help wanted: Honest Reviewer

dog eared magazine is currently seeking a writer to contribute to our Honest Reviews column. Our Honest Reviews column is just what it sounds like- a forum for truly honest reviews of products that are of interest to the book artist. In the past, we've featured book kits, books, tools, collage packs, and other treats.

You should be able to express yourself in a fun to read style of writing that requires minimal editing for grammar, spelling, and overall awkwardness. The best reviewers will be able to tie a product into their own life, making the review more of a personal essay than a bland description of the product. In return, you will be be rewarded with fame, a free copy of the magazine, and by knowing that you're helping a small press magazine.


Our chosen candidate will also be occasionally supplied with items to review.

To apply, send us an email about why you'd be interested in becoming an Honest Reviewer and a writing sample of around 500 words, reviewing an item in your book arts stash. Good or bad reviews are welcome. Please email kerrie at dogearedmagazine dot com to apply.

Events at IPRC (Portland, OR)

DEC 1
Found Object Stamping (at SCRAP)
Don’t send out those unoriginal, store-bought holiday cards for one more year! Learn to make your own stamps and print your own cards and wrapping paper from found materials provided by SCRAP.
Instructor: Lancea LaPorte
Sat, Dec 1, 2007, 1 – 3 pm, $15
(IPRC members receive $5 off)
Event at SCRAP, 3901A N. Williams. To register: 503-294-0769

DEC 4
Adobe Photoshop
Learn how to touch up your photos or create an entirely new universe using Photoshop! Topics include importing, moving and reshaping images; overview of toolbar and functions; layers; vector masks; image effects; intro to ImageReady (Photoshop’s web design software).
Instructor: Abby Teal
Tues, Dec 4, 2007, 7 – 9 pm, $25/$40

Abby Teel is an AmeriCorps member placed at SCRAP (School and Community Reuse Action Project) as the workshop and summer art camp coordinator. She specialized in reused/recycled art materials and computer/graphic arts at the University of Vermont.

DEC 6
December First Thursday Open House
Art Opening. Ryan Jacob Smith
The Young Alchemist: New Work from Re-use and Found materials
Thurs, Dec 6, 6 – 9 pm

DEC 9
YOUTH Lino-cut Holiday Cards
Make your own holiday cards. It’s easy and fun to do with linoleum block printing. Learn to design a simple holiday card project, carving the block, and handprinting your original cards.
Instructor: Debbie West, Ages: 8 – 18
Sunday, Dec 9, 2007, 1 – 4 pm, $5/$10

Debbie West, an IPRC member since 2005, is a multimedia artist and creativity coach. She works in printmaking, collage, writing, and photography and loves letterpress printing at the IPRC.

DEC 10
Intro to Calligraphy
In this workshop teaching calligraphy basics, students will learn about pens, inks, papers and the history of beautiful writing. Students will be introduced to a basic italic calligraphy style that can be adapted for individual expression. Bring any calligraphy kits or pens that you own.
Instructor: Marilyn Zornado
Mon, Dec 10, 2007, 6:30 – 9 pm, $20/$35

Marilyn Zornado is author of “Adventures in Penland” and co-proprietor of Fremont Garden Press. She has taught bookbinding and calligraphy at the Oregon College of Art and Craft.

DEC 11
Stenciling 101
This class serves as an introductory survey of the history, technique and practical yet dynamic aesthetic of stencil art. We’ll pay particular attention to images produced using found or recycled materials. Let’s explore the empowering (and accessible) world of stencil art.
Instructor: Tiago DeJerk
Tues, Dec 11, 2007, 6:30 – 9 pm, $25/$40

Tiago DeJerk is a stencil artist specializing in multi-layer, realistic portrayals of the people and places that constitute his community. His images represent Portland’s vibrant community of cyclists, performance artists, and all around freaks.

DEC 12
Audiozine II Release Party
Have some hot cider and be the first to own a copy of the new IPRC audiozine, featuring tracks from nine truly inspiring zine publishers, several of whom will perform their written works.
Wed, Dec 12, 2007 8 – 10 pm, Free

DEC 13
Print Gocco Basics 
The Print Gocco is a small, easy-to-use, self-contained printing machine that uses a screenprinting-like method for producing prints on paper or fabric. This basic course covers original preparation, screen exposure and printing. You can make amazing, mass-produced, professional-looking postcards and more! Once trained you can use the IPRC’s Print Goccos anytime.
Instructor: Gretchin Lair
Thurs, Dec 13, 2007, 7 – 9 pm $20/$35, materials fee $8

Gretchin Lair is a creative advocate at Scarlet Star Studios (www.scarletstarstudios.com) who encourages art exploration & creative self-expression. She especially loves words and letters of all sorts, but is willing to try anything at least once.

DEC 15
Intro to Letterpress (1 day)
Learn to set lead movable type and print on a handpress. Sample the vocabulary of printing, come away with a bookmark that you printed yourself and develop a new taste for old technologies.
Instructor: Iris Porter
Sat, Dec 15, 2007, 11 – 5 pm, $45, members only.
Note: Waiting list people will have first choice for this class. If you are interested in taking letterpress, please call to be put on the waiting list

Iris Porter returns to Portland from Nova Scotia to teach us what she’s learned about self-publishing and print arts. She self-published DIYinPDX and DIYinHFX, two books documenting the do-it-yourselfers of Portland and Halifax. Fun fact: she also letterpress printed for the first time at the IPRC back in 2001.

DEC 16
Re-use Zines 101 for Youth
Learn the basics of zines: how to create them and why you should. A special focus will be given to creative re-use of old supplies and materials. Participants may even make their own practice zine on the spot!
Instructors: Marc Parker & Alex Wrekk, ages 8 - 18
Sun, Dec 16, 2007, 1 – 3 pm, $5/$10

Alex Wrekk has been volunteering at the IPRC since 2003. She has been involved with independent publishing for over a decade and has published her zine Brainscan since 1997 as well as many other projects along the way

Marc Parker wrote his first zine in 1992. Zines about asthma, chess and Russian authors, Saved by the Bell, mangos, call centers, and, especially, zines about Marc Parker—he’s made a load of them

DEC 16
Pinhole Camera Portraits 
Create your own pinhole camera and enjoy the simplest form of photography that requires only basic materials and makeshift creativity. Using macaroni boxes and other found objects, we’ll begin by making our own cameras. Then we’ll explore exposures and angles while taking each other’s portraits.
Instructor: Dusty Winters, $5 materials fee
Sun, Dec 16, 2007, 5:30 – 8:30 pm, $25/$40

Dusty Winters, a member of the IPRC since 2007. When she’s not at the IPRC as Open Hours staff, she’s a Portland State student coming to the end of her undergrad and looking forward to an MA in Book Publishing. She also volunteers for the SMART program.

HOLIDAY BREAK!! MUCH MORE IN JAN & FEB

Workshop Registration Info
v You may make a reservation for a workshop by phone or in person, however full payment
must be received within 48 hours in the mail or in person for enrollment to be finalized.
If payment is not received, your spot will be given up.
v If a workshop is full, we will put you on a wait list and contact you if a space opens up.
v Bring any material fees when you attend your workshop.
v You may cancel your reservation within 7 days of a workshop for a full refund.
v If a workshop is cancelled because of lack of enrollment, you’ll receive a 100% refund.
v Members receive first listed price in course descriptions.

Write checks out to IPRC. Mail or drop by the Independent Publishing Resource Center. 
 917 SW Oak St., #218, Portland, OR 97205

Questions? Call 503.827.0249 or email info@iprc.org

cool upcoming classes at the IPRC in Portland

ZINES 101
Mon, Sept 10, 2007
7–9 pm
Instructor: Marc Parker
Cost: $10 members/$20 non-members

Learn the basics of zines: how to do it and why you should with seasoned zinester Marc Parker. Participants may even make their own practice zine on the spot.

QUICK AND PAINLESS MAC BASICS
Tues, Sept. 11, 2007
7–9pm
Instructor: Nickey Robare
Cost: $20 members/$30 non-members

Do you find yourself confounded by all those shiny Macintosh computers populating the IPRC? PC users or anyone just getting by, come learn new tricks and tips to navigate the world of OS X. Don’t worry, they don’t bite!

MYSTERIES OF THE PHOTOCOPIER!
Wed, Sept. 12, 2007
7–9pm
Instructor: Alex Wrekk
Cost $10 members/$20 non-members

Ever wonder what all those wacky buttons on the photocopier actually do? Ever wonder how people get such interesting layout for their zines and projects? Meet the copier at the IPRC and learn the ins and outs of how a photocopier works, getting good copies, and some special copier tricks.

BEGINNING BOOKBINDING 1: BOOKS WITH SEWN SPINES
Thurs Sept 13, 2007
6:30–9 pm
Instructor: Marilyn Zornado
Cost: $20 Members/$35 non-members

Each student will create three easy sewn book structures that can be made at home and will learn how each structure can be adapted to their own projects.

PRINT GOCCO BASICS
Mon, Sept 17, 2007
7–9 pm
Instructor: Gillian Beck
Cost: $20 members/$35 non-members
Material’s fee: $8 (bring day of class)

The Print Gocco is a small, easy-to-use, self-contained printing machine that uses a screenprinting-like method for producing prints on paper or fabric. The class covers original preparation, screen exposure, and printing. You can make mass-produced amazing, professional-looking postcards and more! Once trained you can use the IPRC’s Print Goccos anytime.


NEW WORKSHOP REGISTRATION POLICY
–You may make a reservation for a workshop by phone or in person, however full payment must be received within 48 hours in the mail or in person for enrollment to be finalized. If payment is not received, your spot will be given up.
–If a workshop is full, we will put you on a wait list, and contact you if a space opens up.
–Bring any material fees when you attend your workshop.
–You may cancel your reservation within 7 days of a workshop for a full refund.
–If a workshop is cancelled because of lack of enrollment, you’ll receive a 100% refund.
–Members receive first listed price in course descriptions.

Write checks out to IPRC. Mail or drop by the Independent Publishing Resource Center. 917 SW Oak St. #218, Portland, OR 97205

Questions? Call 503.827.0249 or email info@iprc.org

a quiet update

Dear gentle readers, I want you to know right now that we're still publishing. We still will be publishing. If you have a subscription, you'll be getting as many issues as are left on your subscription. We're going to come out with an issue before the end of the year. Maybe issue(s) before the end of the year.

Do you want more in the way of dirt and details? My personal blog is at lastmango.blogspot.com.

Kerrie

Classes coming up at Women's Studio Workshop

The first week of the Summer Arts Institute at the Women's Studio Workshop is just ahead-
July 9th will kick off the 2007 season of creative and inspiring educational programming!

Did you forget to register? It might not be too late.
Registration is still available for some of our workshops.

Cross Pollination: Paper & Encaustic, July 9 – July 13
Due to a cancellation, we now have two spots available in this workshop.
It is one of our most popular workshops and tends to fill up fast, so this recent opening might be YOUR lucky shot at getting in. Spend two days in the Women's Studio Workshop's papermaking studio working with cotton, abaca, and flax fibers, and spend two days in the R & F encaustic studio, using your handmade paper as substrates for encaustic experimentation.

Variable Relief, July 9 – 13
Create expressive and complex monoprints with various layers, using collage, stencil and drypoint elements on polystyrene plates, along with extensive plate wiping and ink modifying techniques.

Fields of Blue: Paper, Cloth, and Indigo Dye, July 16 – 20
The workshop will provide you new techniques for various surface patterns and qualities, while also using fibers strong enough to withstand the intensity of indigo vats.

All of our workshops welcome men and women with every level of experience. Intimate class size allows our instructors to offer you valuable insight- whether you are a seasoned artist or your voice and vision is just emerging. Each workshop is an intensive week long adventure in the gorgeous Hudson Valley, in upstate New York. Come spend your summer with us, call and register today!

www.wsworkshop.org
PO Box 489, Rosendale NY 12472
(845) 658-9133

Translations II: Living Sanctuary (Sharon, MA)

Susan Kapuscinski Gaylord is a regular contributor to dog eared magazine. Her installation sounds just amazing...we wish we could go see it in person!

Translations II: Living Sanctuary

in conjunction with the exhibition
TREES...UNFOLDING VISIONS:
Massachusetts Audubon
Moose Hill Wildlife Sanctuary
293 Moose Hill Street
Sharon, MA 02067
781-784-5691
September 14-October 29
Reception: September 14, 6-8 PM


Translations II: Living Sanctuary is a temporary sculpture created specifically for this site at Moose Hill. It celebrates the inner life of the trees and the powerful spirit of nature. Artist Susan Kapuscinski Gaylord conceived and directed the project and constructed the banners. Students from Dianna Hampe's art classes at Walpole High School did the drawings on handmade paper from Bhutan.

This is a different kind of drawing; it is not about representing or rendering. It is about experiencing and feeling the life and power of the trees and letting it flow through the hand with as little interference from the mind as possible. The drawings were done with gathered hemlock sprays and cones dipped in sumi ink and used as brushes.

photo by Fred Martins


Susan Kapuscinski Gaylord
susan@susankapuscinskigaylord.com
http://www.susankapuscinskigaylord.com

Daniel Essig lecture at the UW (in Seattle)

If anyone is able to go, we'd love a little write up to put in dog eared magazine!

Sculptural Books
History and Inspiration
by Daniel Essig
Monday, October 2, 2006 7- 9 p.m.
Maps/Special Collections Classroom
Suzzallo Library, Room B69
University of Washington Campus
co-sponsored by the Book Arts Guild and the University of Washington Libraries

“For me, the books themselves are journals — visual records of my life and work. I am interested in traces of the past — ancient binding styles, altered books, distressed finishes, and found objects. I’ve developed my style of bookmaking by learning from mentors and absorbing the influence of treasured objects from other cultures and other times.”

Daniel Essig works out of studios located at Grovewood Gallery and Cyclone Enterprises in Asheville, NC. Daniel regularly teaches at Penland School of Crafts, Arrowmont Craft School, and John C. Campbell Folk School. His work has appeared in exhibits around the country , has been featured in books by Keith Smith and Suzanne J. E. Tourtillott, and can been seen in American Craft, American Style, Craft Reports and FIBERARTS magazines.

Bookbinding classes in Seattle!

BOOKBINDING I
Learn the basic elements of bookbinding and book structures while
creating models that build progressively.
Thursdays, October 26, November 2, 9, & 16, 6-9 pm, $175

SIMPLE SILKSCREEN TECHNIQUES
Dan Shafer will teach this workshop on silkscreening on fabric and paper
without complicated photo-exposure, using cut-paper stencils and other
methods you can easily do at home.
Saturday, October 21, 1-5 pm, $75

ONE HOUR BOOKS
Lisa Hasegawa will teach a workshop that emphasizes spontaneous
creation, collaboration, and idea generation.
Saturday, November 11, 10 am - 1 pm, $75

BOOK REPAIR TECHNIQUES
Joel Radcliffe of Ars Obscura will teach a special workshop on book
repair this fall emphasizing invisible repairs.
Saturday, November 18, 12-5 pm, $75

All classes are held at the 2100 building in Seattle, 2100 24th Ave S
(in Rainier Valley)

www.seattlebookarts.org

Day Moon Press at Wessel & Lieberman (Seattle)

25 Years of the Day Moon Press
September 7 – October 28, 2006

Wessel & Lieberman Booksellers is pleased to announce an exhibit featuring a retrospective look at the work of the Day Moon Press, one of Seattle’s longest operating letterpress enterprises.

Day Moon Press was established in 1977 by Maura Shapley and Jack leNoir. Day Moon Press has provided offset and letterpress printing services to designers, artists, book arts groups, business people and community organizations for nearly thirty years. The press has had three homes over the years (the first of which was in an old building of Frank McCaffrey’s and his Dogwood Press) and now resides atop the center of Beacon Hill.

For many years, offset printing sustained the shop when few paying clients had any use for traditional letterpress work, but letterpress maintained itself as a vital, if small, aspect of the business. By 2000, with their offset press work diminishing, and as many firms increasingly utilized digital printing, Shapley turned back to letterpress. A new generation of designers had begun to embrace the look & feel of letterpress printed work, and Day Moon’s job work in this traditional format increased significantly.

The show is, in many ways, a graphical journey through the last 25 years of Seattle culture - postcards, invitations, CD covers, limited edition books, and posters were among the varied work that the press successfully produced to a welcome audience. The result has been a boon to the press, its customers, and, of course, the public.

An illustrated catalogue of the exhibit and a limited edition broadside are available for sale. For more information, visit the exhibit at Day Moon Press Exhibit.

Wessel & Lieberman Booksellers is located in the historic Pioneer Square district of Seattle, on First Avenue South between Main and Washington streets. Shop hours are Monday thru Saturday, 11-6. Our website is at www.wlbooks.com.

Wessel & Lieberman Booksellers
208 First Avenue South
Seattle, Washington 98104
206.682.3545
206.682.2391 (fax)
888.383.3631 (toll free)
www.wlbooks.com
Members ABAA, ILAB
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broken internets!

Hello all. Our business web site, www.turtlearts.com is broken. dogearedmagazine.com is working, but any links to buying stuff at turtlearts.com aren't working. Our internet provider is being crappy and not fixing it quickly, so we're pounding our heads up against a brick wall trying to get them to fix it, but so far it's been down for 24 hours, which is totally unreasonable. Plus, my email address (kerrie at turtlearts dot com and turtles at drizzle dot com) are bouncing too. So, it looks like I've run away to Mexico, which alas, I have not.

If anyone is looking for me or Turtle Arts, please let them know to either email me at kerriecarbary at gmail dot com, or email Scott at scott at dogearedmagazine dot com. Those emails are working. Hopefully turtlearts will be back up soonish.

Sigh.
Stressedfully yours,
Kerrie

Delicious classes at Women's Studio Workshop

Summer Arts Institute Workshops are Filling up!
Register Today to Reserve your Space.
Some scholarships are still available.
Visit wsworkshop.org/_class/sai.htm for full listings.

Classes Still Available are:
Variations of the Stiff Leaf Structure
Margot Ecke

This workshop will explore a binding structure which keeps book planning simple and does not compromise the integrity of your printed work. Stiff leaf binding is adhered rather than sewn, allowing books to open completely to a full page spread with no thread interfering with composition, making the structure particularly appropriate for presenting printed and drawn material. Scholarship Available! (contact wsw)
July 31–August 4, Monday–Friday

Artist's Book by Margot Ecke

Advanced Intaglio
Shelley Thorstensen

This six-day intensive is designed for printmakers who make etchings as their primary print medium. Using your current work and ideas as a catalyst, Shelley will help you discover what aspects of your prints are unique to you and how to explore and expand your vision. The purpose of this class is to activate and accelerate your individual artistsic growth and generate momentum in all of your art making practices.
August 20-25, Sunday-Friday
Click for Full Description
Standard Issue, silkscreen, litho, intaglio print

Silkscreen Printing
Ann Kalmbach

This workshop will introduce all of the essential techniques used in silkscreen printing today. Students will learn how to make and maintain their own screens, mix inks, and print using a variety of registration techniques for multi-color printing. Ann’s goal is to teach the basics then help you acquire the special skills you need to fully realize your vision. This class is open to all experience levels.
July 10-14, Monday-Friday

Other Classes with limited space:
Cross Pollination: Papermaking and Encaustic, July 10
Gelatin Plate Printmaking, July 17
Interrupting the Papermaking Process to find a New One, July 17
Serial Monoprinting, July 17
Sheet Metal for Book Artists, August 7