Special Announcements – March Event Cancellations
In light of recent, ever-changing concerns about the coronavirus, the NBG Board has decided to cancel our March 21 Program Meeting and the March 28 Flag Book Workshop.
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NBG Meeting Featuring The Set Book and Chapbook – 01.26.20
NBG is launching two new projects at this program meeting. Each project guides participating members to meet challenges that encompass a range of bookmaking activities, from writing and layout design to letterpress printing and bookbinding.
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NBG Annual Meeting – 11.17.19
The Guild’s Annual Meeting is this coming Sunday, November 17, 1-3pm. There will be election of officers, news of upcoming projects, and refreshments, of course, but some might say the highlight is the AUCTION, mostly silent, offering a vast array of art, bookart-related items, and some real, honest funky surprises!
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NBG Meeting Featuring Hedi Kyle’s Versatile Accordion Fold – 09.22.19
Although the accordion fold is not a complicated structure, Hedi Kyle, in her book, “The Art of the Fold,” focuses on it for its versatility and endless possibilities. At our September meeting, Connie Stricks will help us explore how to use this fold to create some very special structures.
Read more...UAF Rasmuson Library Display: IMPRINTS
Stop by the Rasmuson Library at UAF to see the new display! Recently installed is an exhibition of Imprints, the first publication of the Guild’s Northwoods Press.
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NBG Studio Session – Gelli-Plate Printing with Mary – 09.14.19
Play with gelli plates, stencils, string, leaves, and other pattern-making materials as you cover papers with layers of acrylic painted monoprints. Your beautiful papers can be used later to make one of a kind artist books, folios, notecards, or gift boxes.
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NBG Workshop – Found Paper Journals with Corlis – 10.05.19
Create an everyday journal using specialty folders and a variety of unique and interesting papers. We will design our covers, make the folios using a variety of papers, sew it all together and finish with beads.
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NBG Workshop – Concertina Album Binding with Margo – 10.26.19
The concertina album binding elegantly holds a collection of images or photos. It looks like a traditional book, but opens out for display. In this class we’ll learn how to cut, fold, and hinge lengths of paper to make accordion-folded panels, cover boards with book cloth, inlay a cover plate, and join text block to cover structure.
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NBG Workshop – Tunnel Books with Laurel – 07.12&13.19
The Tunnel Book is a unique layered structure, designed to create a simple or complex design in three-dimensional space. In this workshop we will design and develop our ideas on Friday night and create the final book on Saturday. This workshop is suitable for all levels of experience.
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