NBG Meeting Featuring NORTHWOODS NOTEBOOKS! – 01.21.16

NBG Meeting Featuring NORTHWOODS NOTEBOOKS! – 01.21.16

Dec 16, 2015

Mark your calendars for the first Northwoods Book Arts Guild meeting of 2016! On January 21st, NBG members and guests will hear the latest news of upcoming NBG events and workshops, renew their annual memberships, participate in the “Calendars” book exchange (0ptional), and will assemble their own personal “Northwoods Notebook”!

Letterpress III – 02.07.16

Letterpress III – 02.07.16

Dec 16, 2015

Sunday, February 7 / 10am – 4pm This class is the third in a series of 3 Letterpress classes. In this class, students will apply the skills they learned in Letterpress I & II by creating an independent project of their choice. (ie: personal book plate,...

Letterpress II – 01.31.16

Dec 16, 2015

Sunday, January 31 / 12 – 4pm This class is the second in a series of 3 Letterpress classes. It is a prerequisite for Letterpress III. In this class, students will build on the basic skills they learned in Letterpress I while they independently set a full...

Letterpress I – 01.24.16

Dec 16, 2015

Sunday, January 24 / 12 – 4pm This class is the first in a series of 3 Letterpress classes. It is a prerequisite for Letterpress II. Letterpress I is an overview of basic letterpress skills including the history and nomenclature of the Kelsey Press. Students...
Holiday Cards Exchange – 11.19.15

Holiday Cards Exchange – 11.19.15

Dec 15, 2015

Beautiful handmade Holiday Cards (or books!) were exchanged at the Northwoods Book Arts Guild meeting on November 19, 2015.  View images of the creative and delightful work below!
NBG Meeting featuring Upcycled Gift Bags! – 11.19.15

NBG Meeting featuring Upcycled Gift Bags! – 11.19.15

Nov 3, 2015

Winter has officially arrived, our clocks are set back, and holiday preparations have begun! Join the Northwoods Book Arts Guild at our next meeting on Thursday, November 19, 2015, from 5:00 to 7:00pm at Pioneer Park’s Blue Room. We will open the meeting with updates on the Letterpress Project and pass around samples produced by the recent Letterpress class attendees, announce and plan for upcoming classes, exchange “Winter Card” books, and top off the meeting by learning how to make gift bags from almost any kind of paper!

Letterpress Holiday Cards – 11.21.15

Oct 26, 2015

In this class, students will design and print holiday cards which will include carved linoleum blocks.  Each student will design an image and learn how to carve the reverse image for printing.  Students will set, compose, and proof type to accompany the block images....
Starting to Use the Letterpress – 11.1.15 or 11.15.15 or 11.22.15

Starting to Use the Letterpress – 11.1.15 or 11.15.15 or 11.22.15

Oct 26, 2015

In this class students will receive hands-on experience setting & spacing type, locking type into a chase, preparing, inking, and operating the Kelsey Press.  Students will cleanup and sort type back into the California Case.  This class will be offered three...
“Celebrating Handmade Books” at If Only – 11.6.15

“Celebrating Handmade Books” at If Only – 11.6.15

Oct 10, 2015

You are invited to participate in a First Friday event at If Only, A Fine Store on November 6, 2015 from 5-8pm.

Northwoods Book Arts Guild members are invited to sell up to three books at this event (all books must be for sale). You, the artist, set the price including a 40% store commission. Deliver books to If Only on November 2nd or 3rd between 3-6pm.

Introduction to the Letterpress – 11.8.15

Oct 26, 2015

This class will provide an overview to the letterpress, including a brief history of Kelsey letterpresses, lead safety and how to find type in the California Case.  Students will observe how to arrange type in a composing stick, lock type into a Chase, set guide pins,...