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Recommended Workshop – The Naked Book: Casebound Without Cloth

19 Wednesday Mar 2014

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The Book Arts Program presents

The Naked Book: Casebound Without Cloth

Saturday, April 12
9:00a – 5:00p
Book Arts Studio, Level 4
J. Willard Marriott Library
Workshop fee: $80; Materials fee: $25

Turn a hardbound book into an artist’s canvas with bookbinder and conservator, Chris McAfee. Make a cover for a pre-sewn text block and finish it – not with cloth, paper, or leather – but with acrylic modeling paste. Then texture, scribe, and wax the covers to create a personal design. While spinning traditional techniques into innovative processes, investigate how bookbinding materials react to moisture and how to counteract related problems.

The Rare Books Division holds an example of this technique:

THE BOOK OF THE APOCALYPSE
Christopher Mcafee
Springville, UT: C. McAfee, 2001
N7433.4 M257 B666 2001

McAfee, The Book of the Apocalypse, 2001, Cover
McAfee, The Book of the Apocalypse, 2001
McAfee, The Book of the Apocalypse, 2001

Chris, who for many years taught the Book Arts Program’s bookbinding courses, received a BFA in printmaking from Brigham Young University and an MFA in bookbinding from the University of Alabama. He is Senior Conservator at the Church History Library.

The Rare Books Division holds many of his works:

JUNKYARD DOG
Christopher McAfee
Tuscaloosa, AL: Small & Simple Press, 1993
PS3563 A225 J85 1993

Edition of twenty copies. University of Utah copy is no. 16.

McAfee, Junkyard Dog, 1993, Cover
McAfee, Junkyard Dog, 1993
McAfee, Junkyard Dog, 1993

SPIRAL TRILOGY
Christopher Mcafee
Tuscaloosa, AL: Small & Simple Press, 1995
N7433.4 M257 S65 1995

Edition of ten copies. University of Utah copy is no. 5

McAfee, Spiral Trilogy, 1995
McAfee, Spiral Trilogy, 1995
McAfee, Spiral Trilogy, 1995

RODENTIA ABECEDARIUM
Christopher Mcafee
Tuscaloosa, AL: Small & Simple Press, 1998
N7433.4 M257 R63 1998

Illustrated with acrylic, gouache, and ink. Bound in goat and rabbit with hemp cords and leather endbands.

McAfee, Rodentia Abcedarium, 1998, Cover
McAfee, Rodentia Abcedarium, 1998, Porcupine
McAfee, Rodentia Abcedarium, 1998, Utah Prairie Dog

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Book of the Week – Winter Wreath

30 Monday Dec 2013

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Leslie Norris, Winter Wreath, 2000, Last Leaves
Leslie Norris, Winter Wreath, 2000, Owl
Leslie Norris, Winter Wreath, 2000, Revealed by Winter

Winter Wreath
Leslie Norris
Provo, UT: Tryst Press, 2000
PR6027 O44 W56 2000

Type is ATF Garamond. Binding by Christopher McAfee. Edition of 140 copies, nos. 1-10 bound by Christopher McAfee. University of Utah copy is no. 4, signed by author and printer.

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