Monday, November 17, 2014

RMC Denver area gathering - Saturday, 11/15

Denver area GBW members gathered and we had a wonderful time learning, sharing ideas and just catching up with each other.  Thanks to Alicia Bailey who offered her gallery space.  We welcomed our new member Adam Bryant, and had a preview of the brand new chapter website that Adam worked on.  Also Karen demonstrated Letter locking techniques that she learned from Jana D'ambrogio: Historical Letterlocking: The Art and Secrecy of Letterwriting , at the Standard this year.  Jana D'ambrogio's video from the Standard can be viewed by clicking above link. 





Monday, November 10, 2014

Workshop with Jim Croft in Salt Lake City

We got so delightfully dusty in October as our chapter co-sponsored a workshop with the Book Arts Lab at the University of Utah to bring Jim Croft to Salt Lake City.  We started from the raw bone that Jim brought (below). 


                                         We then worked our way through hatchets and files:


                                                Then we sanded, and sanded, and sanded...


                                               Jim giving us tips and tricks throughout...

                                             
                                                   Until the beautiful finished product:            


                                             Thanks Jim and thanks everyone for coming!
                              More pictures will be available on the Book Arts Facebook page at
                                           https://www.facebook.com/BookArtsProgram