Seven years ago, I went to a fabulous exhibit at the Columbia College Center for Book and Paper Arts, called "Only on Paper: Six Centuries of Judaica from the Gross Family Collection": video clip There was supposed to be a catalog forthcoming, so I paid my $20 and waited. And waited, and waited, and after a while called them, and they said they' ( Read more... )

Damn, I wish I'd had my camera with me this evening. I went to the opening of It's All in the Fold: More Than Just Origami, at the Center for Book and Paper Arts. Gorgeous stuff! I'm going back with a camera, I swear ( Read more... )

Beginning with the private opening of the exhibition A Movable Feast: Pop-ups, Volvelles, Tunnels, Flaps and Other Movable Books", a really wonderful show at the Center for Book and Paper Arts, tracing the history of movable books from Ernest Nister to Robert Sabuda, and including lots of stuff about process. It's accompanied by an exhibit devoted ( Read more... )

The weather was absolutely perfect today. Warm and sunny, with a soft lake breeze. Just gorgeous ( Read more... )