Author Archive
DOC/UNDOC
For DOC/UNDOC, Booklab II is teaming up with Moving Parts Press to create the book portion of a grandiose collaboration of artists who have a created a work that stimulates all of the senses. This book is our current project which, upon completion, will be an edition of sixty-five signed and numbered accordion-fold books containing […]
Loom
Booklab II is happy to have collaborated with Nawakum Press again to produce Loom, a collection of wood engravings by Richard Wagener along side poems by Alan Loney. Loom comes in two variants; standard and deluxe. The book is hand sewn on linen tapes laced into a limp paper case of PC4 Blue handmade by […]
Outside
We are happy to collaborate with Nawakum Press to produce Outside, a book of short stories by Barry Lopez alongside engravings by Barry Moser. There are 15 copies of the deluxe variation for Outside which are bound in a millimeter style binding, with spine and fore edges of black Levant goatskin. The case is covered […]
SoLost looks at Booklab II
I have been honored to be featured in the Oxford American: SoLost video series. This piece was filmed by my good friend, photographer and videographer Dave Anderson. After you see this video, spend some time exploring the other SoLost videos.
BookLab II binds Russell Marets Specimens
We are proud to have been selected as the binder for Russell Maret’s publication, Specimens of Diverse Characters. Both the standard and the deluxe varients are bound in a modified Bradel binding. The standard has a silver stamped scarlet leather spine with paper covered boards printed Russell’s foundry Lisbon Ornaments. The deluxe binding has a […]
Making Such Sensations – The Music Video
BookLab II, the Cookbook is a music video featuring the production of Such Sensations from the Logan Elm Press. Dig it. The video was done by my good friend Bob Currie of vcYES Productions.
Codex III – Bookfair & Symposium
Don’t miss the third biennial CODEX International Book Fair and Symposium on the campus of University of California, Berkeley. A gathering of the world’s finest private presses, book artisans, artists, curators, collectors, and scholars. International in scope and possibly the largest gathering of its kind in the world.
Catalog available
A catalog from the show Craig W. Jensen: Master of Fine Edition Binding is available for $25.00 plus $4.00 for handling and postage (Continental US). The catalog has an introduction by Priscilla Spitler and a Preface by Craig Jensen and was designed by Brad Hutchinson and features a letterpress printed dust jacket also by Brad […]
Opening Reception
The Museum of Printing History is pleased to present a retrospective of one of America’s most well-respected bookbinders, Texas-based Craig W. Jensen.
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Here’s an excerpt
