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CBBAG – BC Islands Chapter

CBBAG – BC Islands Chapter

Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild

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A Beautiful Bound Book: October 2019

Posted on September 15, 2019 by bookadmin — Leave a reply

A Beautiful Bound Book With Joan Byers October 5 & 6, 2019 A two-day workshop creating a unique and personal handbound book. You will make your own book cloth and Continue Reading →

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Equipment for sale

Posted on August 27, 2019 by bookadmin — Leave a reply

This is from Adele Shaak: “I am selling a large number of bookbinding finishing tools and a book press, here in West Vancouver. There are a lot of tools; I Continue Reading →

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Super Sewing!

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Super Sewing! With Joan Byers June 15, 2019 (Saturday) Learn some different ways of attaching individual signatures to a cover to create a decorative pattern. In this workshop we will Continue Reading →

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Event: Chapter meeting, 10 November 2019

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CBBAG BC Islands Chapter Meeting November 10, 2019 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm (Please note this meeting date is a change from the original date of November 3rd.) We hold Continue Reading →

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Bookbinding I: April 2019

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CBBAG Bookbinding I With Joan Byers April 5, 6, 7 and 12, 13, 14, 2019 This is a six full-day course from the Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild (CBBAG) Continue Reading →

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Event: Chapter meeting, 28 April 2019

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CBBAG BC Islands Chapter Meeting April 28, 2019 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm We hold several meetings a year at the University of Victoria and organize at least one field trip. Continue Reading →

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MISSA 2019 items of interest

Posted on January 23, 2019 by bookadmin — Leave a reply

The Metchosin International Summer School of the Arts (MISSA) have scheduled two items that may be of interest to lovers of the book arts. “The Book As Art”, led by Continue Reading →

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Martina Edmondson: “Nature Bound”

Posted on November 29, 2018 by bookadmin — Leave a reply

Chapter member Martina Edmondson is on exhibition presently at the Gage Gallery Arts Collective with her book-arts show entitled “Nature Bound”. This show is on from November 20 to December Continue Reading →

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Event: Chapter meeting, 17 February 2019

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CBBAG BC Islands Chapter Meeting February 17, 2019 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm We hold several meetings a year at the University of Victoria and organize at least one field trip. Continue Reading →

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Make an Impression!

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Make an Impression! A mini workshop with Joan Byers and Lorraine Douglas October 28, 2018 (Sunday) Embossing is a way of making an impression in relief on paper so that Continue Reading →

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Upcoming Events

  • Dropped Spine Binding Workshop (March 2020)

    Dropped Spine Binding Workshop With Joan Byers March 21 & 22, 2020 In this two day workshop we focus on binding a blank book with a dropped spine, allowing the book to open flat once bound. This will be a small hardcover book with a cloth spine (If you were in the previous “making book …

  • Event: Chapter meeting, 24 May 2020

    CBBAG BC Islands Chapter Meeting May 24 2020 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm We hold several meetings a year at the University of Victoria and organize at least one field trip. Join us Sunday, May 24, 2020 in the UVic Library (Room 210) at 1:30 pm for reports on upcoming activities and show-and-tell. McPherson Library UVIC Campus …

  • Workshop: Cloth Rebacking

    Workshop: Clock Rebacking With Lorraine Butler April 25 & 26, 2020 (Saturday & Sunday) Learn to restore a cloth-bound, hardcover book, retaining the original cover and spine and rebuilding it structurally. Students can bring their own books to work, subject to suitability. No larger than 8” high, ideally about 5-6”. The text block needs to …

Of Interest

  • AotB 2018 and COVID-19 crisis

    Unfortunately the current Art of the Book 2018 exhibition in Toronto (at Craft Ontario) is now closed as part of the moral general physical-distancing measures in Ontario due to the COVID-19 crisis. And, sadly, it appears that no future date appears possible for the show to appear again at Craft Ontario in Toronto. With respect …

  • CVAC newsletter for February 20, 2020

    The Cowichan Valley Arts Council (cowichanvalleyartscouncil.ca) has published their latest newsletter dated February 20, 2020. Events include: Call for participation for the 50th Anniversary Cowichan Valley Fine Arts Show (May 4 to 22) “All You Need is Love” showing from February 20 to 26, 2020 (Portals Gallery in Duncan). Botanical Drawing with Coloured Pencis, a two-day …

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