Last fall, we spoke with Michelle Ross, who is the Fiction Editor at Atticus Review.
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“Just before the moment of death, a woman dreams”
Read moreEp 43: Maria Pisano with Jamie Thome
For this ABH Conversation, Jamie Lou Thome talked with international book artist and curator Maria Pisano.
Read moreConversations: Martha Meyer with Jamie Thome
The Blueberry Awards, including the 25 honor Books and the Blueberry Changemaker Books, are given to children’s books for 3 - 10 year olds in a certain year that help kids love nature and act on its behalf.
Read moreConversations: Jamie Lou Thome with Kerry Littel
As a person who interacts with books in multiple ways, I’m constantly interested in the reasons why a person chooses to surround themselves with books, in whatever ways they do so. I’m fascinated by the variations of ways that books might show up in people’s lives: as escape through story, as art pieces, as objects of desire.
Read moreEp 41: Sarah Noreen
For this ABH Conversation, Jamie Lou Thome talked with Sarah Noreen about how cool her job is at the U.S. Government Publishing Office, about how identity and memory shapes her book artist work, about paper marbling, and more.
Read moreEp 40: Emily Martin
For this ABH Conversation, Jamie Lou Thome talked with book artist Emily Martin about the work she produced during shelter-in-place in 2020.
Read moreEp 39: Don Widmer
Don Widmer combines hand papermaking, bookbinding, and printing to create works inspired by storytelling and real and imagined histories.
Read moreEp 38: Helen Hiebert, Part One
This is PART One of our ABH Conversation with paper maker and artist Helen Hiebert! Helen Hiebert Studio’s mission is to share and expand the love of hand paper making and paper crafts with newcomers and to expand the knowledge of experienced artists through artwork, online and in-person classes, retreats, videos, how-to books, a blog and a podcast.
Read moreEp 38: Helen Hiebert, Part Two
This is PART TWO of our ABH Conversation with paper maker and artist Helen Hiebert! Helen Hiebert Studio’s mission is to share and expand the love of hand paper making and paper crafts with newcomers and to expand the knowledge of experienced artists through artwork, online and in-person classes, retreats, videos, how-to books, a blog and a podcast.
Read moreCreating Decorative Tapes for Exposed Spines with Jamie Thome
In this second video of our new Artists Book House Tutorials series, artist and ABH Board Member Jamie Thome demonstrates how to make your own decorative tapes for exposed spine structures.
Read moreConversations: Lee Bey with Jamie Thome
I can’t remember which friend posted about the work of Lee Bey, a Chicago-based journalist and photographer, but I’m indebted to them. Paging through Mr. Bey’s book, Southern Exposure: The Overlooked Architecture of Chicago’s South Side, has been revelatory.
Read moreEp. 37: Lisa Barcy, Part Two
Lisa Barcy is an independent filmmaker and artist whose films have been screened internationally at film and animation festivals. She's also created large puppets for several Chicago-based theater companies. When not animating or teaching she creates artist books, collages, puppets, and participates in the occasional odd performance art piece.
Read moreEp. 37: Lisa Barcy, Part One
Lisa Barcy is an independent filmmaker and artist whose films have been screened internationally at film and animation festivals. She's also created large puppets for several Chicago-based theater companies. When not animating or teaching she creates artist books, collages, puppets, and participates in the occasional odd performance art piece.
Read moreConversations: Lydia Millet with Jamie Thome
A few years ago, a novel came across my path with an intriguing title (Sweet Lamb of Heaven) and an even more intriguing cover (white fur undulating beneath black and red letters that are slightly visually jarring, a bit disoriented). I remember that I gulped that book quickly, relishing it, seeking out more work by its author, Lydia Millet.
Read moreEp. 36: Jen Thomas, Part Two
For this ABH Conversation, Jamie spoke with Jen Thomas, an artist, designer, educator, and writer based in Richmond, Virginia. Ms. Thomas is currently the Book Arts Program Director at the University of Richmond.
Read moreEp. 36: Jen Thomas, Part One
For this ABH Conversation, Jamie spoke with Jen Thomas, an artist, designer, educator, and writer based in Richmond, Virginia. Ms. Thomas is currently the Book Arts Program Director at the University of Richmond.
Read moreEp. 35: Sylvia Alotta
On Thursday, December 17th, 2020, we talked with artist and bookbinder Sylvia Ramos Alotta. Sylvia Ramos Alotta began her classical training in drawing and painting at age of eight. Her first teacher was an artist who fled Budapest to come to America during WWII.
Read moreEp. 34: Riva Lehrer
On December 10th, 2020, we spoke with artist and author Riva Lehrer! Ms. Lehrer is an artist, writer and curator who focuses on the socially challenged body. She is best known for representations of people whose physical embodiment, sexuality, or gender identity have long been stigmatized.
Read moreEp. 33: Pamela Paulsrud
On December 3rd, 2020, we visited with artist, calligrapher, and paper maker Pam Paulsrud. Through her investigation into the concept and process of handwriting, Ms. Paulsrud became intrigued with the ability to communicate beyond the message encoded in the text.
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