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It is off the wall!

Faculty Associate and UW-Madison alumni Michael Velliquette’s exhibition at Edgewood College Art Gallery literally jumps off the wall. His cut paper assemblages are paired with text by Quan Barry. If you were unable to visit the exhibit when it was installed, take a moment to see photos of the Loose Strife exhibition at this link.

Loose Strife. An exhibition at The Stream, Edgewood College Gallery. Art work by Michael Velliquette. Text by Quan Barry. (Jim Escalante/Photograph by Jim Escalante)

Loose Strife. An exhibition at The Stream, Edgewood College Gallery. Art work by Michael Velliquette. Text by Quan Barry. (Jim Escalante Photography)

Coming soon, a short video…


…on making paper from corn husks.

  • October 19, 2012
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Luck comes in pairs

Karli Bieniek a Undergraduate Research Scholar is researching how artist use Pinterest to share ideas on book art projects. As she builds a reference, she suggest we go to the search box.

  • October 19, 2012
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How lucky we are!

Lindsay Nigh, a first year student at UW-Madison is participating in the Undergraduate Research Scholars program. She is researching several topics in contemporary Artists’ Books. Her first project is to study how book artists use Tumblr to promote and share their work. Check back to this blog post to follow the information that she presents on her Prezi presentation. Lindsay Nigh’s prezi site is here.

Bubble Wrap

How can bubble wrap be used to build a book?
If you were to make a book out of bubble wrap, how would you use it? What should it hold? The example above was created in the Art 446 Artists’ Book class by Alexandrea Port. Books seldom make sound,but this one certainly can. Books can hold and protect beliefs, but what can should this book hold or protect? Please make a book with bubble wrap and share the result!

Sewing on Tapes

Art 446 fall 2006 (Jim Escalante)Clicking on the photo above will take you to a gallery of photos showing a range of sewing on tape book projects. Click here to can see more work by Sarah Noreen Hurtt a 2010 MFA grad.

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.

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