We will be holding our Introductory Hand Papermaking workshop on Saturday, June 9th, 2018. This course covers the basic materials, equipment, and processes used for making paper by hand. Techniques include basic sheetforming, couching, pressing, and drying, as well as…
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the Papertrail on local TV
CKCO-TV (aka CTV Southwestern Ontario) recently did an item on the Papertrail for their Made Right Here series which features area businesses that have interesting products or services. The 3-minute item was broadcast April 28th 2018, but is also available…
CBBAG Book Arts Fair on Ottawa, Saturday, May 12th
The Ottawa Valley chapter of the Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild (CBBAG) will be holding a Book Arts Fair on Saturday, May 12th, from 10am to 4pm. This will take place at the Glebe Community Centre, 175 Third Avenue…
40th Grimsby Wayzgoose, Saturday, April 28th
The Grimsby Wayzgoose will be celebrating its 40th annual event this year on Saturday, April 28th, from 9am to 5pm. This show and sale of everything Book Arts will take place at the Grimsby Public Art Gallery, located at 18…
Upcoming Workshops: Papermaking and Marbling
Coming up in March, we are holding our Introductory Papermaking and Western Marbling workshops on two consecutive Saturdays. The Introductory Papermaking workshop will be held on March the 3rd. This course covers the basic materials, equipment, and processes used for…
Estimating Dry Weight of Composition Material
While trying to remelt some old composition rollers recently, I found that some of the material wouldn’t melt. Neither higher temperatures nor additional water helped. All I ended up with was a lumpy soup, from which I strained the lumps…
A Book Arts Fair Rises from the Ashes
Much to our dismay, we found out a month or so ago that there would no longer be a Book Arts Fair at OCAD University in early December. This marks the end of over 30 years of fairs at OCAD U,…
Casting Composition Brayer Rollers—the Motion Picture
I’ve posted on YouTube a video of near-epic length showing my bumbling through the casting of some small composition rollers for a Kelsey hand brayer. The rollers are about 6×1⅜″ on a ¼″ core. I had originally intended to re-melt…
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Tororo-Aoi Pods Ripening
The seed pods on my tororo-aoi plants have started to mature. As this happens, they turn brown, dry out, and develop splits along their five lengthwise ridges. The seeds inside are probably dry and ready for storage for next spring.…
Tororo-Aoi (and other) Flowers
My tororo-aoi plants have started blooming. So far, only the transplanted plants are big enough to bloom; the direct-seeded ones are just getting to the point of thinking about producing flower buds, and the plants from the seeds from AliExpress…
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