Tag Archives: Book Arts Lab

Contrasts in Calligraphy

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

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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Making Books & Taking Them Apart

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

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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