Category Archives: Book Arts Lab

A Broadside Project Inspired by the Letters of Anne Whitney

This semester, Library and Technology Services (LTS) and Professor Jacqueline Musacchio of the Art Department are collaborating on a project involving the letters of nineteenth-century American poet and sculptor Anne Whitney, which are held by the Wellesley College Archives. Students … Continue reading

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Zine Workshop on October 12, 2012

Join us for a zine workshop in the Book Arts Lab. Open to experienced and novice zine-makers alike. In this workshop, we’ll look at zines, discuss zine format, design, and construction tips, and collaboratively make a zine. When: Friday, October … Continue reading

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Teaching with Books and Other Text-Technologies

This image is from a faculty seminar that took place on campus over June 4-6, 2012, entitled “Teaching with Books and Other Text-Technologies: Book History, the Book Arts, and Book Studies in the Wellesley Curriculum.” It shows Wellesley professors learning … Continue reading

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Southern Graphics Council International Conference 2012

This year’s ARTS 322 Advanced Print Concepts class kicked off spring break with a trip to New Orleans.  We were there as participants in the Southern Graphics Council International Conference, a yearly gathering of printmakers, professionals, and students alike. As … Continue reading

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Friends of the Library Bookbinding Workshop

This year’s Friends of the Library’s annual workshop in the Book Arts Lab, led by program director Katherine Ruffin, focused on exposed spine hardcover journals, a form of bookbinding in which the sewing that connects the groupings of pages is … Continue reading

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Type, Lettering & Calligraphy at Rare Book School

Here is almost all you need to know about the course I took at the the University of Virginia’s Rare Book School (RBS) last summer: the instructor designed and set the type for a 28-page supplement to his course pamphlet, … Continue reading

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Celebrating Black History Month: Research Materials from Special Collections

Special Collections Exhibition Celebrates Black History Month Continue reading

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Career Path: From Clapp to Gorgas

It’s nine in the evening the Sunday after exam week at The University of Alabama. I’m in the bindery, on the top floor of the main library, making a box. During the fall of 2011, I worked in the typographic … Continue reading

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The Rüben Broadside

One of the most intense and exciting projects of the Fall 2011 semester in the Book Arts Lab was collaborating with an art history and biological studies class. This first-year seminar on the topic of the Art and Science of … Continue reading

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Career Path: Becoming a Book Conservator

Back in 2005 when I first began my studies at Wellesley College, I thought I had everything figured out. At the age of 18, I was convinced that I’d major in psychology, handily fulfill all of the pre-med requirements, and … Continue reading

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