraden. (Photography by Jim Escalante/Photo by Jim Escalante)Jim Sherraden, print manager from Nashville, TN’s Hatch Show Print was a visitor to the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Thanks to the Wisconsin Union Directorate (WUD) Student Programming Board and to the Silver Buckle Press, held a workshop on Friday, March 16 in the Silver Buckle Press location in the Memorial Library. Students and community members had a chance to hear Jim speak about the work done at Hatch Show Print and also print and learn fun approaches to letterpress printing. Photos from the Hatch Show Print Workshop can be seen at this link. I forgot to bring a tee shirt so I got help to lay down on a hand inked large metal engraving used for printing large labels. Thanks for the visit Jim!

  • February 23, 2012
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Twitter integration to iPad

Paul's Book Shop, State Street, Madison, Wisconsin (Photography by Jim Escalante/Photo by Jim Escalante) I had an idea while Matthew Piepenbrok was setting type by hand today. Anyone want to invest in an App that will allow a person to stand at a type case, set type by hand, and produce a “Tweet”? Hand set type tweets! It can’t be that far off. Launch date will be April 1, 2012.

Pictorial Websters

This link will show you an amazing short documentary about the making of the book “Pictorial Websters.”
The deluxe copy shown in the video is from an edition of 26. Chronicle Books has a trade edition for $35.

The first printing press in the Americas

The viceroy Don Antonio de Mendoza established the first printing press of the Americas at location in 1536. The typographers were Esteban Martin and Juan Paoli. Centro historico, Mexico DF ,Mexico. (Photograph by Jim Escalante/Photo by Jim Escalante)

The viceroy Don Antonio de Mendoza established the first printing press of the Americas at location in 1536. The typographers were Esteban Martin and Juan Paoli. Centro historico, Mexico DF,Mexico.

If you get a chance to travel to Mexico City, you owe it to yourself to visit the “Centro Historico.” On Sundays, they close some of the streets and merchants and performers fill the street. The historic center of the city or the Zocalo, has been the cultural, spiritual and political center of the city for 500 years. Yes, 500 years. I can’t think of any other location on this continent that has seen as rich of a history. Unknown to some, is that inside this building, in 1536, the first printing press was established in the Americas. They even give credit to the first two typographers!

  • March 26, 2011
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Combat Paper returns to UW-Madison

(Photograph by Jim Escalante)

Drew Cameron, Drew Luan Matott and Margaret Mahan from Combat Paper returned to provide a workshop for students and veterans at UW-Madison’s Paper Lab. The paper for this piece was made from military uniforms and the image was created by spraying pulp through a silk screen stencil.

  • March 25, 2011
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Up and 99% running.

(Jim Escalante)

Thanks to a new theme and some recent updates, the site is back on line. Lets hope the cyber pranksters have moved on.

Handmade Paper in Motion portfolio

Porfolio #9: Handmade Paper in Motion. This extraordinary assortment of collaborative artwork--14 pieces by 28 artists--features pop-ups, movable devices, and other forms of dynamic paper engineering. The motion and imagery is enhanced physically and conceptually by the use of handmade paper designed and made specifically for each edition...The movable elements are as captivating as an African mask or a working sundial, as intriguing as a sealed packet or a 'magic window' into plant fiber mysteries, as surprising as a spilled ink bottle or a jar of snakes! Imaging techniques include suminagashi marbling, woodcut, linocut, letterpress, pochoir, pulp painting, and screenprint. The paper is enhanced with watermarks, natural inclusions, double couching, multi-colored pulps, and other innovative methods. The artists incorporate a wide variety of paper fibers. Some are utilitarian and traditional such as cotton, abaca, and flax; others are more unusual such as yucca, gingko, and bamboo...A custom-made clamshell box houses the work, each in a protective folder imprinted with the artists' names. A handbound booklet contains statements from each artist and a commissioned essay by well-known pop-up collector and author Ann Montanaro, who founded the Movable Book Society...Artists in the portfolio, both juried and invited, are: Richard Aldorasi & Colette Fu, Tom Balbo & Michael Durgin, Michelle Bayer & Kyle Olmon, Rachelle Chuang & Joan Michaels Paque, Helen Hiebert & Betsy Cluff, Amy Jacobs & Philip Bell, Jeanne Jaffe & Alisa Fox & Hedi Kyle, Tom Leech & Sally Blakemore, Bridget O'Malley & Emily Martin, Margaret Prentice & Ed Hutchins, Winnie Radolan & Pamela Wood, Erin Robin & Mary Tasillo, Shawn Sheehy, Lynn Sures & Carol Barton...The portfolio is designed by Steve Miller and edited by Mina Takahashi...Our four jurors are renowned in the world of papermaking and paper engineering. Robert Sabuda has over five million pop-up books in print. Margaret Prentice is an avid collec (Photograph by Jim Escalante)

I had the pleasure of taking photos of the newest portfolio from the Hand Papermaking Organization group. About every two years, Hand Papermaking issues a call for submissions and curates a national competition to promote fine made made from handmade paper. The most recent issue in Handmade Paper in Motion. This link will take you to a gallery of photographs of Portfolio #9 Handmade Paper in Motion. Visit Hand Papermaking Organization for more information about the organization. Purchasing information for Paper in Motion is here.

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