Joshua Tree National Park had no internet available, so we instead got to enjoy 3 days of rocks, cactus and wildflowers.
Today, we are visiting the Salton Sea, where I have access to the internet for a few minutes in the visitor center. I'd rather be looking at the birds, so back outside I go!
We'll be posting with pictures ASAP!
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TRAVELING IN A TINY HOME THAT IS REALLY AN ARTISTS' BOOK ON WHEELS
Peter and Donna Thomas have been making fine press and artist's books for over 40 years. When they started, as craftspeople at Renaissance Faires, they fell in love with the graceful beauty of "gypsy wagon" caravans that other vendors had made to sleep in or use as booths for selling their wares. In 2009 Peter and Donna built their own tiny home on wheels, designed after a typical late 19th century Redding Wagon. This blog documents their trips around the country, taken to sell their artists' books, teach book arts workshops, and talk about making books as art; as well as to seek out and experience the beauty of the many different landscapes found across the USA.
Peter and Donna started their business in 1977 and made their first book in 1978, so from 2017-18 are traveling to celebrate 40 years of making books with shows in a dozen libraries across the country. See the schedule on the side bar to find if they are coming to a town near you....
Southwest Tour 2024
- March 25: Claremont College: Scripps College Book Arts Class, 10:30 - 12:30
- March 26: Occidental College: Letterpress Class, 1:30 - 4.
- April 1: 10 - 12 noon: Popup event at Cave Paper, 846 N Stone Ave, Tucson, AZ
- April 11 - 12: Austin, TX.: Austin Book Arts Center, 10 - 4.
- April 17: Santa Fe, NM. Info about workshop coming soon!
Past Wandering Schedules:
2019: Our last trip before the pandemic. We traveled to Seattle, Tacoma, Portland, Eugene and Arcata, CA. We taught workshops and gave talks as well as let folks wander into the caravan.
Libraries that hosted our 40 Year Show:
University of Iowa; Swarthmore University; Michigan State University; University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; University of Kentucky; Brigham Young University; University of Ca, Santa Barbara; University of Central Florida; Emory University; University of Utah; Washington University, St. Louis; Baylor University; Indiana Purdue University; University of Vermont; University of Idaho, Moscow. We were able to visit many of the shows in person from 2017 - 19.
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- Tucson, sky prevailing (more art today)
- Ukulele + books + gypsy wagon = ART!!!
- Ocotillo moon
- "In about five year this place is going to be a mu...
- Where do you get your ideas?
- Jerome Gypsy Wagon Vortex
- 3 days in Joshua Tree National Park
- Joshua Tree
- where do gypsy book artists bathe?
- International Printing Museum!!
- Obama was an undergrad here.
- Paloma
- California green
- The Road is Calling
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3 comments:
It looks like you are having great fun taking care of business, but I'm glad to see you leave the internet zone too. That to me is where the true freedom comes in, even though the road is a freedom in itself. I'm jealous since I won't get a long road trip this year but I'll try to live through you this trip.
Enjoy! Rick
Enjoyed your blog--and was surprised that you were not directed to the public library for free internet access when visiting Joshua Tree.
Best wishes and visit again!
Janis Commentz - artist
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