Book Arts

VENDOR SPOTLIGHT for BookFest!

Along with work from the 75+ artists in our Book Arts shop, we’ll have a number of local artists at BookFest this Saturday selling their beautiful, weird + wonderful (and thirst-quenching!) wares!

KiyomiCutsKo will be selling handmade paper crafts: from traditional flat lay paper-cut pieces, to three dimensional paper flower cloches, origami and kirigami pieces. As well as paper-cut “prints” of her original paper-cut designs. (slides 1-4)

Bianca L. McGraw will be keeping us caffeinated with her ever-popular iced coffee bar creations! (slide 5)

Our super awesome neighbors Evening House Books will be selling a selection of their weird & wonderful collection. (slide 6)

And, it wouldn’t be BookFest without artist Nathan Deganis-Librera selling his gorgeous, bright prints! (slide 7-9)

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About BookFest: The 15th annual BookFest (Saturday, June 6th from 11am-4pm) is a playful, hands-on celebration of book arts, printmaking, and creative curiosity — BookFest invites everyone to INK IT UP and experience the joy of ink, paper, metal and wood (type).

Many thanks to our presenting sponsor for this year’s BookFest: Daemen University! And to our supporting sponsors: American Paving & Excavating, Buffalo Place, Print & Graphic Communications Association, University at Buffalo, and Douglas Development

Many thanks to the creatively curious crew with WNY Prosperity Fellowship for visiting us today!

Book Arts Executive Director, Michael Bosworth, gave them a tour of the space and its history. Then they got a hands-on printing demo using historic copper plates from featuring a map of The Hydraulics district (now Larkinville) & got to take home custom prints made on Mandy the Mangler, one of our antique presses.

Get in touch if you’d like to schedule an interactive tour with us sometime!

Join us at our 15th annual Bookfest on June 6th to experience the annual event’s most beloved spectacle: STEAMROLLER PRINTMAKING — where a construction steamroller becomes a printing press, and artist-designed blocks get inked up for large-scale printing on the street!

Bring your own hoodie or shirt and get it steamroll-printed!

ps This is also an appreciation post for our Board President Jeff Sherven who you’ll see riding the steamroller in these pics over the years!

INK IT UP!!! INK IT UP!!!