Resources – Page 2 – CBBAG Ottawa Valley Chapter

‘The last of our kind’: Preserving the world’s ancient crafts

'The last of our kind': Preserving the world's ancient crafts By Paul Waldie, The Globe and Mail, 14 September 2017.

"Paul Wright supplies parchment and vellum [...]. His craft, along with an number of other aspects of non-tangible heritage, are on the verge of going extinct, according to a recent study."

September 16, 2017

Gutenberg’s Finger Print: Paper, Pixels and the Lasting Impressions of Books

Gutenberg's Finger Print: Paper, Pixels and the Lasting Impressions of Books. By Merilyn Simonds. Toronto: ECW Press, 2017. ISBN 978-1-77041-352-8 (e-book available).

"Part memoir and part historical exploration, the book finds its muse in Hugh Barclay, who produces gorgeous books on a hand-operated antique letterpress."

August 19, 2017