The art dealership of C.G. Boerner will be presenting a seleciton of 30 years of Dieu Donné Papermill's collaboration with artists. Works by Donald Baechler, Mel Bochner, James Brown, Chuck Close, Robert Cottingham, April Gornik, Arturo Herrera, William Kentridge, Glenn Ligon, Juan Sanchez, James Siena, Jessica Stockholder, Barbara Takenaga, and Richard Tuttle will be exhibited.

For more information, visit the websites of Dieu Donné Papermill (dieudonne.org) or C.G. Boerner (cgboerner.com). Some of the pieces are also presented online at C.G. Boerner's website.

Date: September 7 - October 6, 2006
Location: C.G. Boerner, 23 East 73rd Street, New York, NY 10021

After a few weeks of hard work, my portfolio web site dedicated to book art has been completed. There are about 70 books I have documented on the site so far. It should be much easier to update as it goes.

Let's talk tech here for those of you who are interested: the site is created in CSS, PHP with MySQL. All the entries of the books are stored in MySQL so the pages are generated dynamically. I am considering deploying AJAX for retrieving the descriptions and thumbnails for the books, that should alleviate the annoying reloading of the page every time one clicks on a thumbnail.

Visit StudioCaiLun.com for my, Dennis Yuen's, book art portfolio web site.

Roberta wrote to me earlier in June, and shared some of her handmade books with me. The first book is an album for a couple married under The Gates at Central Park in 2005. The piece of orange fabric on the cover is a sample of the saffron-dyed fabric used in The Gates. The inside is made of silk with Stonehenge paper.


The second book is a coptic. The cover paper was made by crayon rubbing on a Lego board then applying water color over it. It's extremely creative.

Washington D.C.-based bookbinder Stanley Sherman's work is currently on display at The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, MD, titled Interpretation by Design: Contemporary Bookbindings by Stanley M. Sherman.

The exhibition ends in July 2006. For more information about the artist and his work, you can visit his website at shermanbookbinder.com.

Altered book and collage artist Karen Hatzigeorgiou constantly seeks for inspirations through color, texts and vintage images. As a result, her work "intertwines text and imagery in an interesting way." Her themes are mostly around people and nature. The result is a series of complex and visually stunning work.

On Karen's Altered Books Gallery, you not only see pictures of her beautiful work, but you can also read about her process and reflections in creating them.

She wrote about her process in creating Masquerade: "I crumpled silver tissue paper into a ball, smoothed it out, and then tore similarly sized pieces and placed them in a pile. Using matte medium, I applied the tissue pieces, being sure to wrap the tissue around the book edges."

As I was wandering in the neighborhood, I visited this Washi store that just opened about a month ago in the East Village. Precious Pieces features high quality artisanal Washi (handcrafted Japanese paper), that is created to combine contemporary design and classic Japanese elements. Each sheet is custom made to different sizes as desired. Their work are primarily used as interior decoration or simply as a piece of work to be displayed on the wall.

Dieu Donné Papermill released issue 48 of their PULP News, a quarterly newsletter devoted to artists and the hand-papermaking technique.

The issue is available online at their Web site. This issue includes an in-depth look at the work of Noah Loesberg, their recent Artist Resident; descriptions of their new collaborations with Paul DuToit, Michele Oka Doner, and Lyle Starr; as well as an article on paper conservation by Laura Stirton Aust of ARTcare Inc.

Recently, Scotland-based Joanne B. Kaar contacted me and shared with me her Web site and work. She is based at the north coast of Caithness in the Highlands of Scotland which provides her with the ever-changing landscape that gives her constant inspiration for her work.

Joanne has traveled to Taiwan and learnt about Chinese papermaking, seal carving techniques and Chinese calligraphy. She runs workshops across the country and shares with her students her expertise and skills on papermaking and bookbinding. Joanne has also published Paper Making and Bookbinding: Costal Inspirations on papermaking and bookbinding.

I am truly delighted to share with you some of Joanne's works. Blending the breath-taking landscapes and scenery from the north coast of Caithness, her work are colorful, energetic and unique. You can visit her Web site, joannebkaar.com, for more pictures and details of her work.



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