Center for Book Arts

Interested in color theory and the learning about the ways different color compositions and combinations catch and move the eye across mediums and practices? Join Roni Gross on February 10th and 17th for Color as the Main Character! https://centerforbookarts.org/c/color-as-the-main-character

The Care of Fine Books by Jane Greenfield (1988). Covers the storage, handling, travel, display, collecting, and materials connected to the care of fine books. From the preface: "Knowing something about the materials books are made of, how they are put together, how they are affected by their environment, and what their most vulnerable parts are, helps in knowing how to store, handle and display them properly and the things to do, and not to do, to prolong their life and maintain them in good condition CBA call number: REF.CP.1296. #cbacollections #bookconservation #bookpreservation

Self-publishing? Type curious? Ready to dive in to design? Feb 16 & 23, join the illustrious Faride Mereb & Mirko Velimirovic for Lettering and Design for Book Covers! Learn about type basics and how to turn your hand lettering into digital files for use on beautiful and dynamic book covers! www.centerforbookarts.org/classes

One Sun, One Shadow by Shane Lavalette (2016). Hardcover, cloth-bound book of photography of the southern United States. Title is embossed in gold on the cover. Includes text by Tim Davis. "Shane Lavalette was commissioned by the High Museum of Art in Atlanta to create a new series of photographs for their 2012 exhibition, 'Picturing the South.' Lavalette’s monograph, ‘One Sun, One Shadow,’ is an extension of this body of work. Native to the Northeast, it was primarily thro...ugh traditional music the sounds of old time, blues, and gospel that Lavalette had formed a relationship with the South. With that in mind, the region’s rich musical history became the natural entry point for this project and the resulting photographs. One Sun, One Shadow includes a text by artist and poet Tim Davis." -- statement from the artist CBA call number: FA.B115.2434. #cbacollections #photobook #photography #bookarts

Only a few more days to view our Fall Exhibitions in personreserve a time to visit this week!

Untitled (12 False Starts) by Angus McCrum and Elaine Tam (2020). Paper, tape, stamps. Edition of 120. Created as part of the Kingsgate Postal Service mail art project by @kingsgateprojectspace and @workform. CBA call number: FA.B115.2412. #cbacollections #falsestarts #mailart

Cocktail menu for the Center for Book Arts' 2019 annual benefit and art auction. The book arts inspired cocktails were created by Kara Lack. Linocut by Barbara Henry. Designed and printed by Roni Gross. Handset and printed in an edition of 125. #cbacollections #linocut #letterpress #cocktails #barbarahenry #karalack

Hi! This is Carolina (@saya_y_manto) again. Today, I’d like to show you a work in the Construction Site section of the Fall Reading Room. This exhibition focuses on the process of immigrating and the challenges faced by immigrants settling in a new place. Pablo Helguera @helguerapablo, A Dictionary of Foreign Time (FA.SA5.0755). Produced in collaboration with the Center for Book Arts, this dictionary... provides definitions of the different aspects of the daily life of immigrants. On its surface, the artist combines the words of LP Hartley and Paul Valery to stress the blurriness of time and place in the immigrant’s experience: the past is a foreign country...the future is not what it used to be. See more

Martha's Quarterly, Issue 14, Winter 2019: Body Heat by Tammy Nguyen, Tea Chai Beer; Passenger Pigeon Press (2019). Part of a quarterly subscription of four handmade artists' books a year. This issue aims to connect some of the aspects of the current climate crisis with the human body. Includes texts by Eban Goodstein, Nicholas Cerone, and Irene Gardner and illustrations by Drea Cofield. Edition number 87 of 200. "Martha's Quarterly, Issue 14, Winter 2019, 'Body Heat' was pr...inted with the technologies letterpress and photocopy. The papers used are tan 20 lb. text weight and Springhill Ivory 90 lb. cardstock. The fabric is flannel and the entire book is coil bound. The fonts used include Georgia in various sizes and styles and Rockwell Bold in various sizes. The texts were written by Eban Goodstein, Nicholas Cerone, and Irene Gardner. The illustrations were made by the Drea Cofield and the recipe was created by Passenger Pigeon Press. The production was overseen by Tea Chai Beer. This was an edition of 200." -- colophon CBA call number: FA.B50.2357. #cbacollections #climatechange #bodyheat #subscriptions

Hi! This is Carolina (@saya_y_manto) again. Today, I’d like to show you some of the objects at the Morcos/Key Makes/Reads section of the Fall Reading Room. This exhibition addresses the topic of design in a multicultural context. It presents certain features of design such as book design and fonts as devices that allow us to express cultural and personal identity. Saki Mafundikwa, African Alphabets: The Story of Writing in Africa (REF.CL.2175). This book documents a multipl...icity of African alphabets, highlighting their design value and rich history, which dates back to the precolonial era. As the author has mentioned, the words civilization and writing, to many, are synonymous with Westernization, however, this book celebrates the oftentimes forgotten history of writing in Africa. Alexander Nesbitt, Decorative Alphabets and Initials (REF.CL.1914). Focusing on European typefaces, this book compiles a multiplicity of alphabets and initials obtained from rare, out-of-print books. Divided into three sections, it explores the decorative aspects of manuscript initials, printed book initials, and Victorian letters and types.

Labyrinth by John Ross (undated). Collagraph print of a labyrinth-like interior space with multiple stairways. The print is signed by the artist and is number 3 in an edition of 50. #cbacollections #collagraphs #labyrinths #johnross