The Japanese stab binding has been used for centuries as a simple and elegant structure for bookmaking, but little is known today about how the covers for these familiar bindings were made. Likely created from layers of poor-quality recycled paper covered with an outermost layer of thin, high-quality dyed paper that was either burnished or embossed for decoration, these soft and flexible bindings have withstood the test of time. However, due in part to its designation as a lowly craft, little of the process used to create these covers survives in the historic record. BookArtsLA is pleased to host Anne...

Is your studio overflowing with supplies purchased in a moment of optimism and energy? Now is the time to clean those extra tools and materials out of your space and get some room to work. $15 buys a space for you to sell all your extra art supplies at a giant yard sale just for artists and their friends. You can register for a table through our website. Need some additional motivation? Here's a view of Francis Bacon's studio Following Francis Bacon’s death in 1992 his infamous studio was as the artist left it until 1998 when it was donated...

Thank you to everyone who attended Poetry + Press, along with the poets who shared their work with us. The afternoon was, as promised, a celebration of poetry and printing. UCLA Professor Johanna Drucker presented a short introduction on visual poetry and typographic invention. Next up was a series of readings from the new anthology Angle of Reflection, featuring the work of 10 prize-winning, widely published Los Angeles poets, some of whom have been workshopping together for 20 years. Including - Marjorie Becker, Jeanette Clough, Paul Lieber, Sarah Maclay, Holaday Mason, Jim Natal, Jan Wesley, Brenda Yates, and Mariano Zaro...