The Vespiary Book Binding & Book Conservation

A couple of interesting videos have crossed my laptop screen over the last few days.  The first is an upcoming documentary called “Between the Folds.” Produced by Green Fuse Films, this movie features a number of artists and scientists who are exploring the bleeding edge of the origami frontier.  It will be broadcast in December on PBS’s Independent Lens program, and at a number of other screenings. As someone who trained as both a scientist and an artist, I frequently drool over elegant marriages of the two, and the recent scientific focus on the art of folding inspires me.

The second video I heard about on the Book-Arts list-serv. It was made by Abigail Uhteg who recently finished an internship at the Women’s Studio Workshop. She made a video flipbook of 3000 photos that she took over the course of two months that detail her process of constructing an edition of 35 artist’s books. I love how the books appear to sew themselves, and how you can briefly see the artist joyfully jump after couching some paper.

I’ve also been addicted to Craft in America, but that’s another story…