hand made books

[Shannon Stoney <shannonstoney@earthlink.net>]

Darryl wrote:

> Shannon, it was probably I.

Yes, as soon as I saw your name on this message I remembered it was you.


>
> There are a lot of bookmaking workshops around... look for a good art
> paper supplier and ask. As I recall you are at least in Texas -- Houston
> ?? I know Dallas (where I'm originally from) has a wealth of bookmaking
> activities. In Denton, at Texas Womans University, Susan Grant is the
> regional goddess of all things bookish. Paper Routes, a paper (candy!)
> store is near Fair Park and has regular workshops too. There is also a
> bookart list (like this list) where there are people from around the
> country who know about what you'd need to get started.

That's great to know.  I am hoping to go to Dallas this fall and I will
check those things out!

I think the Glassell school in Houston has had bookmaking workshops, and
Cathy Hunt, the printmaking teacher at U of H, has taught paper and
bookmaking in the past.  We are trying to get her to do that again.  Thanks
for the link to the bookmaking list.

If you were going to make a book for photos, would you print the photos on
the paper you were going to bind into the book, or would you make the book
and then mount the photos onto the paper separately?

--shannon