Category Archives: Book Arts Lab

Eye of the Storm

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Jenifer Bartle

During the final weeks of the Fall 2011 semester, students in ARTS 317, a seminar on the topic of collaboration taught by Assistant Professor of Studio Art David Teng Olsen, spent some time in the Book Arts Lab. Each student … Continue reading →

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From Curious Plants to Proto-Paper

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Jenifer Bartle

History is not dead or forgotten, merely past– that is, for most people. But in our work in the Book Arts Lab, we travel through time on a daily basis. One day we may replicate a woodcut from a fifteenth-century … Continue reading →

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Contrasts in Calligraphy

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Jenifer Bartle

A little confession: I’ve been obsessed with Julian Waters’s work ever since I got sucked into calligraphy, which — a word of warning — is a black hole from which the unwary will never emerge.  Fortunately for me and my … Continue reading →

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The Paperworks Project

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Jenifer Bartle

In October 2011, a piece of art created by Amanda Nelsen at the Book Arts Program at Wellesley College was part of “Agents of Change: An Exhibition of Artists’ Books and Prints with a Social Conscience” at Gallery 31 at … Continue reading →

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A Zine Workshop at Wellesley

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Jenifer Bartle

What: A Zine Workshop at Wellesley College When: Friday, Oct. 28, 2011, 1-4:30 pm Where: Books Arts Lab, 4th Floor of Clapp Library This workshop will: Introduce you to zines (small, handmade magazines, usually published in small batches on photocopiers … Continue reading →

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Making Books & Taking Them Apart

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Jenifer Bartle

I call myself the book doctor. I spent the summer with a scalpel in hand, suturing pamphlets back together with linen thread and patching boo-boos with Japanese tissue. Maybe I didn’t draw blood (other than my own, on rare occasions where the needle … Continue reading →

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Letterpress Printing of LTS Expo Poster in Book Arts Lab

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Jenifer Bartle

On Friday, August 26, 2011, Carolin Ferwerda, Instructional Technologist, Jenifer Bartle, Digital Collections Librarian, and Katherine Ruffin, Book Arts Program Director, printed letterpress posters for the upcoming 2011 LTS Expo in the Book Arts Lab on the fourth floor of Clapp Library. The Book Arts … Continue reading →

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