On the wire: Chandra Greer visits one-of-a-kind Campbell Raw Press

[Chandra Greer] Campbell Raw Press is a design studio run by Maggie Campbell and her husband Matt Raw out of their Brooklyn home. Maggie creates beautiful hand-bound books as well as letterpress cards and invitations. She’s the mother of a darling little girl who inspires her every day. And she inspires us with her meticulous talent, positive energy and ability to juggle a million things while always keeping her family at the top of the list.

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02.06.12

Ted Bertz: Posterized impressions from the Durham Fair

[Ted Bertz] After recently finishing a personal project, a book commemorating posters completed from 1987 to 2008 for an agricultural fair held each year in Durham, Conn. — Fair Play: Twenty-three years of Durham Fair Posters — Ted Bertz, founder of Bertz Design Group, reflects on the evolution of the graphic design industry over the same period.

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02.03.12

Rachel Hazell, The Travelling Bookbinder, crosses the Pond

[Alyson Kuhn] Rachel Hazell is a book artist and have-punch-will-travel teacher of book arts. London-born Hazell, who currently lives in Edinburgh, has grand plans for 2012. She is scheduling a bookbinding workshop in a different part of the world each month. January’s was in Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire; March’s will be on the Summer Isles in Northwest Scotland. And February’s — aptly titled Colour of Love — begins today in the Napa Valley. I’ll be right there — writing about paper engineering, stitching and all things Valentinear.

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02.02.12

Kate’s offers new paper flowers … & free online help to make your own

Always in step with the season, Kate’s Paperie, the NYC-based emporium of all things paperfully wonderful, is rolling out a new line of paper flowers. These exquisite paper creations range in price from $25–200. And for those more craftily ambitious or budget-limited, Kate’s will be hosting classes at its five locations on how to make these flowers yourself.

If you’re not fortunate enough to be within striking distance of Kate’s paper playlands, you can get templates and instructions free from Kate’s website: Try the jonquil or daisy to launch into a spring mood. [TB]

03.30.10
  1. Posted by A Kuhntributor on 03.30.10 at 2:26 pm

    Oh, I say, bouquet beaucoup! These look deluscious. And wouldn’t the daisy be dorable and the jonquil jaunty on an Easter bonnet? Do any of my long-sitting paper pals remember a wonderful Strathmore grade named after a rather opulent & exuberant bloom?

  2. Posted by Pam Williams on 04.1.10 at 4:47 am

    Were you thinking Rhododendron?

  3. Posted by Pam Williams on 04.1.10 at 9:23 am

    Rhododendron!!!! (Do I win anything?)

  4. Posted by Pam on 04.1.10 at 9:26 am

    Rhododendron. Do I win anything?

  5. Posted by A Kuhntributor on 04.1.10 at 4:26 pm

    Of course you do. It’s pink, it’s paper, it’s pretty… and it is already in the mail. No Easter famine for you!

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