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Meeting, February 14, 2024

Join our next hybrid meeting on Wednesday, February 14th from 6 pm to 8 pm at the Book Arts Lab at Carleton University. If you would like the Zoom link to participate virtually, please send an email to CBBAGOttawa@CBBAG.ca. This… Continue Reading →

Ottawa Book Arts Show and Sale 2024

May 25, 2024, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. You are invited to join us at Carleton University, MacOdrum Library, home of the Carleton University Book Arts Lab. Entrance is free. Vendors, sign up to reserve a free table at… Continue Reading →

Kindred Spirits: The Lucy Maud Montgomery Legacy as Interpreted by Contemporary Book Artists

The Kindred Spirit exhibition will be a juried collection of book artistry created by members of CBBAG. Scheduled to launch in conjunction with the L.M. Montgomery Institute’s 2024 biennial conference, this 40-piece exhibition will open in mid-June 2024 in Charlottetown,… Continue Reading →

Wayzgoose 2024 – application deadline is January 19

Dear Wayzgeese, The 46th Wayzgoose Book Arts Fair will be held on Saturday, April 27th at the Grimsby Public Art Gallery, bringing together a captivating group of private press printers, bookbinders, print makers, paper marblers, and other artisans to celebrate the book… Continue Reading →

The One with Experiential Marbling

Workshop Saturday, March 16, 2024, 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM EST Try your hand at a fun paper marbling workshop using professional made tubs, paint, and high-quality paper. This course is for the beginner. You will learn how to lay… Continue Reading →

Meeting, January 10, 2024

Join our next hybrid meeting on Wednesday, January 10th from 6 pm to 8 pm on Zoom due to the Winter storm. If you would like the Zoom link to participate virtually, please send an email to CBBAGOttawa@CBBAG.ca. This evening’s… Continue Reading →

Meeting, December 13, 2023

Join our next hybrid meeting on Wednesday, December 13th from 6 pm to 8 pm at the Book Arts Lab at Carleton University. If you would like the Zoom link to participate virtually, please send an email to CBBAGOttawa@CBBAG.ca. This… Continue Reading →

Picturing the Invisible: Sights/Sites Unseen

Exhibition Ottawa-Gatineau Printmakers’ Connective /Collectif des artists graveurs d’Ottawa-Gatineau November 2, 2023 – February 19, 2024Nepean Creative Arts Centre35 Stafford Road, Ottawa ON K2H 8V8 Using varied printmaking techniques, from relief and intaglio to cyanotype, lithography, collagraph, and silkscreen, 14… Continue Reading →

The Star Book

Workshop Saturday, January 27, 2024, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM EST Join CBBAG-OV for this one-day workshop, which will introduce participants to the delightful Star Book. At first the book looks like a simple exposed-spine structure with a ribbon tie at… Continue Reading →

SWAP project 2023-2024

Proposed by Madeleine Rousseau and Deidre Hierlihy. The CBBAG Ottawa Valley Chapter SWAP is an annual collaborative project that promotes interesting artistic and book arts-related technical opportunities to acquire and put into practice one’s skills by creating a book, a… Continue Reading →

Meeting, November 8, 2023

Join our next hybrid meeting on Wednesday, November 8th from 6 pm to 8 pm at the Book Arts Lab at Carleton University. If you would like the Zoom link to participate virtually, please send an email to CBBAGOttawa@CBBAG.ca. This… Continue Reading →

Classic Clamshell Box

Workshop Saturday, Dec 2, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM EST This version of the clamshell box is sturdy and durable, as well as classic in its elegance. The lip allows for easy opening, while the cloth covering affixes and… Continue Reading →

Book Sewing Structures – Single section variations

Workshop Saturday, Nov 25, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM EST Join CBBAG-OV for a one day introductory workshop to bookbinding sewing structures. This workshop focuses on single section sewing. This workshop will focus on sewing single sections without the… Continue Reading →

Meeting, October 11, 2023

Join our next hybrid meeting on Wednesday, October 11th from 6 pm to 8 pm at the Book Arts Lab at Carleton University. If you would like the Zoom link to participate virtually, please send an email to CBBAGOttawa@CBBAG.ca. This… Continue Reading →

Bookbinding I

This fun, six day introductory course on bookbinding will guide students from simple pamphlet bindings to completing two hardcover books. Fridays to Sundays, October 27-29 and November 3-5, 2023, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. This workshop is an introduction to… Continue Reading →

Relief Block Printing with Linoleum

Learn to carve relief blocks (or “drawing with light”) and print them by hand and with a press. Saturday and Sunday, September 23-24, 2023, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Students will explore the graphic possibilities of relief printmaking on linoleum,… Continue Reading →

Meeting, September 13, 2023

Join our next hybrid meeting on Wednesday, September 13 from 6 pm to 8 pm at the Book Arts Lab at Carleton University, located on the ground (2nd) floor of the MacOdrum Library at the south end of campus on… Continue Reading →

A Montreal mill where handmade paper was made for decades is closing

"Saint-Armand paper mill has a storied past, but it's time to move on, owner [David Carruthers et Denise Lapointe] says...They're downscaling, moving out and heading to a rural property in the Laurentians to continue making paper in a more peaceful, and satisfying, environment, one that doesn't flood constantly." Read the article by Matthew Lapierre, CBC News. Posted: Aug 25, 2023 4:00 AM EDT

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/papeterie-st-armand-ville-emard-montreal-paper-carruthers-1.6944965

“Saint-Armand paper mill has a storied past, but it’s time to move on, owner [David Carruthers et Denise Lapointe] says…They’re downscaling, moving out and heading to a rural property in the Laurentians to continue making paper in a more peaceful,… Continue Reading →

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