"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
“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 →
A transplanted American, Alex Simon, 32, [...] has started a business [Century Press] to produce high-quality editions of classic books using letterpress printers and bookbinding expert...
With bindings by women becoming both more numerous and more elegant, members of the Royal Court began to take notice. It was in 1897, for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, that the Victorian...
Un matin, un homme, mystérieux et massif, frappe à la porte de l’atelier du gué. Il vient confier pour rénovation un livre ancien, une curiosité, relié à l’allemande. Dans une ruelle de Dordogne q...
In conjunction with the exhibition Labour of Love: Selections from...
Colberg is author of Understan...
New methods are allowing a group of scientists to reexamine the world’s libraries and archives, in search of the hidden lives of authors.
Paul Champion-Demers is also a bookbinder and a CBBAG Ottawa Valley member. See his work on CBBAG Ottawa's publication site: https://cbbagottawavalley....
It’s been roughly 30 years since the desktop computer revolutionized the way the graphic design industry works. For decades before that, it was the hands of industrious workers, and v...
"A revolutionary American scientist is using subatomic physics to decipher 2,000-year-old texts from the early days of Western civilization"
"...as I walk through the galleries, as I survey the cases of books safe behind their glass, it occurs to me that if a book is a thing meant to be read, then in a certain sense, these objects have ...
Kyla Ubbink, who has worked in book and paper conservation and restoration for 17 years, crafts some of the smallest books in Ottawa. Read the article to find out more.
The Library of Congress’s expansive digitization efforts makes more art available to a larger public.
Give a handcrafted feel to digital design with fonts that began in wood.
"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."
The organizers of Art of the Book 2018 invite you to visit the newly-launched website to find information about venues, sponsors and awards, and the Call for Entry.
"Part memoir and part historical exploration, the book finds its muse in Hugh Barclay, who produces gorgeous books on a hand-operated antique letterpress."
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