Thanks to Peter Verheyen for posting the following on The Book Arts Web & Book_Arts-L Listserv:

“Listen to a wonderful conversation between Abigail Uhteg and Susan Mills talk Abigail’s path into conservation and binding on Bookbinding Now This is especially interesting for those interested in entering the conservation while and ties in well with discussions on AIC’s Conservators Converse blog at and elsewhere. She also talks about her work in the book arts and the role of bookbinding and structure. Lots of very good insights for all.

Abigail Uhteg is a second year student at West Dean College in England. Her 2009 video The Complex of All of These, documenting the making of her artist’s book of the same name (right here at Women’s Studio Workshop!) , currently has 90,000 views on YouTube.”

Both Abby and Susan will be teaching workshops next summer as part of WSW’s Summer Art Institute. Look for the 2012 Summer Art Institute course catalogue to be posted online this winter, or, even better, sign up for our monthly newsletter so that you are among the first to know when the 2012 workshops are posted!

Word of mouth can take you a long long way!

Yesterday afternoon book & glass artist Theresa Easton made the trek to WSW all the way from Newcastle-upon-Tyne in the UK via NYC. She had heard about the workshop after meeting WSW artist-in-residence alumnae Emily Speed at an artists book fair, and reading about us in the Centre for Fine Print Research and Sarah Bodman’s Book Arts Newsletter.

It was a busy day at the workshop, on the ground floor Lizzie Ridout was working away in intaglio while studio intern Steph Bell printed gala invites on the Vandercook and Emily Putoff & Elena Sniezek worked in paper. Upstairs Amelia Bird prepped for her book project in silkscreen and downstairs Marsha Klein was working in the ceramics studio. Theresa soaked up as much as she could in the few hours she was here, sharing her work and experiences while she was at it. She is active in the Book Arts scene in the UK, including organizing a series of book related events that took place in Newcastle & Gateshead during the summer of 2010 which are documented in her hand bound The Art of the Book. Theresa’s brief visit is documented in a succinct blog entry accompanied by lovely photos.

Come visit again Theresa, and next time stay a little longer!

Artist-in-Residence Lizzie Ridout at work in WSW's intaglio studio.

Lizzie Ridout is currently in residence at Women’s Studio Workshop completing her artists book “Ways to Talk and Yet Say Nothing, or, Ways to Not Talk and Yet Say Everything”. You can see more of her work in progress on the WSW Flickr page and read about her stay on the Binne on her blog http://sketchbook.lizzieridout.com/.

Lizzie comes to WSW all the way from Cornwall, UK, where she is a lecturer and joint first year coordinator on BA(Hons) Graphic Communication with Typography at the University of Plymouth.

You can see Lizzie’s online portfolio at http://www.lizzieridout.com.

Panel Discussion: Artists of the Women’s Studio Workshop from The Grolier Club on Vimeo.

Book Artists Clarissa Sligh, Susan Mills & Emily Speed discuss artists books in this panel discussion held at the Grolier Club in New York City. The exhibition of handmade artists books from Women’s Studio Workshop “Hand, Voice & Vision” is currently on view at Smith College in Northampton, MA.