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Northwoods Book Arts Guild
is a community of artists actively learning about and creating artist books in Fairbanks, Alaska. The Guild promotes all aspects of book arts through education, participation in exhibitions, and community outreach.
NBG is affiliated with the North Star Community Foundation. The Foundation serves as our fiscal agent. All monetary transactions on our site, including membership and donations, are re-directed to the NSCF site in a new window.
NBG is also affiliated with The Folk School Fairbanks. Our studio is located on their campus and our summer program meetings and nearly all of our workshops are held there. Registrations and payments for Guild classes are managed through their website.
UAF Workshop: Woven Spine Bindings – 06.01.2018
The spotlight of this binding is on the spine where the texture of colored threads woven back and forth provides the background for further embellishment possibilities, including braids, beads, and knotting.
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Workshop: Sewing Frames II – 04.14.18
Join Instructor Ashley Thayer for Sewing Frames II on April 14, 2018 at the new NBG Studio at the Caribou Building, suite 205, 3550 Airport Way!
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Studio Session: Coptic Stitch Binding Review – 04.08.18
Join Mary Maisch and Kathy Dietrich for a review of the very versatile but somewhat elusive Coptic Stitch Binding.
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NBG Meeting featuring Margo Klass and Paper! Paper! Paper! – 03.11.18
This meeting is all about expanding your knowledge of paper and starting a notebook of Paper Samples where you can keep track of papers you use, their attributes (such as colors, dimensions and weight), and where to purchase them. You will begin several pages of your sampler at the meeting as we talk about how to select papers for specific book-making purposes.
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Workshop – Bookmaking Basics: Sewing on Frames I – 02.25.18
This workshop introduces the technique of binding a book on a frame, a practice that dates back to the Middle Ages. After looking at examples of antique books, and learning how to string the sewing frame, we will create a model book using three different techniques of sewing across the spine.
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Join us for a scheduled workshop or class!
Contact any NBG Board member if you have an idea for a class you would like to lead or to take.
Scholarships are available for NBG members to cover bookmaking workshop instructional fees. Apply by completing the Workshop Scholarship Request Form (docx or pdf).
Paper Birches
“Paper Birches,” our Guild book arts supply program, is open at the NBG Studio located in Suite 205 at the Caribou Building, 3550 Airport Way, Fairbanks, AK 99709. Supplies may be purchased at Open Book events, meetings, and workshops held at The Folk School. You may also contact any Guild Board member to make an appointment to meet at the studio.
NOW IN STOCK: BFK Rives, Arches text wove, Shizen and Khadi papers; book board and piercing cradle kits; metal measuring edges, linen tape, and folder stock; MacTac and Jade 403 PVA adhesives; waxed linen thread by the spool or by the yard.
Let us know of materials or supplies that you’d like to have available to you– by buying together we can take advantage of bulk discounts and save on shipping. This makes it possible to spend more on beautiful papers!