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01/14/202411/14/2013 by henrywells

The holiday season is right around the corner, and what better way to celebrate than with handmade prints and books!? Our students have been working diligently throughout the semester to … Read more

01/14/202410/30/2013 by henrywells

Today our Bookbinding I class began the Ethiopian Binding. This book structure dating from Late Antiquity is a beautiful book with wooden boards as covers and exposed sewing at the spine. We started by sanding wooden boards outside on this gorgeous day in Aurora! (we fear that our warm days are numbered)

You can see these students focused and hard at work, perfecting their covers. We drilled holes along the spine of the covers and some students are applying stain to the wood. Next week we will be on to sewing!

01/14/202410/13/2013 by henrywells

Nicolas Barker visited Wells College last Thursday where he visited the Book Arts Center and gave a brilliant talk to the community. The lecture was attended by book arts board … Read more

01/14/202410/09/2013 by henrywells

Yellow-back: ‘The nickname given to the particular type of cheap edition evolved in the middle of the 19th century for display and sale on railway bookstalls. It was usually (but … Read more

01/14/202410/08/2013 by henrywells

Our annual Holiday Card Workshop is approaching! The event will be held on the 6th and 7th of December, both days from 1-5 pm. The … Read more

01/14/202410/08/2013 by henrywells

Deckle-Fetishism:

DSC_0064_2 — Handmade Flax Paper by Laura Rowley at the University of Alabama

The over-zealous, undiscriminating (and often very expensive) passion for uncut edges in books which were intended to have their edges cut.

-from John Carter and Nicolas Barker’s ABC for Book Collectors.

Barker will be here at Wells this Thursday!

01/14/202410/03/2013 by henrywells

Wells College and the Wells Book Arts Center announce a search for the next Victor Hammer Fellow in the Book Arts. The successful candidate will hold the position for two … Read more

01/14/202410/02/2013 by henrywells

Last Saturday we opened up Morgan Hall for the Wells community to print greeting cards on our presses. Music filled the air, as did the scent of apples and cinnamon. … Read more

01/14/202410/01/2013 by henrywells

The Wells College Press has announced a nation-wide competition for the second chapbook in the series, to be printed in the spring of 2014. Hard copy submissions of up to … Read more

01/14/202409/30/2013 by henrywells

The Book Arts Center presents the 36th Susan Garretson Swartburg Lecture on October 10, 2013 at 5:00 pm. We are honored to have Nicolas Barker, renowned as the editor of … Read more

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