November 18 Meeting

Jackie R. will be leading our November 18 meeting, and we will be making cards for the Operation Write Home project.  This will be a great opportunity to learn techniques that can be used to embellish cards, books and other projects.

Jackie will be supplying most of the materials, but please bring the following if you have them:

• Glue or other adhesive
• Paper cutter, cutting mat, break-off knife
• Scissors
• Ribbon
• Rubber stamps

Our meeting will be from 2:00-5:00 p.m. at the Jewish Cultural Center.

October 25th Exhibition Opening

You're invited to the opening of Interpretations: Contemporary Jewish Art at the Jewish Cultural Center this Thursday, October 25th at 5:30 p.m.  Jane Muller (who has joined us at several CBAC meetings) has a number of book and box constructions in the exhibition.

October 14, 2012 Meeting

Please join us at the next meeting of the Chattanooga Book Arts Collaborative...

Sunday, October 14, 2013

2:00-5:00 p.m.

Jewish Cultural Center

Chattanooga TN

We will use our time at the meeting to make blank journals using coptic stitching (if you don't know how to do coptic stitching, we will show you how).  Most materials will be provided, and books will be donated to our collaborative project with the Creative Discovery Museum.

Please bring the following supplies if you have them available:

• Awl
• Binder's needles
• Punching cradle
• Bone folder
• Scissors
• Decorative paper for book covers and inside cover linings (this will be a good use for all that paper you've had for a long time, but didn't know what to do with it)

The Chattanooga Book Arts Collaborative has been invited to be a part of the "Helping Hands" exhibition at the Creative Discover Museum that runs from mid-November through January. CBAC members will be making 100 blank coptic-bound journals that will be used to gather stories from people about acts of kindness that have happened to them (don't let that number scare you... we already have quite a few journals ready to go... and we have another month to finish making the books).  

Some of the blank journals will be in the CDM during the exhibition, so visitors can add their stories.  Another group of the journals will go to the Community Kitchen to collect stories about kindness.  The largest group of journals will be placed in random locations in the community (e.g., doctor's office waiting rooms, hospitals, car repair shops, businesses, etc.) along with instructions to write about an act of kindness, then pass along the journal to another person, and finally return the completed journal to the CDM.  The journal entries will be documented online as part of the 1001 Journals project, and the completed journals will be shown at the CDM at some point in the future.

Please come to learn about coptic binding....and be a part of this community project.

Be sure to check out our new Facebook page.

The Chattanooga Book Arts Collaborative will meet:
Sunday, September 23, 2012
2:00-5:00 p.m.
Jewish Cultural Center
For directions, see "CBAC Meetings" page

At the meeting, we will make a blank book using 2-needle coptic binding.  Coptic binding was originally developed in Egypt and was used from as early as the 2nd century to the 11th century.  In addition to its lovely appearance, the main advantage of this style of binding is that the book will open and lie flat.

Please bring the following supplies with you:

• 2 pieces of book board- 5-3/4" h x 4-1/2"w each
• Paper for the outside cover of your book - 2 sheets, 7"h x 5-1/4"w
• Paper to line the cover - 2 sheets 5-1/4"h x 4-1/4"w
• Text weight paper for the pages - 40-50 sheets, cut to 5-1/2"h x 8-1/2"
• 2 binders needles (binders' needles have a slightly duller point than regular needles)
• PVA glue
• Glue brush
• Bone folder
• Awl
• Cutting Mat
• Scissors
• Waxed linen thread 

If you don't have waxed linen thread, there will be plenty to share at the meeting.

At this meeting, we will also be talking about plans for future CBAC meetings, workshops, community activities, and more.  Please bring ideas and suggestions...or just come and participate.

If you have any questions, please email Nora at nsbernhardt@gmail.com.

Sunday, August 19, 2012:

Join us for CBAC's 1st Annual

Summertime Show...Share...and Swap Supplies Day!

SHOW
Bring one or two of your recent completed book projects and SHOW it to the group.  For those of you who participated in last month's collaborative book project, please bring your completed book.

SHARE
Tell us about one or two of your favorite tools or art supplies that you use in book making, and why you like it.  Also, please SHARE with us information about where we can get these items and how much they cost. You can even SHARE information about your favorite websites or other sources of inspiration and ideas.

SWAP SUPPLIES
Bring any extra art supplies that you’re not using, and we’ll SWAP SUPPLIES with each other.  This is a great way to clean out your studio or art room and make way for something new.  And it’s a great way to pick up some FREE supplies!

SUNDAY, August 19^th

2:00 -5:00 p.m.

Jewish Cultural Center

5461 N. Terrace Drive

Chattanooga TN

July 15: Japanese Stab Binding

Chattanooga Book Arts Collaborative

Sunday, July 15, 2012

2:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Jewish Cultural Center

5461 North Terrace Drive

We will be making books using the Japanese Stab Binding technique. Some examples of books using this technique are shown below.  For inspiration and to see a variety of styles, google “Japanese Stab Binding Images.”

Bring the following supplies with you to the meeting:

Cover material:

For a paper cover: Two sheets of heavyweight paper, cut 5-1/2” high x 8-1/2”wide

OR

For a hard cover using book board:

• Three pieces of book board, cut to the following sizes: 6”h x 1”w;  6”h x 7-1/2”w;  and 6”h x 8-3/4”w
• Paper or book cloth to cover the outside of book – 2 sheets cut to 7-1/2” high x  10” wide
• Paper to line the covers – 2 sheets cut to 5-1/2” high x 8-1/2” wide
• If you are comfortable covering and lining your covers in advance, please feel free to do so.  The larger piece of board (6"h x 8-3/4"w) is for the back cover.  The two smaller pieces of book board are used for the front cover, with the narrow piece (6"h x 1"w) on the left, a 1/4” space, and then the 6”h x 7-1/2”w piece - covered with a single sheet of paper or book cloth.

Pages:

• 20-30 sheets of paper (plain or decorated) cut to 5-1/2” wide x 8-12” wide.  If you have words or content on the pages, be sure to leave a 1” margin on the left side of each sheet.

OR

• If you are participating in the collaborative project, bring the 18 pages you have created.  At the meeting, you will exchange pages with the others participating in the project.

Other supplies needed:

• PVA glue
• Glue brush
• Bone folder
• Awl
• Cutting mat
• Scissors
• Break-off knife
• Binder's needle (blunt tip, wide eye)
• Waxed linen thread (if you don’t have this, there will be plenty to share at the meeting)

Submissions for "Showcase 500 Handmade Books"

Notice to Chattanooga Book Artists and CBAC members:


Lark Crafts seeks images to publish in the next book of its prestigious 500 gallery series. Showcase 500 Handmade Books will feature a collection of artists' books, to be juried by Julie Chen. 

Books must contain content and may be narrative, visual, and/or sculptural. While pieces may be non-traditional in form, each must function like a book (opening up and presenting a sequence of images, words, and/or ideas). There is no entry fee.

For more details and to pre-register, please visit www.juriedartservices.com and scroll down to Lark Crafts.

Submissions will be accepted June 01-August 02, 2012. The book will be published in September 2013.

Linda Kopp
Editor/Lark Crafts
67 Broadway
Asheville, NC  28801