UI Center for the Book

The Center for the Book is an innovative, interdisciplinary arts and resarch unit located within the University of Iowa Graduate College www.book.grad.uiowa.edu

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If you were unable to make the open house last week, you can still drop by North Hall to see the 2019 UICB Faculty Exhibition! This show will be up at the until January 15th. . . #bookarts #uictrbook #uiowagraduatecollege #letterpressprinting #handpapermaking #calligraphy #craftmanship https://www.instagram.com/p/B6Ohff-pPWc/?igshid=ufto3k2ajoj

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Wonderful final projects from this semester’s Letterpress 1 class (at University of Iowa Center for the Book) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6L2cVLpyfm/?igshid=1pg4bv2kzynau

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Thank you to everyone who came to our open house last Friday. . . #uictrbook #uiowagraduatecollege #bookarts #bookstagram #papermaking #bookbinding #artistsbooks #calligraphy #letterpressprinting (at University of Iowa Center for the Book) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6LaSqGJPdC/?igshid=j61bgo2emu55

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Amazing final projects from Emily Martin’s Artists Books class. Check them out in person at the UICP Open House, tomorrow 12/14 from 4-6pm! (at University of Iowa Center for the Book) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5-f_PUJlJm/?igshid=16eho7ng4ahw4

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Join Tim Barrett, director of the UI Center for the Book and papermaking specialist, as he recounts his 47 year engagement in the craft, science, history and aesthetics of handmade paper in his talk My Life with Paper* (a most rewarding ride, with only a few diversions). Tim will have paper specimens and a number of his favorite items from UI Special Collections on display. Questions and comments from the audience will be warmly encouraged. Event will be held in Special Collections Reading Room, 3rd floor of the Main Library. Light refreshments will be served at 6:30pm, with the talk to begin at 7pm. Iowa Bibliophiles is free and open for everyone. If you have accommodation needs, please contact Elizabeth Riordan at [email protected] (at University of Iowa Special Collections & University Archives) https://www.instagram.com/p/B55rFARpMh2/?igshid=17k0hv40ky1hb

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Students in Cheryl Jacobsen’s Foundational Hands calligraphy course calligraphed one quote two different ways. Here is UICB MFA Madison Bennett’s project. (at University of Iowa Center for the Book) https://www.instagram.com/p/B53HkVSp8XC/?igshid=pr4ssnqqzkf

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UICB MFA candidate Madison Bennett @madbenn will be teaching a Medieval Manuscript workshop in Seattle on January 11th. Students will get to create and illuminate their own Medieval versals on real vellum with genuine gold leaf!! You can sign up through @editions.studio’s website. . . . #uictrbook #medievalmanuscriptillumination #calligraphy #bookarts #bookstagram #medievalmanuscript #illumination #versal #seattlebookarts #typography #seattleart https://www.instagram.com/p/B5lLy_4pHSd/?igshid=wh8o3olheumb

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The UICB is thankful for the faculty, staff, students, and community members that make our program so wonderful. We hope everyone is enjoying their break! . . #uictrbook #bookarts #bookstagram #handmadepaper #letterpressprinting #calligraphy #bookbinding (at University of Iowa Center for the Book) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5YnFMPJpTN/?igshid=14cabiwk4w3o9

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This is the last week to check out Katharine DeLamater, Krista Narciso, Colleen Lawrence, and Natasha Brandel's show, The Incompletes. Their show will up in the K.K. Merker Gallery until Friday November 29th. . . #uictrbook #bookarts #uiowagraduatecollege #bookdesign #letterpress #printmaking #pressureprinting #typography #bookstagram #papermakers #paperpulp #mouldanddeckle #handmadepaper (at University of Iowa Center for the Book) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5WMSIpJiM_/?igshid=4f9dtf3hr7sw

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Hot off the press! The 2020 Ladies of Letterpress calendar. Each page is contributed by UICB students, alumni, and faculty. Proceeds help fund facilities, workshops, and student project grants. Calendars will be available for sale at the upcoming UICB Open House on Friday December 13th. . . . #uicb #bookarts #universityofiowa #typography #graphicdesign #2020calendar #letterpress #letterpressprinting #printmaking https://www.instagram.com/p/B5L3A65J24K/?igshid=17cygsr4fpgtx

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Repost from Jenna Bonistalli MFA candidate in sculpture and UICB certificate student. Congratulations Jenna on being included in @handpapermaking ‘s limited edition portfolio #13! . . . @jenncbon_studio “I am super honored and thrilled to be included in @handpapermaking ‘s upcoming limited edition portfolio #13, ‘in between,’ curated by @frida.baranek. i spent a good portion of the summer working on this edition of 127 pieces (!!!). the design is a digitally embroidered pattern rendered from a « soundprint » of a gray catbird i recorded during a dawn chorus in northwest iowa, may 2018 while in residence @lakesidelabair . these sounds were a huge part of my life and landscape this past year and i 💕 them 🐦🐤🦆🦟 and all the possibilities the work has opened. many thanks to @handpapermaking for being so spectacular to work with and for showcasing artists in this way. it’s a real pleasure to be included with such wonderful artists and humans 🌸 . the thread is variegated rayon on bleached abaca, raw abaca and cattail collected from the prairie flower farm in spencer, ia . thanks to @uictrbook and @uiowasculpturedept @uigradcollege @uiowaart for the continued space and support 🧡” . #handpapermaking #contemporaryart #contemporarypapermaking #sound #dawn #pattern #embroidery (at University of Iowa Center for the Book) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5GS3cOJygJ/?igshid=6zno4fr98qjr

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Last week UICB MFA Sara Luz Jensen interviewed Timothy Barrett about paper making while he was at the vat. . . . #uictrbook #uiowagraduatecollege #paperpulp #papermakers #chancerypaper #bookarts #bookstagram #mouldanddeckle (at University Of Iowa Oakdale Campus) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5D7d6mJTrb/?igshid=nt97igmtsj6u

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Some snap shots from Amos Kennedy’s visit to the UICB and Iowa City. It was a wonderful week. . . #bookarts #woodtype #letterpressprinting #uictrbook #uilibraries #uigraduatecollege (at University of Iowa Center for the Book) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5BeUnCJlJc/?igshid=79uwlod2u2j9

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Just a few days left to see the current shows in the K.K. Merker Gallery. Please come to North Hall to check out Rachel Schend's show 🔲 and a collection of edition work from 2nd year students. Their work will be up until Friday. (at University of Iowa Center for the Book) https://www.instagram.com/p/B40VoICJoUE/?igshid=p58wzyx8yrsc

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UICB students scraping Kozo last Friday out at our Research and Production paper facility. Winter has officially hit Iowa City. It’s almost time for Japanese paper production! (at University of Iowa Center for the Book) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4vOT45pQ_i/?igshid=p9vtibleyf0f

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Thank you to everyone who came to the drop in print session yesterday with Amos Kennedy (@kennedyprints) . . If you couldn’t make it to North Hall yesterday, Amos will be at the Main Library(@uilibraries @uispeccoll) right outside the main gallery from 12-4 today! (at University of Iowa Center for the Book) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4nN210Jy-h/?igshid=10u56p9ok9502

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Please Join us tonight for the Annual Lecture on the Art of the Book Featuring Amos Paul Kennedy. 6pm at the Pappajohn Business Building (PBB) room W151. We hope to see you all there. This talk is free and open to the public, so please share. (at University of Iowa Center for the Book) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4hwXiBp35G/?igshid=sgpsithuskpn