We have just driven the miles and miles across the US. Partly because we have all the appointments in the east, also because we love visiting the John C. Campbell Folk School. First, let's check out the highlights of the last couple of weeks:
Iowa:
The show of our work at the University of Iowa Special Collections Library ran July 6- September 13, 2017. It was the first exhibition of our work to celebrate 40 years of making books. Thanks Iowa, for supporting our work. The second show is at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, running from August 7- October 7, 2017.
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Gary Frost, from the conservation department at the U, tries to talk Peter into a questionable repair of the wagon. |
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Always a pleasure to share our work, here with MFA students of the book arts in the University of Iowa paper making class. |
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Donna knitting beside the Iowa River, flowing by the University
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Illinios:
In Champaign Urbana we visited the University of Illinois and among other things saw an amazing book by a little known jeweler named Ernest Rinzi. It is written in code that has not yet been deciphered. The illustrations were composed by arranging his handwriting to create the image.
Cincinnati, Ohio:
Peg Rhein has welcomed us again at her home. She hosted a meeting of the Cincinnati Book Arts Society, with a tour of the wagon, then potluck dinner and time for sharing work.
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Parked for the night beside Peg's sunflower garden: so lovely. |
Kentucky:
Berea, Kentucky is a town that is dedicated to craft work, filled with stores featuring the work of Kentucky's finest artisans. On the edge of town, at the Kentucky Artisan Center we found the work of fine press printer Gray Zeitz of Larkspur Press. Displayed in a glass case, just like the jewelry, was one of his letterpress printed and handbound books that feature the poems of Frederick Smock, poet laureate of Kentucky 2017 - 2018. Gray exclusively prints Kentucky poets and he's been doing it for years.
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