Renate Mesmer, Assistant Head of Conservation at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, DC talks with Steve Miller at the OxBow PBI about her bookbinding apprenticeship starting at age 16, and a life in bookbinding. Song by Torchomatic.
In this interview with Steamboat Springs, Colorado book artist Laura Wait, Steve Miller explores her views on the craft of making artist books in very limited editions, and teaching. Karmyn Tyler’s beautiful song “Drifting” ends this piece.
Jim Croft, Idaho book artist, tool maker, and educator is on his “Old Way” tour. Steve Miller interviewed him December 6, 2006 at the MFA in the Book Arts Program, The University of Alabama. Included is the Tom Waits song, “Hold On.”
Andrew Hoyem, proprietor of Arion Press and M and H Type in San Francisco, presented “Bible, Blake, Baseball, and Beckett” at the King Library Press 50th Anniversary Celebration November 18, 2006.
A recording of San Francisco printer Peter Koch speaking at The Book Club of California on the occasion of his exhibition “KALOS: in search of Herakleitos and Parmenides” June 2006. Linocut by Tony Green from A Ore Perse.
