I've always been a big fan of Shawn Sheehy. His work as a paper maker, book artist, pop-up engineer and teacher is top-notch—plus he is a genuine, all-around super person. So, when Shawn recently asked me to carry his books in gallery inventory I was very excited.
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Thank You Book #3 is meandering around. When flat is reads "Go to Your Studio and Make Something!" If you follow the instructions it will fold into a miniature "meander" book, a fun accordion structure that snakes back and forth.
This thank you book was created as a keepsake for the 2018 Paper and Book Intensive (PBI) at Ox-Bow in Saugatuck, Michigan.
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One of the things I miss about having a physical gallery space is watching folks interact with artist books. I used to sit at my desk in the gallery and spy on people. Not for nefarious reasons, of course.
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Mari Eckstein Gower's powerful new book, Forming Common Threads (detail at right) was inspired by the #MeToo movement. It got me thinking how books about women hold a special place in the book arts world. Our field is populated by strong and talented women who use the medium of the book to tell their stories.
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Thank You Book #2 is hot off the presses! This special folding cube book, created as a keepsake for the 2018 ARLIS New York conference, debuted at the Book Arts SIG, a special interest group of librarians working with artist books. Featuring my own photographs of Little Free Libraries from Portland to Austin, New Orleans, Seattle and New Jersey, this book thanks my many ARLIS (Art Libraries Society) friends for 10 years of their support of this little gallery that could.
Thank You Books are a series of books celebrating the first 10 years of 23 Sandy and the plan is to create eight more over the next year or so.
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I am very excited to head to New York City with a bevy of beautiful books for my librarian friends at the ARLIS Out of Bounds conference next week. Look for 23 Sandy in the exhibition hall at tables #117-118, February 26-28, 2018.
This first conference since closing the gallery includes new books by Jody Alexander, Elsi Vassdal Ellis, Mari Eckstein Gower, Kyoko Matsunaga (shown above), Linda Welch and more!
See you soon in the Big Apple!
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Portland is a great city for the arts in general, particularly book arts. Here is a list of schools, suppliers, organizations and other resources that support the book arts by offering inspiration, education, supplies, resources, and networking. The book arts community in our region has a vibrant history and welcomes new and established artists.
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Are you as big of fan of James Allen's book excavations as I am? Here's your chance for a workshop with him coming soon to the Bellevue Arts Museum in Bellevue, Washington.
From the museum web site: "Make your own Book Excavation with Cut Up/Cut Out artist James Allen. In this two-day workshop, Allen will demonstrate reductive techniques and processes he uses and guide students through their own book excavation.
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23 Sandy Gallery is pleased to present a superb new edition by one of the smartest artists working in the book form today. Casey Gardner's books are always beautifully designed, gloriously illustrated, sumptuously letterpress printed and most off all, whip-smart, well-conceived and deep works. On top of all of that she is a very talented writer who will make you wonder at the might of her words.
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Listened to this Julie Chen podcast today and learned that her exhibit at UW in Seattle ends on June 30. Be sure to see the show before it comes down. The podcast is a recording of her talk to kick off the exhibition.
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23 Sandy Gallery is pleased to announce our BUILT award winners. This very smart exhibition is still on view in the gallery, so stop by soon to see the show if you happen to be in Portland.
BUILT is an international juried exhibition of book and paper art examining the relationship between contemporary book art practices and architecture, engineering, landscape and construction as form, function and structure.
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