Episode 12: Book Talk with BookLab II

Books in the Wild is back!

It’s been a wild year, friends! For a brief recap, I now live in Texas and work at BookLab2, a limited-edition bookbindery, though I still sometimes work for Flying Fish Press and am still producing my own work under the imprint of Coyote Bones Press (this information is relevant to the episode, I promise).

This episode was recorded at the end of February 2019, which means we were all recovering from another fabulous yet exhausting CODEX Symposium and Book Fair held in the Bay Area, California.

As we at BookLab II were unwinding with drinks and conversation after our trip to CODEX, I thought it would make for a great way to start off the new season of Books in the Wild. So joining me today are conservator, master bookbinder, and founder of the original BookLab and now BookLab II, Craig Jensen, and edition bookbinder and fellow BookLabber, Marc Hammonds. We discuss the history of the CODEX Symposium and Book Fair, book arts in general, how we discovered book arts, and maybe even a little bit of book gossip!

Thanks for listening! Tell all your book buddies that Books in the Wild is BACK!

Books in the Wild

Keri Schroeder

BookLab II - limited-edition bookbindery in San Marcos, Texas founded and operated by conservator and bookbinder, Craig Jensen.

CODEX Foundation

Episode 8: Book Art Basics Trivia

What is book art exactly? What is an artist book? Are all art books book art? What do you mean by codex? Or livre d’artiste? Are you making these words up?

I have been getting questions like these for the past... seven or so episodes. So today I’m going to reel it in and start at the beginning with the book art basics. We have guests Ariel Hansen Strong and Faith Hale here today to play Book Art Trivia, and we have compiled the top 5 frequently asked questions which we will try to answer, and I got a new kazoo so you know we’re all in for a big treat.

For those playing along at home, I would love to hear your answers too, so feel free to comment on the episode post on booksinthewild.com or send me a message on Facebook or Instagram @BooksintheWildPodcast

Full Transcript of this episode here

Links:

Books in the Wild

Coyote Bones Press - use coupon code BOOKS at checkout for 10% off

Ariel Hansen Strong

Cloudship Creative - use coupon code BOOKS at checkout for 10% off

Faith Hale

San Francisco Center for the Book - Degrees of Innovation exhibition opens October 13, 2017

Julie Chen's Chrysalis

Heidi Neilson's Outernet Library Branch (Yes, I know I said "Nelson", I'm sorry...)

Book Arts Web - great resource for all things book art!