The Book Arts of Moby Dick
The Sunday Paper #561
June 29, 2025
We made these Mini JoY Banners yesterday in a workshop I held on Zoom to kick of registration for The Paper Year, my online membership community. Who doesn’t need a little JoY reminder these days – simply hang one of these in clear sight. My childhood friend sent me this photo – she and her sister-in-law joined us from London, ON.
Watch the replay and learn how to make your own Mini Joy Banner.
The Paper Year is now open for new members now through July 10th. Click through to read all about it and join us. Reach out if you have any questions – registration is open through July 10th.
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Over the past year Lori Goodman and Teddy Milder collaborated on collective grief-in memoriam, by reflecting on the mass killings of the holocaust; genocide, war and devastation in Gaza; and atrocities occurring throughout history, including the current threats on democracy. They were simultaneously inspired to make work to mark collective grief and created over 100 black sculptures of handmade, pigmented and dyed abaca and kozo paper. To leave the work with a gesture toward healing and hope, they created additional sculptures – pigmented with a saffron hue—as an offering of light. The work was recently exhibited at The Barn Gallery, in Eureka, CA.
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Draw Me Ishmael: The Book Arts of Moby Dick is the first exhibition focused on the book arts of the hundreds of editions of Moby Dick that have been published since 1851: the illustrations, binding designs, typography and even the physical structures. Drawn almost entirely from the Phillips Library collection, this intimate gallery space in the James Duncan Phillips Trust gallery explores decades of creative approaches to interpreting the novel visually in book form. Now on view at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA.
Henry M. Johnson, Acushnet (Whaler) log book 1845-1847. Log 1234. Ink, pencil and watercolor on paper. Phllips Library, gift of Augustus P. Loring, 1957.
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Check out these light-as-a-feather paper lamps by Montreal-based artist and designer Camila Gaza Manly. And how cool is this? Her first collection began with a 100 day challenge.
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This is an interesting article about a defunct papermill that is coming back to life as consumer demand for fast food feeds a business plan to produce lightweight wrapping and packaging material.
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I hosted the first Papermaking Master Class of the year (1 of 2) last week. We had a good time exploring the variety of ways you can work with paper. Special thanks to Lynne, Elena, Kirk and Gesine for traveling to Colorado from North Carolina, Michigan, Arizona and Montana.
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Paper Tidbits
- I’ve had a last minute cancellation for my upcoming Taos Paper Retreat. Please reach out if you’d like to join us, July 20-26 at the Mabel Dodge Luhan House, for a week of paper weaving.
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