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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.
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.
Letterpress II – 01.31.16
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 alphabet of...
Letterpress I – 01.24.16
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 will have...
NBG Meeting featuring Upcycled Gift Bags! – 11.19.15
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
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
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...
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NBG is a member project of the North Star Community Foundation.
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Guild Workshops
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Contact any NBG Board member if you have an idea for a class you would like to lead or take.
Financial assistance is available for NBG workshop or membership fees. Apply by completing the online Marilyn Askelin Memorial Grant Application.
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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!
NBG Interest Survey
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!