http://evpl.org/community/blogs/books/archive/tags/book+arts/default.aspxTags: book artsenCommunityServer 2008 SP1 (Build: 30619.63)http://evpl.org/community/blogs/books/archive/2012/10/06/quick-and-easy-book-binding-program.aspxSat, 06 Oct 2012 15:53:00 GMT9a7b961d-7882-4302-b701-732ca0e566f2:2410wag.mado@evpl0http://evpl.org/community/blogs/books/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=2410http://evpl.org/community/blogs/books/archive/2012/10/06/quick-and-easy-book-binding-program.aspx#comments<p><strong><img style="float:left;" src="http://erinzam.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/kit1.jpg" alt="Japanese Stab Bookbinding" width="289" height="231" />Local artist, Kimberly Jones is going to offer an exciting program on the Japanese art of bookbinding. </strong><strong>This program is scheduled on Thursday, October 18th at 6:00 PM&nbsp;in the Large Group Room on second floor at Central Library. She will teach us how to create and&nbsp;bind&nbsp;our very own journal from a recycled book.</strong></p> <p><strong>Don&#39;t miss this opportunity to learn the art of Japanese Stab Binding and take home your very own creation. The program is free and open to the public. All materials will be provided.</strong></p> <p><strong>You may visit Kimberly&#39;s blog spot <a href="http://serendipityvintagestudio.blogspot.com/search/label/Japanese%20Stab%20Binding">here</a>.</strong></p> <p><strong>Registration is required. Please click <a title="Quick and Easy Bookbinding" href="http://www.evpl.org/events/search/event.aspx?id=31123">here</a> to reserve&nbsp;your spot.</strong></p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://evpl.org/community/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2410" width="1" height="1">book artsteenscraftsadult programhttp://evpl.org/community/blogs/books/archive/2008/08/28/the-book-of-kells-by-bernard-meehan.aspxThu, 28 Aug 2008 14:43:00 GMT9a7b961d-7882-4302-b701-732ca0e566f2:307Bufkinite@evpl0http://evpl.org/community/blogs/books/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=307http://evpl.org/community/blogs/books/archive/2008/08/28/the-book-of-kells-by-bernard-meehan.aspx#comments<p><img width="177" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3048/2805347275_1b4d6366a4_m.jpg" alt="Book of Kells cover." height="240" style="float:left;" />The Book of Kells is a lavishly illustrated manuscript book created as a Alter Book sometime between 800 and 900 AD at a monastery in the town of Kells, in Ireland. &nbsp;It is the most lavishly decorated of a series of gospel manuscripts produced between the seventh and ninth centuries, when Irish art and culture flourished at home. &nbsp;<em>The Book of Kells</em>, on the other hand, is a book <strong>about</strong>&nbsp;the Book of Kells, its content, history, epigraphy, symbolism, production, and overall design.</p> <p>Having had the opportunity to actually see the original Book of Kells at Trinity College in Dublin this past summer, I wanted to learn more, and this book is a wonderful guide, thoroughly researched and footnoted, with a variety of full-color illustrations of many of the book&#39;s pages. &nbsp;Chapters address the decorative influences, scheme, and purpose, and individual chapters address different decorative themes: animals, the evangelists, Christ &amp; his symbols, and more. &nbsp;Finally there are chapters that address the number of scribes and artists involved in the book&#39;s production, how long it took to produce, the amount of vellum used in the book&#39;s production, and writing materials and pigments used.</p> <p>If you like rare books, book decoration and the craft of illuminated manuscripts, this is a must-read.</p> <p>Anyone else out there had a chance to see the original Book of Kells?&nbsp; Anyone interested in illuminated manuscripts?</p> <p>&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://evpl.org/community/aggbug.aspx?PostID=307" width="1" height="1">nonfictionbooksbook artsilluminated manuscripts