Archived entries for Book Arts

Ruby Red Coptic Yum Yum

(Photograph by Jim Escalante)
Never underestimate the potential for discovering new materials for making books. As it turns out, Sarah Crossland proves that sometimes the book is
(Photograph by Jim Escalante)ACTUALLY as good, or in this case, as yummy as the cover! (Photograph by Jim Escalante)
The coptic binding stitch is a versatile and fun way to sew books. You can watch a video at this link. However, in the video I demonstrate how to sew a book using standard thread and paper. Sarah will need to produce the video on making rice crispy bars and sewing with red ruby rope candy.

Henry David Thoreau

From Ann Parker's print portfolio "Getting to know Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau, the American author, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, historian, and leading transcendentalist turns 150 years old this year. In 1993 Baraboo Artist and UW-Madison printmaking alum Ann Parker produced and installed 18, 30”x 50” prints to fit together to create a continuous image, 54’ long, that winds around the the entry area of the school. You can see the prints on AnnPerryParkerPrints, a site that I designed to help promote sales.

Corn makes for a good meal and lovely paper!

(2012 © Jim Escalante)

Corn husks from one of the University of Wisconsin-Madison corn research stations were dried and given to our Papermaking lab. We are in the process of using the husks in our hand papermaking projects. We will add images and information as this projects moves forward.

Happy Surprise

(Photograph by Jim Escalante)I discovered the summer issue of the Friends of the Library magazine in the office. Not only does the cover showcase one of the submissions from the Paper in Motion portfolio from Hand Papermaking but it has an excellent article about the Artists’ Book Collection in the Kohler Art Library. You can see some “Behind the Scene” photos of the studio setup.
Friends of the Library Magazine. University of Wisconsin-Madison. August 2012 (Photograph by Jim Escalante)

  • 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.

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