Welcome!
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.
Our Studio is located in the Caribou Building, Suite 205 at 3550 Airport Way, Fairbanks, Alaska 99709. “Paper Birches”, our cooperative supply inventory, is also located there, as are most of our classes and workshops.
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.
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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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Have a workshop idea to share? Interested in instructing? Want to suggest a new book exchange theme? Complete the online survey and let us know!
Become a Member
JoinGuild Workshops
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 Marilyn Askelin Memorial 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!