2023
Whisper to Me: a conversation through time
Delaware Valley Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers Annual Meeting 2023
Fast, Friendly, Free: Pop-up Shadow Boxes with Kit Davey on Zoom
Blue Book Project
Field trip to Pattern and Flow: A Golden Age of American Decorated Paper, 1960s to 2000s at the Grolier Club
Valentine Mail Art Project
Bookbinders, Beer and Bowling!
2022
Delaware Valley Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers Annual Meeting 2022
Valentine Mail Art Project
2021
Fast, Free, Friendly: Magic Box Workshop with Kristin Balmer on Zoom
Fish Leather with Janey Chang on Zoom
Fast, Free, Friendly: Magic Box Workshop with Lucia Farias on Zoom
Let’s Eat Cake Virtual Exhibit Show and Tell
Valentine Mail Art Project
2020
Fast, Free, Friendly: Exposed Sewing with Decorative Guards and Self-locking Wrapper with Karen Hamner on Zoom
Fast, Free, Friendly: Woven and Interlocking Book Structures(Advanced) with Tara O’Brien on Zoom
Fast, Free, Friendly: Woven and Interlocking Book Structures(Intermediate) with Tara O’Brien on Zoom
Fast, Free, Friendly: Long stitch sewing through a slotted wrapper cover with Rosae Reeder on Zoom
Valentine Mail Art Project
Bookbinders, Beer and Bowling!
2019
Fast, Free, Friendly: The Paired Station Binding with Rosea Reeder
Animated Structures Workshop: Adding Moving Elements to Books with Thomas Parker Williams
Fast, Free, Friendly: Fun Paper Advertisements with Valeria Kremser
Valentine Mail Art Project
Bookbinders, Beer and Bowling!
2018
Encyclopedia Britannica Project
Bone Tools, Awls, and Objects and Tool Sharpening with Jim Croft
Pre-Industrial Finishing: The Tools and Their Use with Brien Beidler
Pierced Vellum Binding Workshop with James Reid-Cunningham
Keith Smith Exhibition Curator Tour
Caterpillar Stitch Binding with Denise Carbone
Valentine Mail Art Project
Bookbinders, Beer and Bowling!
Rigid Board Binding Workshop with Alicia Bailey
2017
Medieval Long and Link Stitch Bindings with Bill Hanscom
Delaware Valley Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers Annual Meeting 2017
Collapsible Book Cradles with Tara O’Brien
Bird in Hands Collaborative Project Collation Party
Crisscross Bindings with Denise Carbon
Valentine Mail Art Project
Bookbinders, Beer and Bowling!
2016
Delaware Valley Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers Annual Meeting 2016
The Farm, by Wendell Berry: Interpretive Bindings by Members of the GBW
Movables in a Book Format with Emily Martin
The Amazing Expandable Album Structure with Rosae Reeder
Conservation of 19th Century Cloth Publishers’ Bindings with Todd Pattison
Valentine Mail Art Project
Tunnel Book Workshop with Alice Austin
Marbling Class with Chena River Marblers
Bookbinders, Beer and Bowling!
2015
Upcycled: Bound Journals Transformed,
Historical Bindings in Paper with Bill Hanscom, July 25 & 26, 2015
Secret Letter Folding with Jana D’ambrogio, June 20, 2015
Delaware Valley Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers Annual Meeting
The Atlas Imagined: A Collaborative Project Exhibit Opening April 10, 2015
Making Awls, Bone Tools, and Bone Objects with Jim Croft
Fast, Free, Friendly: Non-Adhesive Accordion with Pop-ups with Alice Austin
Show and Tell, February 22, 2-4 pm
Brass Clasp Workshop with Jeff Altepeter
Bookbinders, Beer & Bowling!
2014
Box Making with Valeria Kremser
The Atlas Imagined: A Collaborative Project Collation Party
Voynich Manuscript Lecture and Small Wonders Exhibition opening, The Library Company of Philadelphia
Making and Sharpening Knives: A Rational Approach with Jeff Peachey
Fast, Free, Friendly: Jacob’s Ladder Structure
Delaware Valley Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers Annual Meeting
<3″ (three inches or less) handcrafted miniature books, Clarence Ward Art Library, Oberlin College
The Case for Leather: A “Fairly” Simple Leather-Spine Binding with Todd Pattison
Bookbinders, Beer & Bowling!
2013
Gold Tooling with Jamie Kamph
Collaborative Book Project: Secondary Colors Exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Paper-covered Journal from a composition notebook with Jennifer Rosner
ABC Collaborative Book Project Exhibition Opening, Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central
Drum Leaf Binding Bee with Alice Austin & Jennifer Rosner
Sunday, May 19, The Library Company of Philadelphia
Wooden Board, Textile Spine Longstitch with Jim Croft
Making Awls, Bone Tools, and Bone Objects with Jim Croft
Delaware Valley Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers Annual Meeting
Fast, Free, Friendly: Printmaking Techniques
Collaborative Book Project Sharing Party
Sunday, January 13, The Library Company of Philadelphia
2012
Member’s Potluck with special guest Alicia Bailey
Monday, December 3, Alice Austin’s House
Collaborative Book Project: Secondary Colors Collation Party
Two Days, Two Boxes: A Workshop with Barbara Mauriello
Saturday, October 20 – Sunday, 21, University of the Arts 333 S. Broad St.
Multifarious Members Mile High Exhibit
Practical Origami Workshop with Bill Hanscom
Making an Artist’s Website: Websites using internet based editing platforms with Chris Thompson
Saturday, May 12, The Library Company of Philadelphia
Italian Ledger viewing at the University of Pennsylvania’s Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Delaware Valley Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers Annual Meeting
Laced and Tacketed Italian Account Books with Eileen Wallace
A Survey of Italian Ledger Bindings Lecture with Eileen Wallace
Friday, March 2, The Library Company of Philadelphia
Eileen Wallace, Visiting Assistant Professor in Printmaking and Book Arts at the University of Georgia, will discuss the results of her research regarding Italian ledger binding structures.
2011
Fast, Friendly, Free : Button-Making
Winterthur Museum, Garden, & Library Tour
How do you Bind 3,000 Books in a Day?
Benjamin Bradley and the Art of Manufacturing Publishers‚ Cloth Bindings Lecture with Todd Pattison
Friday, May 31, The Library Company of Philadelphia
Although he was not the “first publishers’ binder” as he was sometimes credited, Benjamin Bradley was certainly the most successful bookbinding manufacturer in New England.Before his death in 1862 he employed 120 workers and was turning out 3,000 books a day.
An Introduction to Wire-Edge and Gutter-Wire Bindings with Graham Watson
Delaware Valley Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers Annual Meeting
March 10, The Library Company of Philadelphia
2010
Fast, Free, Friendly: Paper Folding with Eriko Takihashi
Scaleboard Binding Workshop Taught by Julia Miller
The Nag Hammadi Codices: Single Quire Bindings
Early Book Structures and the Nag Hammadi Codices Lecture with Julia Miller
Friday, October 29, Library Company of Philadelphia
Fast, Friendly, Free: Faux Gold Labels
The Book as Architecture with Paul Johnson
The Book as Architecture Lecture with Paul Johnson
May 7, Library Company of Philadelphia
Delaware Valley Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers Annual Meeting
March 24, Library Company of Philadelphia
See the Exhibit! Philadelphia on Stone: The First Fifty Years of Commercial Lithography, 1828-1878
Exhibit Curator, Erika Piola will give a gallery talk.
Building By The Book: Book Artists Respond to Architecture & Design
Fast, Friendly, Free: Paste Papers
January 16, Library Company of Philadelphia
2009
The Printed Page: Hand Printing Techniques with Pati Scobie
Fast, Friendly, Free: Sliding Card Folder & Magic Window
Hedi Kyle Festschrift Presentation
Delaware Valley Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers Annual Meeting
12th Century Coptic Binding Workshop
2008
Tips & Tricks for Book & Paper Conservation with Renate Mesmer
Saturday, May 3 & Sunday, May 4, The Library Company of Philadelphia
Delaware Valley Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers Annual Meeting
March 19, The Library Company of Philadelphia
2007
The Nag Hammadi Codices: Single Quire Bindings with Julia Miller
Saturday, September 29 & Sunday, September 30, The Library Company of Philadelphia
DVC Members Exhibit
September 28, 2007 to February 28, 2008The Library Company of Philadelphia
Fast, Friendly, Free: Tyvek covers with Graham Watson
Delaware Valley Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers Annual Meeting
March 21, The Library Company of Philadelphia
2005
The Book as Companion with Hedi Kyle
How to Make Parchment with Jesse Meyer
Saturday, May 20 & Sunday May 21, Richard E Meyer & Sons Tannery, Montgomery, NY
2003
DVC Members Show
March, Rowan University, Glassboro NJ
2001
Word & Image into Simple Format with Claire Owen
Saturday, October 27 & Sunday, October 28, Claire Owen’s Studio
Ephrata Cloisters and The Hans Herr House Tour
Saturday, October 13
Fall Pot Luck
Saturday, Sept 29, Alice’s House
Paper Lithography with James Englebart
May 23, The University of the Arts
Making Carousel Books with Emily Martin
May 9, The University of the Arts
Making Leather Long-stitch books with Patty Hammarstedt
Wednesday, April 25, The University of the Arts
DVC Short Meeting
Wednesday, April 25, The Library Company of Philadelphia
2000
Sharpening and Making Tools by Hand with Jim Croft
Saturday, June 24 & Sunday, June 25
“From the Ground Up, Building the Book”, a Visual and Theatrical Presentation by Jim Croft
Friday, June 23
Gold Tooling on Leather with Glen Ruzicka
Watercolor Marbling an Introductory Workshop with Iris Nevins
Saturday, March 18, The Center for Innovative Print and Paper, Mason Gross School of Art, Rutgers University
1999
Binding Workshop with Nancy Nitzberg
Saturday, September 25, Nancy Nitzberg’s Studio
1997
Structural Investigations with Hedi Kyle
Saturday, November 15, Hedi’s Studio
Book Arts in the Pacific Northwest a lecture Sandra Kroupa, Rare Book Librarian at the University of Washington Seattle
Tuesday, November 11, The University of the Arts
Open Slide Carousel
Thursday, October 9, Nexus Gallery
A Postcard Box with Barbara Mauriello
Saturday, April 26, Claire Owen’s Studio
Teflon Folders with Hedi Kyle & Denise Carbone
Thursday, May 15, Nexus Gallery
Jigs and Tools
Thursday, April 10, Nexus Gallery
Material and Sources
Thursday, March 13, Nexus Gallery
Chapter 1: The First Exhibition of the Delaware Valley Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers
Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Frances Loeb Library
January 15- February 28
1996
A Postcard Box with Barbara Mauriello
Saturday, October 26, Claire Owen’s Studio
Headbands and Other Fixings with Hedi Kyle
Saturday, September 28, Nexus Gallery
Chapter 1:The First Exhibition of the Delaware Valley Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers Opening
Tuesday, September 10, University of Pennsylvania, Rosenwald Gallery, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library
The Delaware Valley Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers 