Bertie van der Meij 🇪🇺Book Arts Newsletter no. 172
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https://www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/pdf/newspdfs/172.pdf
Byopia PressFolding Paper
My studio time is currently spent folding paper. […]
Lux Mentis, BooksellersKate Holland binding on Peter Koch's, Fragments of Parmenides. Photograph inside depicts refugees making the same crossing from Turkey to Greece nearly 2500 years later that Parmenides’s family made. #nyabaa26 #booktok #rarebooks #finepress #designbinding #artistbooks #bookarts
Reduction woodcuts by Gaylord Schanilec: This is a set of progressive proofs from Lac Des Pleurs: Report from Lake Pepin. Will be in the booth at the NYC ABAA fair. #nyabaa26 #woodcuts #finepress #artistbook #bookarts #rarebooks #booktok
John PooleA brief reflection on gratitude and the civility of proper correspondence.
I have been printing personal cards upon a vintage letterpress -- cotton stock, measured typography, a proper impression in ink. There remains something quietly dignified about paper, weight, and form.
https://salemdata.net/johnpress/?p=484
#Letterpress #Stationery #Etiquette #FinePaper #Typography #Correspondence #BookArts
Tyler Starr's, Flags, Placards, and Illicit Climbers of the Capitol Insurrection. Images of rioters scaling walls of the Capitol Grounds, background removed to highlight rioters. Context provided via signage embodying affiliations, motivations & ideologies. #artistbook #bookarts
Rauschenberg & Robbe-Grillet: Traces Suspectes en Surface. Widely considered to be Rauschenberg's magnum opus of book illustration. 4 years of collaboration, "The tension of image and text and of the two artists is evident, and the result is extraordinary." #bookarts #artistbook
DoomsdaysCW
DesireeI designed and screenprinted a page for the 2026 collaborative calendar, themed "everyday absurdity." Proceeds support my local community access #printmaking and #bookarts studio.
https://www.digitalprairie.blog/2026-icpc-collaborative-print-calendar/
2026 ICPC Collaborative Print Calendar
I'm so pleased to share that the 2026 ICPC collaborative calendar is available for purchase! It is available at sliding scale pricing in both hand-printed and digitally printed versions. We started the calendar last year as a fundraiser / print exchange for our beloved community printmaking and book arts studio, the
Children Book IllustrationsLuna explores the glowing woods — what magic awaits? Like if you love magical nights!
#kidsbookillustration #storyart #storyartist #PictureBookMagic #bookarts #illustrator #bookartwork #artinspiration #bookloversalways #ColorPaletteGoals #ColorPaletteMagic #illustratorjourney #bookloversofinstagram #childrenbookillustrations
