Since the Pandemic we have been meeting on Zoom. We meet the THIRD Saturday of the month, usually from 10 - 12.
Sonoma County Book Arts Guild
We are a group devoted to making books and book related artforms. We meet the second Saturday of every month. Call Dena at 829-1732 for more information.
Thursday, January 27, 2022
Sunday, October 8, 2017
Sunday, May 3, 2015
Stupendous workshop on Content
Carolyn and Renee did a great job leading us in several fruitful exercises on content. Here is a response from Fran Goodson to one of the exercises in the workshop.
I thought I’d share with you my own experience of Renee’s
invitation to write quickly, for ten minutes, about the image I saw before me and
which you can see here. A postcard among
Renee’s
Stack. I was
amazed how easily I found words to describe what I was seeing and feeling in
the image,
all the while thinking, what the…?! Sit with an image unknown to me and write
about my experience of that image? Huh? Say WHAAAAT?
But I can say that this little 10min. exercise in
engagement stunned and satisfied, was
profoundly moving and I can now see the exquisite value in the process. It clarified one path to determining content
which has eluded me from the beginnings of my journey into bookarts. Here goes!
A lonely, well-dressed woman, waiting. Waiting for someone who doesn’t show up. It
is nighttime.
She’s been waiting a LONG time, with an ever-present
hope.
She was happy once, full of irrepressible zest and gifted
in many ways. Watching her sitting in sadness,
and loss, dressed to the nines because that’s who she
was, fills me with sorrow. Sorrow for what might have been, certainly what could have been, and with another
outcome altogether. My mouth goes dry
and my heart races. I become her pain.
She is definitely alone, without friends, although she has
four sisters and what I presume to be a loving mother. She has a rascally
father who has spent her mother’s fortune on race horses. She made the best of her life, bearing two
children but, alas, they too were estranged.
She was my mother.
I had a similarly
surprising response to the words offered by Carolyn:
(essential, spring,
void, y, top, ness, beneath, some, them, like, easy, to, lie).
This was how my words were digested by my heart and
dashed off in the moments allowed...
Lies.
Beneath them…
essentially-voids any ease
to spring to the top.
Some likeness here
to my life…
Perhaps your experience was as inspiring as mine was for
me. Perhaps not. Now I finally have the tools to determine how
I can create books for me that authentically reflect me and meet my criterion for quality.
Really, I’m all the audience I desire. I am the most important viewer. Shows?
Naah. I need to serve my soul
first.
I am truly looking forward to crafting books with this
new-found discernment, thanks to Renee and Carolyn’s rich presentation. Thank
you both for an insightfully-prepared subject, meticulously and articulately
delivered.
Hoping the shifting of gears was fun for you, too,
Francine goodson
Monday, April 6, 2015
April Case Bound Book with Jimalee Plank
We had a full house for Jimalee's workshop and everyone was very pleased with the books they made. In addition to making a book from scratch, Jimalee taught us all how to tie a weaver's knot!
Saturday, February 21, 2015
February 7 Workshop - TP Tubes Journal
Corinne and Joella led this charming workshop on making a journal out of flattened toilet paper tubes.
Monday, November 17, 2014
Thursday, September 11, 2014
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