Bookbinding Booklet Uploaded

So I've gotten around to uploading the booklet I made for my Intro to Bookbinding workshop a couple weeks ago. It's just under the "Bookbinding Resources" tab. Enjoy!

INTRO TO BOOKBINDING @ MCGREGOR PARK LIBRARY (SAT OCT 1, 2-4PM)

Crossposted at lukknits.

Waxed Linen Thread & Mini Bone Folder

I've been getting ready these past couple of weeks or so for my Introduction to Bookbinding workshop on Saturday October 1, from 2-4pm at the McGregor Park branch of Toronto Public Libraries! The event is 100% free, so all you need to bring with you is yourself and preferably enthusiasm for bookbinding in some form! The workshop is going to take place as a part of Culture Days. There are a bunch of other (free) activities happening everywhere, so take a look and see what interests you!

I drew up the instructions for a bunch of different bookbinding methods, with and without needle/thread, so I'll upload those to either here or my art happenings blog after the workshop. The first time I planned and ran a bookbinding/zine workshop, we ended up using Shannon Gerard's illustrations and handouts (with permission) from when she did a bookbinding workshop in our class, so participants this time get to have the first sneak peak at the booklet I've put together!

Paper, needles, thread, rulers, etc. + decorative cover paper + instruction booklets

The only thing I'm really worried about at this point is how many people are going to show up, since I realized somewhat belatedly that it would have made planning a lot easier had I made the event registration-required instead of drop-in. I have enough materials to be fully prepared for 15 participants, including pre-cut covers in rag paper. If any more participants show up, we'll just share the needles and see if we can cut some more paper on the spot. I'll be bringing my cutting mat and some scissors/x-acto knife for that purpose also.

Regardless! The McGregor Park library is almost like the sister branch to the library I currently work at, across systems: they're both small community centre libraries (though McGregor Park is definitely smaller) and they're both closed on Mondays! So it was definitely meant to be! I'm really excited about this, so if you're free that day, feel free to drop by and learn how to bind your own books!

Toronto Printmaking Coalition "TEAM UP!" Show @ Graven Feather (Soon!)

Coming to a gallery near you..

Super excited to finally post this up! Crossposted at my knitting blog because I'm just that hyped up for this show to finally go up. We handed in our prints around the end of March, I believe? I've been looking forward to seeing everyone else's work! I'll be helping with set-up also, so there's this little perk where I get to see it a touch earlier. I can't wait to see it up!

Please come join us for the opening reception if you can - Thursday June 16 from 7-9pm - or drop by throughout the exhibition dates anyway if you can't make it for the reception!

YorkU Juried BFA Exhibition

I'm happy to announce that I will be part of the Juried BFA Exhibition of York University graduating students at Gallery 1313! The information is there on the poster, but in case it's not clear, here it is again:

Where: Gallery 1313 (1313 Queen St. West)
When: March 16 - 27, 2016
Reception: Saturday March 19, 3-6pm

I'm incredibly excited to be one of the students to be included in this show, and super proud of all my fellow printmakers who are also going to be a part of this! Jane & co. (AKA The Plainest Weave; AKA what I had been working on pretty much all of last semester) will be making their appearance here, and I'm very much looking forward to having them up in a gallery setting (their debut having been at our York University Open House).

In addition to this, I will also be participating in a print exchange held by the Toronto Printmaking Coalition! In tandem with the exchange itself will take place an exhibition of all the prints at Graven Feather from June 8 - July 3, with the reception on Thursday June 16.

It's an incredibly busy time of year for me right now - never mind the thesis I have to write for my psychology degree! - and while it comes with its accompanying stress, I do really enjoy participating in all these events and becoming more a part of the art/print community.