Free Father's Day Card!
In this special blog, Sarah Matthews has made a template for a Father's Day for kids to make: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGWvjpZZz4Y...
Search
fredbookarts
- Jun 17, 2020
- 1 min
The BMA and their movie collection!!!
Looking for something fun to watch and has art? Ok, maybe you didn't think of that before now...but the Baltimore Museum of Art has...
3 views0 comments
fredbookarts
- Jun 16, 2020
- 1 min
Chine Colle without a Press
Another gem from The Printmaking Sisters: Robin made a step-by-step tutorial for this hand-painting method of combining printmaking,...
181 views0 comments
fredbookarts
- Jun 15, 2020
- 1 min
Make a gel plate of your own!
Ever seen those gel plates to make prints from? This is a link to gel plates, which are one type on the market, but YOU can make your...
24 views0 comments
fredbookarts
- Jun 13, 2020
- 1 min
Storytime and Women in the Arts!
Some really fun books!!!! The National Museum of Women in the Arts (in DC - totally visit if you get the chance anytime soon), has story...
25 views0 comments
fredbookarts
- Jun 12, 2020
- 1 min
Educate yourselves!!!
In this time of protests and a global discussion about racism, you can always further educate yourself about the topic (and how to become...
4 views0 comments
fredbookarts
- Jun 11, 2020
- 1 min
Tour an Artist Studio
Our friends at the San Francisco Center for the Book have been busy with some online content to keep us busy. One of their activities is...
18 views0 comments
fredbookarts
- Jun 10, 2020
- 1 min
Some more fun Coloring pages (not your usual coloring pages!) And activities.
The Hamilton Wood Type Museum has lots of cool artifacts (many still in operational use). Its fun place to visit and learn about...
11 views0 comments
fredbookarts
- Jun 9, 2020
- 1 min
The Sandman and More Challenges - Online Talk at the Rare Book School
Please join the Rare Book School for a great lecture/talk on Superheroes and Shocking Affairs or Adventures in Cataloguing Popular...
34 views0 comments
fredbookarts
- Jun 8, 2020
- 1 min
Typography and more
Several places are now offering online classes (we will soon..be patient with us). This place (see link below) has some great classes tp...
18 views0 comments
fredbookarts
- Jun 6, 2020
- 1 min
The Turkish Fold
Another great video by Sarah Matthews on a bookbinding technique from which you can make a heap of fun projects!...
28 views0 comments
fredbookarts
- Jun 4, 2020
- 1 min
New Art for Animal Crossing!
Hey! All you fans of Animal Crossing (or peeps who just got TOO hooked during quarantine)...there are museums offering great downloadable...
71 views0 comments
fredbookarts
- Jun 4, 2020
- 1 min
Upcycled Books
Another great instructional video from our Associate Artist, Sarah Matthews! Making books with materials from home...have fun....
64 views0 comments
fredbookarts
- Jun 1, 2020
- 1 min
Books, books, books...from The British Library
The History of the book as seven objects...very cool. https://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2020/04/history-of-the-book-in-seven-objec...
3 views0 comments
fredbookarts
- May 30, 2020
- 1 min
Storytime
The National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington DC, has online story times for kids and adults. Their videos are entertaining and...
2 views0 comments
fredbookarts
- May 29, 2020
- 1 min
The Water Project
Lots of projects to help people are going on in the Arts World, all over the world. Here's an interesting ongoing one lead by The...
17 views0 comments
fredbookarts
- May 28, 2020
- 1 min
Monotypes
I know a lot of people misunderstand what a monotype is, but, simply put, it is a print (from printmaking) that is a one-off production....
25 views0 comments
fredbookarts
- May 27, 2020
- 1 min
Want to see a REALLY old press in action?
The University of Virginia has the Rare Book School. They are concerned with all things book (totally worth checking out their...
47 views0 comments
fredbookarts
- May 26, 2020
- 1 min
The Time Has Come (for coloring books)!
Ok, so some version of quarantine has been going on for a while now. Most people (adults and kids alike) are getting a little stir-crazy...
12 views0 comments
fredbookarts
- May 25, 2020
- 1 min
The world of Papermaking
Although FBAC does not offer FULL papermaking classes, we hope, eventually, to offer some smaller classes in simpler papermaking that...
34 views0 comments
{"items":["5eeabd3589abb80034d35b8c","5ee6d6e3f1b39b00171f47df","5ee6d3bfc806cf00175357e1","5ee6d1584db5740017d8594c","5edeb0082565ac0017370281","5edead71e068000017fc6824","5edeaa8cf146c200171b5554","5edea82e784fa500178584da","5edea3a9089380001760c8e6","5edea0a2f146c200171b3c36","5edae3283931a200177c176c","5ed85227980b7e0017811d7e","5ed84b943d90530017d6a04a","5ecc7cbb8107670017db5b13","5ec9822ba1d5130017022431","5ec97ef49edae10017e3b1b1","5ec97c33c2d7840017c9fd2f","5ec97a2445ffb8001717957b","5ec976ca98e6500017510e27","5ec974bea5424d0017d49ea6"],"styles":{"galleryType":"Columns","groupSize":1,"showArrows":true,"cubeImages":true,"cubeType":"fill","cubeRatio":1.3333333333333333,"isVertical":true,"gallerySize":30,"collageAmount":0,"collageDensity":0,"groupTypes":"1","oneRow":false,"imageMargin":32,"galleryMargin":0,"scatter":0,"rotatingScatter":"","chooseBestGroup":true,"smartCrop":false,"hasThumbnails":false,"enableScroll":true,"isGrid":true,"isSlider":false,"isColumns":false,"isSlideshow":false,"cropOnlyFill":false,"fixedColumns":1,"enableInfiniteScroll":true,"isRTL":false,"minItemSize":50,"rotatingGroupTypes":"","rotatingCropRatios":"","columnWidths":"","gallerySliderImageRatio":1.7777777777777777,"numberOfImagesPerRow":1,"numberOfImagesPerCol":1,"groupsPerStrip":0,"borderRadius":0,"boxShadow":0,"gridStyle":1,"mobilePanorama":false,"placeGroupsLtr":true,"viewMode":"preview","thumbnailSpacings":4,"galleryThumbnailsAlignment":"bottom","isMasonry":false,"isAutoSlideshow":false,"slideshowLoop":false,"autoSlideshowInterval":4,"bottomInfoHeight":0,"titlePlacement":"SHOW_ON_THE_RIGHT","galleryTextAlign":"center","scrollSnap":false,"itemClick":"nothing","fullscreen":true,"videoPlay":"hover","scrollAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","slideAnimation":"SCROLL","scrollDirection":0,"scrollDuration":400,"overlayAnimation":"FADE_IN","arrowsPosition":0,"arrowsSize":23,"watermarkOpacity":40,"watermarkSize":40,"useWatermark":true,"watermarkDock":{"top":"auto","left":"auto","right":0,"bottom":0,"transform":"translate3d(0,0,0)"},"loadMoreAmount":"all","defaultShowInfoExpand":1,"allowLinkExpand":true,"expandInfoPosition":0,"allowFullscreenExpand":true,"fullscreenLoop":false,"galleryAlignExpand":"left","addToCartBorderWidth":1,"addToCartButtonText":"","slideshowInfoSize":200,"playButtonForAutoSlideShow":false,"allowSlideshowCounter":false,"hoveringBehaviour":"NEVER_SHOW","thumbnailSize":120,"magicLayoutSeed":1,"imageHoverAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","imagePlacementAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","calculateTextBoxWidthMode":"PERCENT","textBoxHeight":0,"textBoxWidth":200,"textBoxWidthPercent":50,"textImageSpace":10,"textBoxBorderRadius":0,"textBoxBorderWidth":0,"loadMoreButtonText":"","loadMoreButtonBorderWidth":1,"loadMoreButtonBorderRadius":0,"imageInfoType":"ATTACHED_BACKGROUND","itemBorderWidth":1,"itemBorderRadius":0,"itemEnableShadow":false,"itemShadowBlur":20,"itemShadowDirection":135,"itemShadowSize":10,"imageLoadingMode":"BLUR","expandAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","imageQuality":90,"usmToggle":false,"usm_a":0,"usm_r":0,"usm_t":0,"videoSound":false,"videoSpeed":"1","videoLoop":true,"jsonStyleParams":"","gallerySizeType":"px","gallerySizePx":940,"allowTitle":true,"allowContextMenu":true,"textsHorizontalPadding":-30,"itemBorderColor":{"themeName":"color_12","value":"rgba(204,204,204,0.75)"},"showVideoPlayButton":true,"galleryLayout":2,"targetItemSize":940,"selectedLayout":"2|bottom|1|fill|true|0|true","layoutsVersion":2,"selectedLayoutV2":2,"isSlideshowFont":false,"externalInfoHeight":0,"externalInfoWidth":0.5},"container":{"width":940,"galleryWidth":972,"galleryHeight":0,"scrollBase":0,"height":null}}