NEWS 7 March, 2008
A large paper copy of Sylvæ, along with working materials, will be on display in the Andersen Horticultural Library at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum from May 24-October 12, 2008.
http://www.arboretum.umn.edu/library.aspx
Schanilec will deliver an illustrated talk on the Sylvæ for the annual Ampersand Club dinner at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum on May 22.
http://www.theampersandclub.org/index.html
He will be giving an illustrated overview of his work at the Typophiles summer luncheon in New York City on June 11.
A weekend workshop entitled Wood: From the Living Tree to the Bed of the Press will take place at the New York Center for the Book, June 15-16.
http://www.centerforbookarts.org/classes/classdetail.asp?classeventID=715
Midnight Paper Sales plans to exhibit at Oak Knoll Fest XV in Delaware this October, continuing its streak as the only press to exhibit each and every year at this annual fall classic.
NEWS 10 February, 2007
Limited
Editions, Infinite Possibilities
at the UW Eau Claire Foster Gallery, January 25 – February 15,
2007
The exhibit includes
works of mine, along with those of six other Midwestern printers and
bookmakers. Most of the pieces were printed in relief, and I was pleased
to be included. The sense of place in all the work was quite strong.
Of particular interest were the grand, hand-printed wood cuts of Cecilia
Lieder. We attended the opening on the 25th, and stayed on
for a panel discussion the following morning.
CODEX Book Fair
I will be exhibiting
at the CODEX
Foundation International Book Fair in San Francisco the week of
February 12th. Visit http://www.codexfoundation.org/bookfair/index.html
for more information.
Bonefolder
& Matrix
Karen Hamner of the Guild of Book Workers has kindly included Midnight
Paper Sales in her lecture on contemporary book work. She has also invited
us to write an article on our Sylva for an upcoming edition of Bonefolder
(http://www.philobiblon.com/bonefolder/).
We also plan to contribute an article, and an image from the book, for
the next issue of Matrix
(http://www.whittingtonpress.com/%00#Matrix).
NEWS 22 November, 2006
Fine
Books and Collecitons
Midnight Paper Sales was featured in the September/October issue of
the magazine in a nicely written by Robert Goodman. www.finebooksmagazine.com
M.C.B.A.
book festival
Anicka and I exhibitied this past weekend at the Minnesota Center for
Book Arts annual fall book festival. Traffic was good, as were sales.
I was pleased to come home with a copy of From Concentrate,
the latest offering from Anagram Press, the press of Chandler O’Leary.
It is beautifully printed on handmade paper. I had recently come the
conclusion that, in my own collecting, I prefer books that will fit
comfortably on my bookshelf, with a spine label, and printed from type.
It seems the exceptions to these preferences continue to find their
way into my collection. From Concentrate was set in Mrs. Eaves,
and printed from polymer plates, but the typography is very appealing
with delicately illuminated initial letters, and generous line and word
spacing. The book was printed on paper hand made by Ms. O’Leary,
which lends to the charm of the typography. It comes in a sculpted paper
envelope with a pin-and-slot closure mechanism. Though it does have
a spine label pasted to it for identification, the pin-and-slot business
is unfortunate, as it makes the book an uncomfortable mate for its neighbor
on the bookshelf.
It is pleasant to find, along with Ms. O’Leary, a number of young
practitioners of the book at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts. Younger
still are the members of By Design, a group of teenaged book workers.
I met Javier Corral, an immigrant from Los Angeles who, besides offering
graffiti t-shirts, is working on a graffiti alphabet that he plans to
unveil at a By Design exhibition opening at MCBA on December 8.
NEWS 27 June, 2006
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Tyer Magazine ARTICLE Bill Logan’s article about Mayflies of the Driftless Region is now available at newsstands across the United States. Look for the Summer 2006 issue. We were just able to launch a midnightpapersales.com facelift in time to field a nice run of orders for books and individual prints. All of the mayflies are now available as individual prints in less expensive editions printed on Monadnock, an acid-free American commercial paper. Our thanks to Bill Logan for his generous article. Visit www.flyfishingmagazines.com/magazine_ft.shtml for details on the Summer 2006 Fly Tyer issue. |
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Wood Engraving WORKSHOP
I will be giving a wood engraving workshop at University of Iowa Center
for the Book the weekend of September 22. Contact Emily Martin for further
information: 319-338-7266; emily-martin@uiowa.edu
Upcoming BOOKFAIRS
I have recently committed to exhibit at two upcoming book fairs. I will
be making my annual journey to Old New Castle Delaware for the Oak Knoll
Fest XIII, which will take place over the weekend of October 7. Visit
www.oakknoll.com for details.
I will also be in San Francisco for the CODEX Foundation International
Book Fair the week of February 13. Visit www.codexfoundation.org
for details.
1 March, 2006
Midwest Fly Fishing ARTICLE
Editor Tom Helgeson paid us a visit last month, and is preparing an
article about Mayflies for the next issue of the magazine http://www.mwfly.com/.
He has also kindly invited me to attend the Fly Fishing Expo in April.
I will be there, behind a table, on Saturday April 1. It will also be
an opportunity to hear Will Steger talk about his Arctic explorations
and his observations regarding global warming—a subject of particular
interest here at Midnight Paper Sales.
Carl Hertzog AWARD
Brenda and I were in El Paso, Texas, the first weekend of February to
collect the 2006 Karl Hertzog Award for excellence in book design which
was given to Mayflies http://libraryweb.utep.edu/index.cfm?page=hertzog_winner.
We were well looked after, and had a wonderful weekend in the West Texas
border town.
Minnesota Book Award NOMINATION
Mayflies has been nominated for a Minnesota Book Award in the
Fine Press category. We plan to attend the awards ceremony on April
29 http://www.thinkmhc.org/Book/2006.htm.
British Influences on One Bookish American
I will be delivering this illustrated oratory at Kansas State University
on March 7, and at the University of Iowa on March 8. The talk was developed
for my trip to the UK last fall, where it was presented to the Designer
Bookbinders of London, and the Double Crown Club.
UPCOMING PROJECTS
Sylva
Ben Verhooven, a recent graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design,
spent three months with us at the end of 2005. He returns next month
for a year and a half to help work on a “sylva” of our 20
acres of woods. A sylva is the study of trees in a given geographical
region. We look forward to the infusion of youthful energy. Expect the
book in the fall of 2007.
Swayback
Work has begun on the next book in our “Little Book” series,
a short story by Jim Heynen called Swayback. I had made an
engraving for the cover of The Boys House (Minnesota Historical
Society Press, 2001), and I’m very pleased to have this opportunity
to work with Mr. Heynen once again. This will be the only Midnight Paper
Sales title printed at the press this year. Expect the book in the fall.
The Chain
I have just completed the key blocks for three engravings for The
Chain, a short story by Tobias Wolfe, to be published by Rainmaker
Editions http://modernletters.org/rainmaker.html.
The book will be printed by Sheri DeGraw.
Barbarian Press
I plan a trip to travel to British Columbia this summer to help the
Barbarian Press begin printing blocks for a planned overview of my work:
Gaylord Schanilec, Pictures and Stories, Colour Engravings, the
Stories that Made Them, and the Stories They Made. For a more detailed
description go to http://www.barbarianpress.com/catalog/ixf-forthcoming.html.
Lake Pepin
I hope to find the time and money to purchase a boat this year to serve
as a floating observatory for the planned Mississippi River project.
This will be the next major book from Midnight Paper Sales following
the sylva. The boat will serve as a floating observatory. It is hoped
that the work will continue in the vein of “playful science”
that was established in Mayflies.