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One artist's online journal and collection of drawings, prints, photos, notes and scribbles.

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I’ll have work in this great show!

Details here.

Make sure to check out the online catalog!

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Very excited for this!

J Pascoe's work for the last several years has centered on how social settings and urban spaces are navigated by the general populace as well as her own anxiety and discomfort from interactions originating at these sites. Often finished work takes form on paper as prints or artist books with occasional site-specific or temporary installations. J lives and works in Philadelphia.

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Candy Alexandra is a Latinx papermaker, book artist and (newbie) poet born and raised in Little Havana, Miami, FL. In her written and visual work, she captures the essence of her experiences as a first generation Latinx immigrant.

Candy Alexendra received a BA in Romance Languages and Literature from Mount Holyoke College in 2014 and her MFA in Book Arts and Printmaking from The University of the Arts in 2017.

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Raquel Salas Rivera es una poeta puertorriquña que vive in Filadelfia. Acutalmente, es co-editora y traductora para The Wanderer. Si para Roque Dalton no existe revolución sin poesía, para Raquel no existe poesía sin Puerto Rico. Puedes aprender más sobre su trabajo si visitas: www.raquelsalasrivera.com

Raquel Salas Rivera is a Puerto Rican poet that lives in Philadelphia. Currently, they are Co-Editor and Translator at The Wanderer. If for Roque Dalton there is no revolution without poetry, for Raquel there is no poetry without Puerto Rico. You can find out more about there work at: www.raquelsalasrivera.com

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Virginia Price is a Philadelphia-based visual artist and poet. Her poetic work often revolves around themes of desire, power, and emotional discomfort. She is currently working on a chapbook entitled WANT, in which she examines feelings of dissatisfaction and asks the question: What is it to be satisfied? And is complete satisfaction something that can even be obtained?

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This hand-sewn, four volume set is about hand-made Korean paper called Hanji. Each volume explains a different method of paper making, the region of Korea in which the type of paper was made, and contains full-page paper samples. The paper samples can be seen along the foredge of the book, creating a beautiful collage of color and texture. 

In the publisher’s colophon, Hanji is explained as a paper made from the “mulberry trees that naturally grew by the fields, the creeks, and the mountainsides. Hanji resembles the natural beauty of Korean landscape.”

FOLIO X-Collection TS1095 .K6 K55 2010

- Hannah

Kim, Hyoung-Jin. Munhwa Ch'eyuk Kwan'gwangbu. Korean Handmade Paper = Hanji. 2010.

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So beautiful!

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Self Care

New Work by J Pascoe

& Zine Reading Event

Little Berlin Annex Space

November 17, 2017

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LM took a little break, but we’re back for a visit in Morelia, May 22-24, at the Centro Cultural Clavijero. Free!

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Woot woot! Wish I could make it down there to see and participate in person.

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Preservation Week: Day 5 (part 2 of 2)

It’s the American Library Association’s Preservation Week, and we’ve been sharing some glimpses into The Huntington’s preservation department.

Earlier today, we shared some gifs in which book conservator Kristi Westberg was scraping away old adhesive and degraded leather from an 18th-century book that had detached spine leather and broken joints. The gifs here show the next stage of the process: adding a new paper lining to the spine. Spine linings help support the sewing and pages while the book is open. First, Kristi spreads a layer of wheat starch paste onto a strip of Japanese tissue that she’s already cut to size. She transfers the paste-laden tissue to the book and lays it on the spine. Then she presses the tissue into place first with her fingers, tamps it down with a brush, and finally smooths everything into place with a bone folder.

Once this layer dries, Kristi will adhere a thin layer of something called airplane cotton and another piece of Japanese paper that has been toned with acrylics before re-adhering the original spine leather.

As the week comes to a close, we invite you to check out our other Preservation Week posts:

Day 1: making solvent set tissue

Day 2: map repair

Day 3: making wheat starch paste

Day 4: testing pigment stability

Day 5 (part 1): removing old adhesive and degraded leather from a book spine

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A publishing party for some interesting, Purgatory themed work by Philadelphia based student artists! Letterpress! Book Arts! Check the link for more information.

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Come see what my students have been getting into!

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serviETTE Single sheet book, edition of 19. Letterpress, monoprint, handstamp, napkin.

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Printing Matter exhibition.

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Lulz at my asthmatic ass hauling up an icy mountain trail.

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Some highlights from my semester working with a Risograph GR1700. Here’s to many more experiments, student projects, and other great prints!

Pictures (left to right, top to bottom): Student broadsides by Garrett Orr and Haley Adair; a spread from my piece per aspera ad astra (made while a visiting artist at George Mason University using their awesome riso!); a poster I designed and printed for an event at Temple Contemporary with artist Vanessa German; a print from a student to be made into a single sheet book*; a How-To book I made; small images I made for a benefit exhibit at Fleisher; some student prints*.

Many thanks to Tyler School of Art’s Printmaking and Visual Studies programs as well as all the amazing folks at Temple Contemporary for funding my time working with this amazing machine and awesome students!

*I apologize for not crediting these students properly! They were part of several visiting classes that I worked with in a very quick manner. When I get their names, I will edit this post!

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per aspera ad astra by J Pascoe.

Risograph. X Fold single sheet book. Edition of 60.

From the colophon:

per aspera ad astra was made by J Pascoe for the project CMYKings and printed on a Risograph while a visiting artist at George Mason University.

Quotes from In The Sea Around Us (1951) by R. Carson and The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells, except taken from radio broadcast adapted by Howard E. Koch (1938).

through hardship to the stars

It is highly suggested to listen to this song while reading.

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VS4554 is back up and running! More zines being made and reviewed!

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I can’t believe I’m going to Seyðisfjörður in a relatively short amount of time! My brain is exploding! I am so excited to participate in the Printed Matter themed residency at Skaftfell Center for Visual Art.

Another push at my online store – if you haven’t already checked it out, take a look at the newest bits of art I have available! Prices start at $5. All proceeds are going towards getting me to the image above...literally. Check out the shop here.

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Looking for cheap, weird, awesome holiday gifts? Here you go!

All proceeds go towards supporting my upcoming artist residency in Iceland!!?!

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Flyers for a new class in the Spring. #zines #bookarts #independentpublishing (at Tyler School of Art)

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Now’s the time to pick up some of the new work I’ve been making over the last few months to year! It’s a great time to get some interesting, weird, unique holiday gifts for friends and family.

ALSO, all proceeds will directly support my upcoming artist residency at Skaftfell Center for Visual Art, Iceland in February.