Links
This list is not exhaustive but I try to keep on the look-out for what’s happening, particularly in Southern California. Many of these links cross multiple categories.
design & typography
- AIGA
- Design Sponge
- i love typography
- Letterhead Fonts – thanks to Gina Pirtle Simpson for finding this
- soro design book design blog
- Uppercase Journal – One of my favorite blogs!
education
- College Book Arts Association
- Columbia College Chicago, Center for Book and Paper Arts, MFA
- International Printing Museum, Carson
- Irvine Fine Arts Center
- Mills College MFA in Creative Writing & Book Art
- Minnesota Center for Book Arts
- New York Center for Book Arts
- Pyramid Atlantic Art Center
- San Diego Book Arts
- San Francisco Center for the Book
- Scripps College Press
- The Center for Book Arts, New York
- University of Alabama MFA in the Book Arts
- University of Iowa Center for the Book
- University of the Arts MFA Book Arts/Printmaking
letterpress
- Briarpress – Active international letterpress community: Start here first!
- Felt & Wire Letterpress Directory – fabulous directory
- i love letterpress – More links to oodles of other shops
- Vandercook Press
where to take letterpress classes in SoCal
These classes are open to the general public:
- Armory Arts, Pasadena
- Art Center, Pasadena – Letterpress classes at Art Center College of Design
- Bay Park Press
- International Printing Museum, Carson
- Irvine Fine Arts Center
- Lala Press, Los Angeles – Letterpress instruction and press rental
- Otis Laboratory Press, Los Angeles
- Saddleback College, Mission Viejo
Note: Besides the above, letterpress is going strong in Southern California college and university programs such as Otis, Art Center, Saddleback College, Scripps, Cal Poly Pomona, Cal State Fullerton (currently unavailable as of 1/10), University of Redlands, UC Riverside and many others (email me confirmed schools out there).
Finally, check the Workshop/Events list on briapress often for classes.
papermaking
- Carriage House Paper – paper, papermaking supplies
- Cave Paper: Amanda Degener, Bridget O’Malley
- Dieu Donne
- Ellen Mears Kennedy
- Friends of Dard Hunter
- Hand Papermaking
- Helen Hiebert Enlightened Papers
- Hiromi Paper
- Twinrocker Handmade Paper – paper, papermaking supplies
SoCal Artist Book Collections
- Cerritos Public Library
- Clark Memorial Library UCLA
- Long Beach Museum of Art
- Otis Laboratory Press, Los Angeles
- Scripps College Press
- The Getty, Special Collections
- UCI Special Collections
- University of California San Diego Special Collections
stuff i love
- 31 Bits – Handmade jewelry (out of paper) supporting women in Uganda
- Design Sponge
- Elum Designs
- Envelopments – I am an authorized dealer of Envelopments paper which I use for invitations, book arts, etc.
- Felt & Wire
- Paper Source
- Printeresting
- Studio on Fire
- Uppercase Journal
