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.
Gelli-Printers Create GORGEOUS Art Papers! – 4.25.15
Participants in NBG's "Gorgeous Gelli-Plate Papers" at The Folk School Fairbanks on Saturday, April 25, left with their arms full of beautiful papers ready to cover books, appear inside books, and embellish books and notecards!
Let’s Get Together at OPEN BOOK! – 4.19.15
Calling All Book Makers! Please come to our very first Open Book meeting at The Folk School Fairbanks on Sunday, April 19, 2015, from 10:00am to 2:00pm. Bring your mobile book-making toolkit, your latest project to show and tell, your project from the last meeting to...
Mountains & Valleys Book: A Stitched Concertina Structure – 4.25.15
Learn how to make a hand-sewn book using the Japanese pamphlet stitch in a concertina structure. We will make a beautiful cover and binding from prepared painted Strathmore papers, and cut or tear fine Hahnemuhle papers for the stitched folios inside the book. This is...
GORGEOUS Gelli-Printed Papers! – 5.2.15
Sign up now for a new Guild class offering led by Mary Maisch at The Folk School Fairbanks on May 2, 2015, from 12:00-4:00pm! Play with gelli plates, stencils, string, leaves, and other pattern-making materials as you cover papers with layers of acrylic painted...
Make a Book! Make a Box! – 5.5.15
Make a lovely Mothers' Day card, make a secret password book using the Japanese pamphlet stitch, and make a variety of small gift boxes, all using the gorgeous Gelli printed papers you made in a previous class. Bring at least three of your papers and a pair of...
Become a Member
NBG is a member project of the North Star Community Foundation.
NBG NEWSLETTERS
Guild 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 take.
Financial assistance is available for NBG workshop or membership fees. Apply by completing the online Marilyn Askelin Memorial Grant Application.
Art-o-Mat Machine
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!