tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667348909154981284.post7379391880590785966..comments2024-03-20T06:55:57.193-07:00Comments on Born to Blog by Beth Kaplan: in the doghouse, but busybethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09122791819498272634noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667348909154981284.post-59477704591302698062021-04-17T17:22:08.979-07:002021-04-17T17:22:08.979-07:00Yes, the doc was fascinating - but certainly it...Yes, the doc was fascinating - but certainly it's a rarified world, Theresa, involving countless hours of work creating the paper and the art. But glorious. A shot of a man smelling a newly made book with a huge smile - as I said, my people. Our people. bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09122791819498272634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667348909154981284.post-63084957559859124192021-04-17T17:11:19.091-07:002021-04-17T17:11:19.091-07:00I'm looking forward to "The Bookmakers&qu...I'm looking forward to "The Bookmakers", Beth. We belong to the Alcuin Society and I remember, maybe 8 years ago, there was an evening in honour of Peter Koch, one of the directors of the Codex Book Fair. He showed his film on the making of a special edition of Joseph Brodsky's Watermark, a beautiful extended essay about Venice. Friends of ours were involved with the edition (one of them set the colophon) and we had dinner with Peter and his wife Susan Filter who is a paper conservator. It was an amazing few days. Book design and creation at that level is so inspiring though of course the results are too expensive for most of us. But I'm glad people are involved and keeping the crafts alive - papermaking, binding, printing, type design, etc.theresahttp://www.theresakishkan.comnoreply@blogger.com