tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17758357034923790122024-02-01T22:52:07.119-05:00Trottier Calligraphy Studio & Ducks In A Row Press BlogNancy Trottierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10857097158387505716noreply@blogger.comBlogger85125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1775835703492379012.post-12316147069376085592019-07-12T15:21:00.000-04:002019-07-12T15:58:08.484-04:00Setting Up Cottage Studio!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We have been busy the past few weeks moving stuff over to our cottage in preparation for our Summer Holidays. I do not remember much of last year's Summer holidays, although I have seen the photos! This year my loving husband has been helping me to outfit my studio tables with heavy duty casters and shelving for materials storage.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Light Table is now proper height with great room to store supplies!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Work table is now moveable with all my paper making supplies stored beneath.</td></tr>
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I have both my paper presses ready to go. We will be connecting the sink to the grey water system and running PEX plumbing to hook up the sink to our water system when we are there for summer holidays. François already has the electrical system set up so that I can connect my little washer for making paper pulp inside the studio!<br />
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Here is a photo montage of how things are looking now!<br />
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Not everything is well sorted and put away, but I have my stone cutting desk set up and slate pieces are moved to the studio, ready to have designs applied and cut! It feels so wonderful to have the energy to think about making art again. I have lost almost a full two years to my illness and recovery. I am very thankful to be able to set up my Cottage Studio in advance of our arrival for Summer Holidays this year. It means that I will not have to spend my first few days there setting up!<br />
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We still have one more trip to make over to take my typewriters that I need for making artists' books this summer as well as some paper and bookmaking tools, and books. Shifting creative space from the Ducks In A Row Press Studios here in Deep River to the Cottage Studio is always a bit of a chore, but especially more of one this year after my illness. After the Breast Cancer surgery, chemo and radiation, and the Auto Immune Encephalitis (See movie, Brain on Fire to get an idea of what I have been through!) has affected my memory and the speed at which I can accomplish things.<br />
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Thankfully, we had help from our good friend Joshua Mayo who came and carried tubs of stuff up from the Ducks studio in our basement to the garage. My loving husband helped to load it all in the trailer and truck. We have one more trip this week and then all should be done! Normally I do all this loading and taking over to the cottage on my own, but I am not strong enough to make the trip over and back alone, or to unload everything myself this year.<br />
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I wanted to mention <b><a href="https://helenhiebertstudio.com/" target="_blank">Helen Hiebert's website</a></b> for you to visit. She is an amazing papermaker as well as a producer of exceptional video tutorials for the aspiring papermaker. She also offers online workshops and has wonderful books and original art for sale on her website. I was very impressed recently with her tutorial on making very thin sheets of paper and couching them onto 100% cotton fabric pieces for drying. The cotton provides an easy release of the thin paper which is not possible from pellon. Helen also has a marvellous blog, <b><a href="https://helenhiebertstudio.com/the-sunday-paper/" target="_blank">THE SUNDAY PAPER</a></b> which is full of interesting news and links. Check it out!<br />
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The Museum of Printing is having the second <b>QWERTY FESTIVAL</b> on July 20!!! I was so happy to have helped a bit to get this going two years ago before my illness. Check out their website, <a href="https://museumofprinting.org/">https://museumofprinting.org/</a>, for more information. And remember, The Museum of Printing in Haverhill, MA is totally dependent on volunteers for operation, programs, and all of the events that they offer to the public. Check out their website Membership page and consider becoming a member this year to help support this extraordinary group of people who keep the history of printing alive!!!<br />
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<i>It feels so wonderful to be active in my creative process again, getting ready for time in the Cottage Studio. I am not completely recovered, but I can feel that I am well on the way. I am excited about cutting slate, making calligraphy broadsides, and making prints and artists' books again!! I am so very thankful for all my book arts and calligraphy friends who have kept in touch with me through social media and video chats over this past year. My immune system is still compromised, so being in crowds of people (like church) is not recommended. I am still not able to drive to Ottawa for meetings, but hope to be healed enough by the fall to do so.</i></div>
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<i>As I reflect during my morning prayers, I am so thankful to be alive and be healing. It has been a very long ordeal, to be sure, but I can now see the light at the end of the tunnel, and it is very bright and inviting! I feel blessed by God to have the creative verve returning to my life in such a positive and inviting way. I know in my heart that all will be well, and all will be well with the grace of God in her infinite wisdom, all will be well.</i></div>
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Nancy Trottierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10857097158387505716noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1775835703492379012.post-1274582598223100082019-03-03T13:42:00.000-05:002019-03-03T13:42:56.384-05:00Finished Projects!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I have been recovering well over the past few months from nearly dying from autoimmune encephalitis after successful breast cancer lumpectomy surgery in March of 2018 and later chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Starting in January I began working on three major projects that have all just been sent out of the studio.<br />
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The first projects was a "mind map" as a collaborative group project for the CBBAG group I belong to in Ottawa. Each of the 15 participants designed a map, reproduced a copy for each participant, and will be binding a complete set of the maps into a book. My contribution was a "Map to My Creative Soul."<br />
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The cover of my map was originally created on my Vandercook 01 proof press using foundry type and my collage printing technique. The type form remains in the same format on the press, and the paper is pulled one time with full ink and two additional times with ghost prints with three primary colours-yellow, red and blue. The paper is turned during this process to create the collage effect of the letter imprints.<br />
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The map I created had a number of photos of activities I have pursued in my creative life along with images of footprints leading into the images, away from them, and into other footprints.<br />
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I included a "pop-up" image of myself on press in my studio and a calligraphy quote about understanding life backwards but having to live it forwards! This was the first major project I had attempted since my illness and it was great fun. Each of the 15 participants will bind the copies they have been given into a unique volume. When mine is completed I will post photos here.<br />
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The second project was another collaborative project, this time for The Ottawa Press Gang. We had decided to create a Concrete Poetry Anthology book project. Each participant would design a letterpress signature composed of concrete poetry and print 60 copies of their signatures. The signatures will then be collated and bound into volumes.<br />
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My signature consisted of a title page, colophon page, 4 individual poems and one collage print with three colours of an Emily Dickinson poem.<br />
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The final project was a collaborative book project, a signature for the Grimsby Wayzgoose Anthology. Each participant prepared 115 copies of their own creative signature for inclusion in this edition. My signature explains how I create letterpress collage prints using a single type form and printing multiple images of the form with three primary colours of ink, yellow, blue and red, and also turning the page after each print is taken to make a ghost print of the images on top of one another.<br />
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For the collage printed images I included photos of the type form that was used in the proof press and the method I used to print the collage images letterpress. At the back of the signature I included an envelope with original collage printed samples.<br />
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The past two months have been incredible rewarding for me as I worked on these projects. I had to relearn some typesetting and printing skills to be sure, but I also had to learn some patience as I have not been able to work as rapidly as before I became ill. Through this entire process I have had great support and guidance from wonderful friends via the internet and the telephone. Since my immune system has been so compromised I have been remaining mostly at home. My lifeline has been video chats on the computer and wonderful, long phone chats with friends and family near and far. I am so looking forward to being at the <b><a href="https://www.grimsby.ca/en/parks-recreation-culture/wayzgoose.aspx" target="_blank">Grimsby Wayzgoose</a><a href="https://www.grimsby.ca/en/parks-recreation-culture/wayzgoose.aspx" target="_blank"> </a></b>this year!</div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">As I look back over the past year and realize how very thankful I am to be alive, I think about the grace of time in my life and how thankful I am to be able to enjoy time in my studio. I am thankful for the love and care of my creative friends who check in with me from afar and work so hard to cheer me up when I am lonely and feeling cooped up with all the heavy snow we have had. I think also about the grace of the time I have for prayer and contemplation in my studio as I prepare more creative work of my soul to share with the world. I know that I have many more months until I will completely well. But I know in my heart, that I am going to get healthy, and that all will be well, and all will be well and with the grace and love of God in her infinite wisdom, all will be well.</span></i></div>
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Nancy Trottierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10857097158387505716noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1775835703492379012.post-55599570515699293812018-11-03T15:27:00.000-04:002018-11-03T16:06:24.602-04:00Getting back to work!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am not quite done with my studio clean-out and re-set, but it is going well. I am finding materials, supplies, and tools I totally forgot I had! I have distributed all my type sorts back into cases, sorted my printmaking tools and die cutting presses. Using the big presses (Challenge Gordon 8x12 and Vandrecook 01 Proof Press) will have to wait until I have company in the studio as the doctors do not want me running them without someone here with me. However, I am working on some designs for linocuts that I can print with my X-cut XPress and my small Etching press. I am really enjoying going through all my studio things, remembering projects I had started before the breast cancer diagnosis earlier this year. My creative verve is soaring each and every day!<br />
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One of the unique artist's book projects I began two years ago was "The Language of Prayer" book. I created the covers using pieces of roof slate from St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Cambridge, MA. My husband served as their Rector for 6 years.<br />
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The pages of the book are made from my handmade paper, handmade marbled paper and leather pieces. The text will be created with calligraphy and vintage typewriters. I will include prayers in English, French, Latin, Hebrew, Spanish, Greek, and Arabic. I am selecting prayers that would traditionally be offered by women either in public worship or in private daily devotions.<br />
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I did not have a typewriter that could do Arabic or Greek characters, so I put out a request through facebook last year to a group I belong to asking to purchase these machines. Most of the typers with Arabic or Greek characters are really expensive and hard to come by on the auction sites. A friend in Australia <span style="text-align: center;">who collects Arabic typewriters</span><br />
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His name was Scott. It just so happened that my stepson Adam was finishing up his "big explore" trip to Australia, so Scott shipped this little beauty to him and Adam carried it home to me in Canada last year!<br />
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I have yet to do a thorough cleaning of the machine, but it works well. I have friends here in Deep River who speak Arabic and who have graciously offered to help me with the text when the time comes. I am still on the hunt for a Greek typewriter, and I already have a Hebrew typewriter.<br />
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"The Language of Prayer" unique artist's book will be my first creative project after my journey through breast cancer and autoimmune encephalitis this year. During the past eight months dealing with the diagnosis, the treatments and the uncertainty of recovery, I have been supported by my own daily prayers and the loving support of the prayers of our family, friends, parishes we have served in and our current parish. We have received confirmation from my last MRI of my skull that there is no brain cancer-but I still have swelling from the autoimmune encephalitis, although it is reduced significantly from the original MRI when I was in hospital in Ottawa in September. I am walking and exercising daily and it feels wonderful to be alive! Working on this new project will be an affirmation for me of my firm belief in the tangible power of prayer in my own life and the lives of those I love.<br />
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<i style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">T</span><span style="font-size: medium;">his past year I have been spending time again with Dorothy Bass' wonderful book, <b><a href="https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=22449209870&searchurl=tn%3DReceiving%2Bthe%2BDay%26sortby%3D17%26an%3DBass&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-title1">Receiving the Day: Christian Practices for Opening the Gift of Time</a></b>. Since my illness this year and all that has transpired, each moment of every day has become more precious to me. I feel the presence of my loved ones who have died with me in the studio every day. <b>I feel compelled to create and to share my creative verve with others as an expression of my deep faith in God and all that she brings to the world in every hour of every day. </b></span></i><br />
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Dea is a gifted teacher with a brilliant creative sense. Check out her website to learn more about her!</h2>
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Don't miss this opportunity to take a class from one of the best!</h2>
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Nancy Trottierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10857097158387505716noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1775835703492379012.post-48117789287814145082018-10-06T11:43:00.000-04:002018-10-06T11:49:30.374-04:00Health update<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Nancy while in hospital</i></td></tr>
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Hello everyone. I have been away from my blog since March. I was diagnosed with early stage breast cancer. I had a successful lumpectomy March 6 in Pembroke. No cancer was found in the 3 lymph nodes removed nor in the margin material removed around the tumour. When I was healed from surgery I underwent a series of chemotherapy treatments, also in Pembroke. I spent all of my Spring either receiving chemo, sleeping, or watching Netflix.<br />
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Our summer holidays at the cottage are a blur-do not remember much. My daughter Emily and her husband Eric came up from Iowa, with my brother-in-law Mike and Emily's good friend Rachel. We had the 25th Anniversary party to celebrate the building of the cottage. I do not remember any of it.<br />
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While we were at the cottage I began experiencing memory lapses and extended periods of confusion. We just thought it was "chemo fog" We went home early and then transferred me to Ottawa to stay with friends while I underwent daily radiation treatments. I came home on the weekends. Towards the end of these treatments I experienced significant confusion and other issues, and ended up in the hospital. I do not remember much of the next little while. François was in Deep River and dear friends stayed with me at the hospital until he arrived.<br />
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At first the doctors believed I had brain cancer, but the MRI and CT scans did not present images consistent with that diagnosis, so they were stumped. I experienced two TMI strokes and two seizures. At this point, out brilliant neurologist proposed that I had<b><a href="https://www.encephalitis.info/Pages/Category/autoimmune-encephalitis?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI8Pqdtozy3QIVSR-GCh2k6Qd9EAAYASAAEgLe6PD_BwE"> Autoimmune </a></b><br />
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Well it worked! I am home recovering. Still weak but I am improving daily. My hair is growing back, red! François says I look like Tin-Tin! I am on 40mg of prednisone daily through the end of next week, then I step down to 30 mg. I still can not attend church as my immune system is compromized. I am waiting to hear the results of my blood-work from this week which will tell us whether or not I can return to church. Autoimmune disease is part of my family history-my sister had Myasthenia Gravis and my mother had Lupus.</div>
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When we were preparing to leave hospital, the doctors were talking about what I would be doing at home, care for me, etc. When they heard about my letterpress equipment in the studio, they turned quickly to François and said, "We do not think it advisable for Nancy to operate this equipment in the near future." </div>
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I have recovered almost all of my memory now, I can translate Latin and can also program the various websites I am responsible for as part of my routine. I am walking around he block and cooking meals. I am working in the studio daily-tidying and organizing. I walk by my presses daily and look longingly at them, but I know better than to attempt anything at this point!</div>
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This has been an incredible experience, and I will write more next week. When I started on the prednisone I lost my memory, thought the nurses had kidnapped me, and that I lived in Mt. Carroll, Il. I wanted to put up this post as I have received many emails from people wondering where I was.</div>
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Thank you for your concern, your prayers and support. I feel healed from the breast cancer and am on my way to a full recovery. I am very thankful for all the support from our parish here in Deep River, and also former parishes in Fitzroy Harbour and Cambridge. The power of prayer is an amazing thing, to be sure. </div>
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<i style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This past year I have been spending time again with Dorothy Bass' wonderful book, <b><a href="https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=22449209870&searchurl=tn%3DReceiving%2Bthe%2BDay%26sortby%3D17%26an%3DBass&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-title1">Receiving the Day: Christian Practices for Opening the Gift of Time</a></b>. Since my illness this year and all that has transpired, each moment of every day has become more precious to me. I feel the presence of my loved ones who have died with me in the studio every day. I feel compelled to create and to share my creative verve with others as an expression of my deep faith in God and all that she brings to the world in every hour of every day. </span></i><br />
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<i style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">With each breath I make and each step I take, I know in my soul that all will be well, and all will be well, with the peace and grace of our mother God, all will be well.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">James Spyker came from Toronto to lead a two-day "Making Miniature Leather Books" workshop for the <b><a href="https://cbbagottawa.ca/">CBBAG-Ottawa Valley Chapter</a></b>. I was so thankful to take part in this workshop. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">James gave clear instructions and provided a wonderful handout for all of us, all the materials we could want! Each of us also had careful one-on-one instruction when needed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">This course was open to students who had not yet worked with leather. Basics of leather work was covered. Beginning information about paring leather was discussed with demonstrations of using a skiving machine and also a leather paring knife was presented. More detailed information about paring is covered in Bookbinding III, which is part of the <b>CBBAG core course curriculum</b>. These courses are offered through in person sessions in the Ottawa area and also through the <b><a href="https://www.cbbag.ca/home-study">CBBAG Home Study Program.</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Each student worked on two miniatures-the first having an unadorned cover and containing blank pages. The structure allows the pages to be removed and replaced as each signature is sewn individually into a portion of the spine of the book. The second contained pre-printed text blocks that were supplied. I chose to complete a second blank book to practice the book form and brought my text block pages home to complete in my studio.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Our first model book was made with card-stock and 100% cotton paper that is normally sold for printing resumés or business correspondence. We learned how to measure the spine for punching holes in a pattern into the spine that does not cause perforation. The second book, made with leather, allowed for decoration on the leather cover. We learned how to use punches for making shapes and how to apply them to the cover. I did not finish mine in this way as I made two blank books to learn the form. The first blank book is not shown in this photo.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">It was so wonderful to be part of a workshop again with creative and inspiring people! Our group was diverse, not all CBBAG members, and each person brought their own creative verve to the entire process. I love this mini-book form with the hidden sewing that allows for removal and replacement of a signature should the artisan desire! James said the form works well in books up to 5" x 7", so I think I will be using it for one of my ABECEDARIUM editions this coming year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The CBBAG-OV Chapter's next workshop is February 10 is <b><a href="https://cbbagottawa.ca/2018/01/15/sewing-text-blocks/">"Sewing Text Blocks"</a></b> with Spike Minogue as the instructor. You need not be a CBBAG member to take the course. I am really looking forward to learning proper sewing methods from a master bookbinder! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Off to Boston and Cambridge next week to help my dear friend John Kristensen of Firefly Press with some of the work he needs done before he moves Firefly to its new location in Maine. I am so looking forward to travelling with my friend Spike to the Boston area again. We will be helping John for 2.5 days and spending one day split between John Barrett at <b><a href="http://www.letterpressthings.com/">Letterpress Things</a></b> and <b><a href="https://museumofprinting.org/">The Museum of Printing</a> </b>in Haverhill, MA. We also have a tour of <b><a href="http://www.nbss.edu/full-time-programs/bookbinding">North Bennett Street School's </a></b>bookbinding department with Jeff Altepeter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I am teaching a workshop on Saturday for <i>ArtsQuest 2018</i>, a local women's art retreat that has been going for many years. My contribution is making a handbound creativity journal with blind-embossed and letterpressed covers. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The binding form is Japanese Stab Binding. I am using my dye cutting tabletop machines and the Lifestyle Letterpress platform which allows the use of polymer plates for printing letterpress inspired images with coloured ink. I only have four hours for the workshop, so I have spent the past couple of days putting together a workshop kit with cut pages, needles and binding threads along with coloured and decorated paper stocks for them to use. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Each participant will have the opportunity to select the colour of their book covers, create either a blind embossed or letterpress printed image on the cover, add coloured stamped images to each page, and to bind the journal. It is my hope that they will use this creativity journal through the reset of their ArtsQuest weekend and into the Spring.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>It has been several months since I taught a workshop and I find I am quite excited about leading the women of ArtsQuest 2018 on their bookbinding journey. As I look into my plans for 2018, my creative verve soars with the hope that I will have more concentrated studio time again during the late winter. I find my dreams filled with book designs that involve letterpress text and linoblock images. My heart soars like a hawk when I think of being with dear friends in the Boston area, but I am also longing to be home, in my grotto studio, with music on and the noises of the Challenge Gordon filling the space as I print the books of my dreams. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><i>This past year I have been spending time again with Dorothy Bass' wonderful book, <b><a href="https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=22449209870&searchurl=tn%3DReceiving%2Bthe%2BDay%26sortby%3D17%26an%3DBass&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-title1">Receiving the Day: Christian Practices for Opening the Gift of Time</a></b>. Each moment of every day has become more precious to me. I feel the presence of my loved ones who have died with me in the studio every day. I feel compelled to create and to share my creative verve with others as an expression of my deep faith in God and all that she brings to the world in every hour of every day. With each breath I make and each step I take, I know in my soul that all will be well, and all will be well, with the peace and grace of our mother God, all will be well.</i></span>Nancy Trottierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10857097158387505716noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1775835703492379012.post-55958624920701656502017-10-10T19:08:00.000-04:002017-10-10T19:19:08.657-04:00Making Fine Art Papers-Iowa Workshop Saturday October 28!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am so excited to be preparing to offer my <b>Making Fine Art Papers</b> workshop in Iowa for <b><i><a href="http://artlegacyleague.blogspot.ca/p/catfish-letter-arts-school.html">The CATFISH Letter Arts School</a></i></b>, a division of <b><a href="http://www.artlegacyleague.org/">The Art Legacy League</a></b>. I serve as a Member of The ALL Board of Directors and am also a Core Faculty Member for The CLAS. The other two Core Faculty for CLAS are other Catich Students Amy Nielsen, a well known Quad City artisan and Paul Herrera, Chairman of the Board of Directors for The ALL and who was Father Catich's last apprentice before he died.<br />
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Making Fine Art Papers is an introductory workshop that will introduce participants to the fundamentals of making handmade paper, hand marbled paper, and paste papers which are used in hand book binding, card making, and making boxes.<br />
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This workshop is part of the new Fall 2017 Workshop Series in Book Arts being offered by The Art Legacy League in our new home at the JB Young Opportunity Center, 1702 North Main Street, Davenport, Iowa. Through December we will be offering one Saturday workshop each month. Other upcoming workshops are <b><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/introduction-to-calligraphy-tickets-38690942651">Introduction to Calligraphy,</a></b> instructor <b><a href="http://amysnielsencalligrapher.blogspot.ca/">Amy Nielsen</a></b>, and I<b><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/introduction-to-brush-writing-tickets-38692081056">ntroduction to Brush Writing</a></b>, instructor <b><a href="http://paulherreracalligrapher.blogspot.ca/">Paul Herrera</a></b>.<br />
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You can see the complete <b>Making Fine Art Papers</b> workshop description and register online through our secure Eventbrite site by clicking <b><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/introduction-to-making-fine-art-papers-tickets-38606418838">HERE.</a> PLEASE NOTE we do not anticipate the workshop being cancelled for any reason, but if it should happen, everyone registered will receive a full refund.</b><br />
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We can accept only 12 registrations for this workshop, so do not delay. This is a rare opportunity to learn the history and fundamentals of these three areas in a one day workshop! Participants will take home approximately 25 sheets of various papers to use in their own projects as well as a course note handout with instructions and reference information to continue producing their own fine art papers at home.<br />
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The photos shown here are from past "Making Fine Art Papers" workshops I have offered in the US and Canada.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We have organized three workshops through December. MAKING FINE ART PAPERS, October 28th, INTRODUCTION TO CALLIGRAPHY, November 18th, and INTRODUCTION TO BRUSH WRITING, December 9th.</span><br />
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The first photo is a beautiful photo of the studio with skylight. Last year François connected the studio to the front deck of the cottage with a lovely walkway. This means I can wake and prepare my breakfast and meander to the studio in my jammies and slippers every morning!<br />
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There is nothing quite like walking out into the lake mists of early morning (around 5:30-6:00 a.m.) to this wonderful sanctuary of the creative spirit! Normally by this time of year we have had many weekends at the cottage, doing maintenance, getting ready for our holidays. However this year we have only been over to stay the night twice. We are so looking forward to the final "pack up" tomorrow so we can make our leave taking until September and our return.<br />
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The last two photos show the inside of the studio before I had a chance to work on cleaning it up last weekend. We use it during the winter to store the outdoor stuff-chairs and grill, etc, during the winter to keep them out of the elements. This past week my dear friend Nora traveled over with me to drop of the first load of supplies and equipment for the summer creative holiday. When we leave tomorrow I will have several more tubs of supplies and small tools, as well as my book weights and sewing frame, and a number of books, that will help me keep busy over this lovely summer holiday.<br />
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I am so very blessed to have a fabulous skylight and beautiful big window that look out directly to the lakefront of our property. We are planning lots of work on our lot this year-clearing brush, removing dead trees, and deciding which ones of the new trees to keep and nurture. <br />
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However, in between the masses of outdoor maintenance work we will be called to do, I will be hunkered down in this lovely studio my husband built for me. My creative verve is soaring as I finish cleaning our home, packing up the studio, and loading the truck and our car for the trip over to the cottage.<br />
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<i><b>As I write these words, and I contemplate the last four months, my heart aches with joy. If you would have asked me even two months ago if we would be able to spend our holidays at the cottage this year, I would not have answered in the affirmative. So many weeks in and out of hospital, and then home with CCAC home nursing care, masses of IV antibiotics through a central line, and an appetite that did not seem to return, conspired to take my husband's energy and hope from him on more than one occasion. Thankfully, with the help of God, amazing doctors and nurses, the love and support from current and past parishes, the power of prayer has helped to lift us both up in so many amazing ways. </b></i><br />
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<i><b>There were times in the middle of the night when I sat by his hospital bed, trying to remember what time zone around the globe our children were in, (Iowa, Endinburgh, AbuDhabi, Brisbaine) that my heart would sink a bit, and I would allow a tear or two to sneak past my eyelids. I would then close my eyes and allow my soul to be taken up with prayer. </b></i><br />
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<i><b>It was in those quiet, dark moments, when I opened my heart and my soul to prayer that I would be lifted up in light, and I could feel the prayers of all those around the globe who were praying for us loud and clear, tangible, as if they were right in the room with us. I have tried to explain this feeling to others and so far have been inadequate. It was almost as if I could feel the brushing of wings past my heart, so gentle, that it took my breath away. Clearly, this experience was meant for me to know that all will be well, and all will be well, with the grace and peace of healing by God our Mother, all will be well.</b></i><br />
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This workshop will introduce the novice to the fundamentals of making hand-made paper, hand marbled paper and hand made paste papers. Participants will learn how to make paper pulp using recycled paper and paper pulp sheets, how to form the sheet using a deckle and mold, and how to make poured paper sculptured sheets with additions. Instruction will also be given in the fundamentals of formal marbled paper patterns, suminagashi marbling, and making Simple Starch Paste for making paste papers. Participants should be prepared to bring an apron and notebook for taking notes. Participants will make approximately 25 sheets of paper to take home along with their course note handout.</div>
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This workshop combines the original posting for the Making Handmade Papers workshop on March 26 and the Making Marbled Paper & Paste Papers workshop on April 8.</div>
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This workshop is part of a new Book Arts Workshop series hosted by St. Barnabas Anglican Church in Deep River, ON, from March - May 2017. The all day workshops will take place in the Church Hall which is accessible by elevator. Participants are asked to bring a sack lunch to be eaten in the workshop space.</div>
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Participants will learn the fundamental techniques in each of the areas offered and will complete at least one finished project per work shop. Instruction will be provided in group and one-on-one. Participants willtake home their completed work and course work-book. Each workshop has a maximum of 20 students and pre-registration is required, so sign-up early.</div>
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The Registration Ticket price includes the $50 workshop fee + $20 materials fee + Eventbrite processing fee.</div>
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The instructor reserves the right to cancel the workshop if enough registrations are not received.</div>
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All current registrations for the original workshops will be honored for this workshop. If you have questions, email the workshop organizer, nancy@ducksinarowpress.com.</div>
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<br />Nancy Trottierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10857097158387505716noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1775835703492379012.post-19249632008726973052017-02-24T22:03:00.005-05:002017-03-01T06:32:57.537-05:00New Book Arts Workshop Series!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have just uploaded all the course descriptions and registration information for my new Book Arts Workshop Series. This year I am using Eventbrite for all registrations. You can access all my workshops, with complete ONLINE registration by clicking <b><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/o/nancy-trottier-trottier-calligraphy-studio-amp-ducks-in-a-row-press-13023255082">HERE</a></b>.<br />
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The poster to the right gives the basic information about each of the workshops. I have prepared a formal brochure that is available on this page in PDF form for reading online or downloading to print each page. Just click on the caption below the image for the link to the PDFs.<br />
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Complete descriptions for each of the workshops is also included on the Eventbrite Registration site.<br />
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These workshops have been created with the novice in mind, but also for those who would like to update and refresh their skills.<br />
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As always, the emphasis will be on creating an atmosphere of collaborative exploration as each participant learns new skills or polishes skills from past workshops.<br />
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As always, we ask that everyone bring their own sack lunch to share in the studios. Morning and afternoon Tea Breaks will be provided, complete with home-made goodies!<br />
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The Church Hall, which is accessible by elevator, will become our studio for the day.<br />
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If you have questions, please email me at nancy@ducksinarowpress.com.<br />
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<br />Nancy Trottierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10857097158387505716noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1775835703492379012.post-85991055519146627902017-02-10T17:25:00.000-05:002017-02-10T17:25:42.158-05:00Studio UpdateFinally back in the studio and online after several months away.<br />
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In early December Paul Herrera, from <b><a href="http://www.artlegacyleague.org/">The Art Legacy League</a></b>, came to Ottawa to offer a Slate Inscription Carving Workshop at Spike Minogue's Studio in Franktown. For two days these folks from the <b><a href="https://ottawacalligraphy.ca/">Calligraphy Society of Ottawa</a></b> met to learn the basics of cutting letters in slate from Paul, who was Father Catich's apprentice at the time of his death in 1979. <br />
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They came prepared with their own work to share and simple designs they wished to use to learn the craft. By the end of the second day everyone was well on their way to completing their first slate inscription carving. The group plans to meet again in the Spring to compare notes on the progress they have made.<br />
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I served as workshop coordinator, but also kept my hand in with working on a couple of slates as well as helping people get the hang of things. It really was a wonderful experience!<br />
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I have a new head gear magnifying set, with little lights, which really helps me see better for cutting. Since the workshop I have tried to keep cutting a little each day.<br />
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The group atmosphere was quite something. There seems to be an energy that develops in a studio filled with novice carvers. As they each cleared a hurdle, or realized they needed to do something differently, there would be a loud exclamation and they would invite us all to check their progress! I miss that group interaction in the studio now that I am back in Deep River, working on book arts, printing, and calligraphy projects on my own. I am thinking of hosting an open studio workshop day here in the Spring. Stay tuned!<br />
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Immediately following the workshop, I was fortunate to travel to Fairfiled, PA to interview Sheila Waters, a very well known Calligrapher and one of the founders of the <b><a href="http://www.calligraphersguild.org/">Washington Calligraphers Guild</a></b>, for an upcoming article in <b><i><a href="http://www.johnnealbooks.com/prod_detail_list/Letter-Arts-Review">Letter Arts Review</a></i></b> about her Studio Archive. <br />
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My dear friend Paul Herrera, joined me on this visit and helped to interview Sheila. We are currently sorting through the hundreds of photographs and hours of audio and video tape in preparation for completing the article. We hope to have it into the editor, Christopher Calderhead, in March. I will post when we know in which issue the article will be printed.<br />
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We were both very honoured to be given such rare access to the incredible archive and library that Sheila has in her studio. Her archive includes layouts and original work for historical maps created for publishers, certificates, book layouts, broadsides and more. <br />
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Sheila also has in her archive an original Catich Rubbing of The Trajan Inscription in Rome and a complete collection of her late husband, Peter Waters, bindings. Peter was the Conservator for The Library of Congress, and created the recovery system for National Library of Florence books after the Florence flood in the 1966. Sheila has written a wonderful book about that experience, <b><i>Waters Rising: Letters from Florence</i></b>, which can be found <b><a href="http://www.thelegacypress.com/waters-rising.html">HERE</a></b>.<br />
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When we completed the interview, Paul went on to New York to teach two slate inscription carving workshops for the <b><a href="http://societyofscribes.org/">Society of Scribes</a></b> and I went to Washington, D.C. to conduct research for the second time this year at The <b><a href="https://www.loc.gov/rr/rarebook/">Library of Congress Rare Book Room</a></b>.<br />
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I am currently completing codicological research on their 1505 Hardouyn Book of Hours and a 1507 book of hours from the collection of the <b><a href="http://www.library.upenn.edu/kislak/">Kislak Center for Rare Book and Manuscripts</a></b> at The University of Pennsylvania, shown here. Both organizations have graciously invited me back to give a talk on the results of my research conclusions. I will present a preliminary draft of this talk to the CBBAG-OV march meeting.<br />
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Here is a bit of the blurb about the talk, which is open to the public:<br />
<strong style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: center;">The Archaeology of the Book: Codicology in Early Printed Parisian Books of Hours by The Hardouyn </strong><br />
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<strong style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: center;">March 8, 6:30 p.m., <a href="https://www.google.ca/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=Sandy%20Hills%20Community%20Center&tbs=lf_msr:-1,lf_od:-1,lf_oh:-1,lf_pqs:EAE,lf:1,lf_ui:2&rflfq=1&rlha=0&rllag=45422802,-75677673,3&tbm=lcl&rldimm=15079706915658523054">Sandy Hills Community Centre,</a> Ottawa, ON</strong><br />
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Mortensen Trottier, B.A., R.N.G., M.A. Art History, University of Iowa, CBBAG member, will
present a brief lecture introducing the practice of codicology (from Latin
cōdex, genitive cōdicis, "notebook, book"; and Greek -λογία,
-logia). Codicology is a methodology utilized in the study of books as
physical objects. It originally developed as a discipline that helped
define how the historian would examine manuscripts written on parchment (or
paper) in codex form. Codicology as applied to the study of early manuscripts
and also early printed books bridges the area of paleography, (the study of
hand written scripts), with the study of narrative and ornamental images
contained within the structure of the book. </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 9.5pt;">The study of written features such
as </span><span style="font-family: sans-serif , serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">marginalia</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 9.5pt;">, </span><span style="font-family: sans-serif , serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">glosses</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 9.5pt;">, ownership inscriptions, etc. falls in both camps, as does the
study of the </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt;">physical aspects of
decoration</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 9.5pt;">, which otherwise
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt;">Trottier's work in codicology looks specifically at the transition from script to print in early printed books of hours produced in the first quarter of the sixteenth century in Paris by Guillaum Anabat for the Hardouyn Publishing House. Her lecture will include a discussion of her methodology in examining early printed books as objects, how the information gleaned from such study can shed light on concepts dealing with book ownership by women in the sixteenth century, and how the analysis of the book as object can inform us about workshop practice in sixteenth century Parisian press rooms.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt;">In the past few weeks I have also returned to working on the press and making paste papers for book arts projects. The CBBAG-OV chapter is working on a "Swap" project this year that involves Recipe cards. We have 19 people participating. Each of us makes a set of cards with recipes. We each end up with 19 different sets of cards that we then bind in some creative fashion and then share with the group.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt;">I have completed 4 "Book Arts Recipe" cards for the project. One was recipe was printed with letterpress, one was printed with inkjet as a title/colophon page, and two more recipes were printed with inkjet. Each of the recipe cards has a sample of the material produced with the recipe included. It was really fun to dig into my files for recipes related to my book arts studio practice.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt;">When I have completed the book from the "Swap 2017" I will post a photo!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt;">I also took time to make paste papers for several days last week, which was great fun. One of the recipe cards I printed on the Vandercook was for a Super Simple Starch Paste that I have been using for years. I needed to put a sample of paste paper on the card, so I made past papers for four days and had a wonderful time!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt;">Making the paste papers using 100% Rag Certificate paper as the substrate was really interesting. I found that the polished surface of the paper allowed me much more freedom in creating patterns that allowed the paper itself to show through, making lovely areas of white amidst the coloured portions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 9.5pt;">It has really been a great joy to be back in the studio again and also to be able to attend </span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 9.5pt;"><a href="https://cbbagottawa.wordpress.com/">CBBAG</a></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 9.5pt;"> and </span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 9.5pt;"><i><a href="https://ottawacalligraphy.ca/">Calligraphy Society of Ottawa </a></i></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 9.5pt;">meetings this past week. Being able to meet with colleagues and share their studio progress has been wonderful for me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt;"><i>The winter has been a difficult one for us. Our youngest daughter and her husband moved half way around the world to take up a new post in the UAE with a new studio art program there. My mother-in-law died on December 27th after an extended stay in hospital and we are grappling with the responsibilities that estate work brings to the ones who are left. She told me often that last month that she was 91, had lived a very wonderful life, and was ready for what came next. We miss her every day, but are so happy that she is no longer suffering.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt;"><i>As we wrap ourselves in the warmth of the woodstove fire and select a movie for watching on these cold winter evenings, I am reminded of winters in Iowa. My father would light the living room fire each day before he left for work and my sister and I would add wood during the day to keep the warm fire burning. My mother would have hot chocolate on the stove for us when we came in from playing in the snow and if we behaved, there were always samores from the fireplace as the sun went down.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt;"><i>We are moving into the middle of winter now and the days, although very, very cold and full of snow, are getting longer. The sun we have enjoyed for the past three days here in Deep River has been a gift for the soul. My creative verve is beginning to stir again gently, and I know with all my heart, that as the winter wanes, all will be well and all will be well, with the grace and the light of God in my life, all will be well.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><i>From the exhibition page: “This exhibition is a unique
opportunity to discover exceptional books from the Rare Book collection of the
University of Ottawa and people who took part in their production. From the
author to the printer, the bookbinder to the papermaker, marble, owner and
reader, come have a look at the book as an object, maybe as you have never seen
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actual tools used in book production from the now closed bindery of
the University of Ottawa Library, this exhibition allows the viewer to
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Julie Roy presenting the second case, MARBLERS.</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px; font-style: italic;">Grant Wilkins and our OV Chapter President, Stephen Quick, checking out the PRINTERS display case.</span></td></tr>
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One of the greatest things about being a member of <b><i><a href="https://cbbagottawa.wordpress.com/2012/09/19/welcome-to-the-cbbag-ottawa-valley-chapter/">CBBAG-OV</a></i></b> is being able to attend the meetings monthly. They are full of of information, great programs like the one we had last night, and also sharing of new projects completed.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Josiane and Diedre shared the folded books from a recent workshop.</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Dea at work at The Cottage Studio this August!</i></td></tr>
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Since returning from a very productive summer at The Cottage Studio, I have once again been engaged with sorting through supplies and putting things away in the studio here at home. Shifting studios each year has become a part of my studio practice, but it is still a but un-nerving. It has taken me over a month, in between family responsibilities, to get all my tools put away, materials sorted, and the Home Studio space cleaned. I am now ready to get down to work again.<br />
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While at the Cottage Studio, with my dear friend <b><i><a href="http://www.thestarbook.ca/">Dea Fischer,</a></i></b> who spent five glorious days with us in the middle of the forest, I began a series of unique artist's books entitled <i>The Language of Prayer. </i> The unique books in this series will have slate covers, handmade paper and soft leather pages, and additions from the natural world. <br />
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The text will be drawn from my prayer life and be placed on the pages both with hand calligraphy and typewriter assistance. The languages will be English, French, Latin, and German. <br />
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These photos illustrate the first book in process. I thank my dear friend Dea for all she taught me while she was with us!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>To the left is the slate cover, backed by leather, with other pages, awaiting text!</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Pages at the beginning stages of assembly and adding text.</i></td></tr>
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<i>As I work in the home studio today on my blog, and look outside, I see the glorious warm colours of Fall descending around us. The warm reds and yellows are surrounded by a multitude of soft browns as the sun shines on us after the cool of the night. </i><br />
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<i>Fall is my favourite time of year, as the world prepares for the long Winter sleep before the breath of Spring. The variety of colours and the smells of crisp leaves mixed with warm apple cinnamon tea remind me of Fall days at home on Keith Court in Iowa with my mom. She would take us outside, wearing her Pendelton shirts, to pull the last of the squash and pumpkins from the back garden, and to rake the masses of leaves into a huge pile that we could jump in, before we tossed them into a bonfire in the back yard. Those bonfires gave us fabulous hot dogs and samore treats, with smushed marshmallows and Hershey chocolate. Everything smelled of Fall on those evenings, our coats, our mittens, and even our clothes.</i><br />
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<i>As we begin to prepare our home here, and the cottage, for the Winter to come, I think of my mother and how much I wish she could be with me now, sharing this age, this time with me. She has been gone since 1994, but I sometimes swear, especially when raking leaves, that I can hear her calling to me to put up my sweatshirt hood, or to come into the house for a cup of tea to warm me up.</i><br />
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<i>I thank God for my faith and my belief that even though my mother is not with me physically this Fall, that she is with me in spirit each and every day. She informs my studio practice, my creative verve, and shares my daily prayers in way that is unique and special and treasured. As I wait for the sun to sink into the horizon today, I know that with my mother's love in my heart, all will be well, and all will be well, with the grace and the beauty of God's creation around me, all will be well.</i></div>
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Nancy Trottierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10857097158387505716noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1775835703492379012.post-13281936123637992202016-08-03T14:42:00.002-04:002016-08-03T14:42:33.793-04:00At the Cottage Studio Until September<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Papermaking press made by my extraordinary husband!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Making the first recycled birch bark paper!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Loving being in the kayak, gift from my loving husband!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The best gift to us of all, A BRAND NEW ROAD is being built by the lumber company!!!!</td></tr>
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<br />Nancy Trottierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10857097158387505716noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1775835703492379012.post-30504967399401249102016-04-01T18:51:00.000-04:002016-04-07T08:21:29.635-04:00Winter Studio Reset and New Projects on the Bench<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<i>Chalk this past winter up to hibernation and almost no studio time, until now. I have not had the energy to write here since November. It seems like such a long time ago. The week after Easter with the fulfilled promise of the resurrection has brought me back into the studio to actually produce some new work.</i><br />
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Starting in January I embarked on a complete studio re-set and clean out that has occupied almost all of my time. I have made over ten trips to the recycle and reuse areas at our local dump, eliminating items and paper that had seen better days. I still have at least one more trip tomorrow and then I will be finally done with what my husband has called "the big purge" of the studio.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-qF5_bQtGoTr9Oj_mubvxoJtCNG5VgWKP13K80IdpstpTeEOeeid9MfwUjHTLttONDcDVneQCgTk0PUg1-nE_3iMDkGfIEDYPmAPUxkAWDKFJB0pvK79rTZSLxIGNAWaigGJhPSnTSfSA/s1600/Art_and_Scholasticism_%2528French_edition%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-qF5_bQtGoTr9Oj_mubvxoJtCNG5VgWKP13K80IdpstpTeEOeeid9MfwUjHTLttONDcDVneQCgTk0PUg1-nE_3iMDkGfIEDYPmAPUxkAWDKFJB0pvK79rTZSLxIGNAWaigGJhPSnTSfSA/s200/Art_and_Scholasticism_%2528French_edition%2529.jpg" width="145" /></a>My artist daughter has for years encouraged me to document this annual reset as part of my creative progress. I think of the movement of my equipment and supplies into their more proper placement in the studio as the physical representation of the spiritual reorganization of my creative thought patterns in preparation of making new work. Harkening back to <b><i><a href="https://www3.nd.edu/Departments/Maritain/etext/art.htm">"Art and Scholasticism"</a></i></b> by Jacques Maritain, (now partially available online)- <b>The idea in the mind is the ultimate yardstick by which all is measured.</b><br />
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When I put my physical studio back into an order that makes sense to me, each kinesthetic touch of tools,equipment, or materials somehow links into the creative verve in my mind and helps me order all that is found there.<br />
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The major part of the reset was moving the composing table next to the flat files, across from my large Hamilton type cabinet. This space had previously been occupied by a large shelf which stores all my tools, punches, irons, and equipment I don't use every day. The composing table is a home-made one finely crafted by a printer many years before my time. I acquired it from <i style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.museumofprinting.org/">The Museum of Printing</a> </i>when they were located in North Andover, MA. It is a wonderful composing table, the perfect height for me, complete with two stones and ten cases for type. <i>(By the way, click on the link for the MOP. They are in the process of moving to new facilities in Haverhill, MA and are starting a huge sale of excess type and equipment TODAY for the next week.)</i><br />
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Another huge job involved moving my desk and library area around so that I could have all my books grouped in one area, and be able to add another shelf for my typewriter collection. In this process I was able to sort through my studio library and better organize it. I still have work to do there, but my duplicates and unnecessary books have been donated and all my "project" books are now stored in the paper cupboard for easy access. These photos show the library move almost done. I am thrilled to have most of my typewriters that I use regularly in book projects out and readily accessible now. My next major project will be to clean all the machines and replace some small paper rollers.</div>
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The area above my main bench, a 6ft. Hamilton wood topped drafting table from the Clinton Railway Yards in Iowa, is filled with small items that have great significance for me, both personally and creatively. As an object oriented art historian, each small object I have close to me has a memory from my life. I have angels given to me by friends, a stuffed toy or two from when my children were very small, photos of my parents, pieces of toys, and so on. Since so much of my creative life involves my interpretation of the thin space between this life and the next, the layers of these objects are central to my creative process.</div>
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I also managed to finally go through all 20 of my flat files and pitch and toss. Still have to replace labels on the drawers, but feel much better. Having wooden tops on the flat files gives me more workspace also. The book reading angel that hangs over the small board shear always reminds me that spirit is a part of every creative journey I take.</div>
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During the reset I also took a great deal of time to sort, clean, and sharpen all my hand tools, special individual boxes for storing them. They are now neatly stacked and clearly labeled, easy to find and put away. This idea came from my good friend Spike Minogue from the <b><a href="https://cbbagottawa.wordpress.com/2012/09/19/welcome-to-the-cbbag-ottawa-valley-chapter/">Ottawa Valley CBBAG</a></b>.<br />
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My old grey stone cutting bench belonged to <b><a href="http://www.artlegacyleague.org/">Father Catich,</a></b> and was given to me after he died, along with his studio chair, which I sit in every day. I can't seem to bring myself to recover the seat yet. It seems like just yesterday that he died, but it has been 37 years this April. Each time I think I will be able to change the seat I manage to put it off for another day.</div>
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I still have to clean the paper cupboard completely, but the presses are all cleaned and oiled. Two printing projects are designed and ready for the chase. I hope to be on press most of the next two weeks. I have not done any major printing since right before Christmas, and I ache to smell the ink and feel the spin of the wheel along with the push of the treadle under my foot.</div>
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My etching press is also ready to go and I have tentatively begun work on two designs one for a drypoint on copper, and one for a wood engraving. It has been almost ten years since I attempted either and am looking forward to the journey!<br />
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My newest projects are small leather bound unique artists' books filled with a variety of content. They are a work in progress, to be sure, and harken back to the small items above my bench and the memories that each one of them invokes as they are looked at, touched and held.<br />
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<i>I love the feel of the soft leather in my hands as I skive the edges and fold the covers into place. My eye is drawn to the collages of letters being placed on the thick rag paper with pen, brush, and hand ground pigments. The process of deciding what colour to place where, what size of letter to make, and what shapes to include with the brush, remind me of putting things into place in the studio, in my creative mind, and in my life. For me it is a kinesthetic union of the physical touch of our lives and the intangible spark of the soul in our creative hearts across the thin space of the physical and the spiritual in our world.</i></div>
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Nancy Trottierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10857097158387505716noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1775835703492379012.post-90897336976355265612015-11-01T09:24:00.002-05:002015-11-01T09:29:04.964-05:00Where has the time gone.....<div style="text-align: right;">
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Where have the past four months gone? I have not written here in such a long time. Our summer holidays this year were filled with We enjoyed our time at the cottage this year. We were a bit more on our own with company not as prevalent as in previous years. Dear friends came for day trips and we enjoyed a few overnight guests. Although we love to share our piece of "heaven on earth", this year it was nice to have more time for reflection and prayer on our own.<br />
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Most of our time was taken up with major and minor cottage maintenance projects-replacing a thermopane window in our front picture window, building a new walkway from the studio to our front deck, and adding solar electrical lights to the work-shed, the studio, and our lovely little cabin in the woods.<br />
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We were very blessed to be gifted with cedar decking wood from a member of our parish that needed to be re-purposed. François used a good bit of it to build a proper front step and deck ramp connecting the studio to the front deck of the cottage.<br />
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He jokes that now I can move from the cottage when I wake up to the studio in my pj's and slippers! All kidding aside, it does make a great difference in being able to move from the cottage to the studio without tracking in dirt on my shoes.<br />
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Over the past five years François has bee working on putting together a nice solar system for our cottage. This year everything came together as he installed solar lighting in the work-shed, the cottage proper, and also in the studio. <br />
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The DC lights run directly off of our solar charged battery bank and the electrical outlets (studio and cottage) run from the power inverter hooked up to the system. It is amazing to me that we are no longer relying on kerosene lanterns for our evening lighting! Having electricity in the studio provides me with the opportunity to use my sewing machine and other electrical tools in the studio and not outside hooked to the generator.<br />
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I spent time this summer making handmade paper. Earlier in the year I had put out a call for old wool blankets to make paper making felts. I was blessed to receive a number of them from members of our parish. I was able to cut them up and surge the edges before we left on holidays. <br />
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It makes everything so much easier when you have proper felts for making hand-made paper. I really enjoyed making paper at the cottage, but did not make nearly enough. I will have to take some time in December to make more in my home studio.<br />
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During my academic career I was involved in codicological research on early printed <b><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_hours">books of hours</a></i></b>. This research was primarily directed towards the concept of the use of a book of hours as a means for sixteenth century women to pray private prayers in public spaces and public prayers in private places. I examined the books with an eye towards the work of the printer and compositor for design and workshop practice.<br />
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The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_hours"><b><i>book of hours</i></b>,</a> one of only two books given to women by their husbands, brothers, fathers or uncles, (the other would have been a courtesy book on household management,) was a touchable, kinesthetic link to the prayers she would pray at a public mass, with her community, while at the same time reciting her private prayers and invocations about her family.<br />
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In the same way when she was in her home or private space, she could use the book of hours to recall the public prayers prayed in community with others and the private prayers for her family that most tugged at her heart.<br />
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This portrait image of Mary of Burgundy illustrates Mary at private prayer in her home, contemplating the prayers she would have said at her most recent participation in the community Mass at her church.<br />
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The <b><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stole_(vestment)">stole</a></i></b> is a garment worn by a priest in the Christian church, most often conveying a sense of dignity and power of the priest over the people. This concept dates from Imperial Roman times and the stole worn by the Roman elite involved in governing their particular part of the Empire.<br />
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This summer at the cottage I began a series of designs of stoles to be worn by women when they pray. My idea in using this symbolic garment is to provide women with a powerful, tactile item to be worn around their necks as they pray in their own private spaces.<br />
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It is my intent that the front of the stole contain the text to a public prayer that is said in community worship. My first stole contains the text for the <b><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shema_Yisrael">Hear O Israel.</a></i></b> This text serves as the center piece for Jewish morning and evening prayers and is also said often in Christian worship services at different times of the year.<br />
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This first stole was created using soft leather pieces and hand dyed and printed fabric. The words were written with a pilot parallel calligraphy pen using gouache inks. I am still working out the actual size and design for these prayer stoles and plan to make more in the coming months.<br />
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<b><i><span style="color: #990000;">These past months have been a time of great change and growth in my creative soul. More and more I am linking my prayer life with the creative cravings that feed my soul. My heart soars like a hawk as I prepare for the coming winter months of change. As the birds gather and hunker down for the cold that is coming, I too and preparing my studio and supplies for winter creative tasks. I long for the un-interrupted time in the studio I so enjoy during early winter mornings, with the fire crackling in the family room and the teacup simmering with cinnamon apple tea.</span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="color: #990000;">As I prepare for this creative winter, I know that all will be well, and all will be well, with the grace of God our mother, all will be well.</span></i></b>Nancy Trottierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10857097158387505716noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1775835703492379012.post-56814542913295302292015-06-06T23:16:00.000-04:002015-06-06T23:27:06.598-04:00Preparing the Cottage StudioWe have had our hands full here in Deep River since my last post. It seems like life has been conspiring to keep me away from the studio! I have been working in the yard, making perennial gardens and planting vegetables. Last week I repainted the garden bench and bird bath, pulled weeds, trimmed trees and shrubs, transplanted hostas, and put in brick edging on some of our gardens. It has been great to be outdoors working with the plants, but I am itching to be back in the studio soon!<br />
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We spent last weekend at our cottage in Quebec. I have started setting up the studio for our summer there, and can hardly wait to start making paper! My husband has helped to create some more permanent working spaces for me in the studio. Last weekend he helped to create proper counter spaces with paper storage shelving made from old IKEA shelf sets our good friend Kathren Jackson gave to us. This weekend he hopes to duplicate the first shelf and help set up the light table we were gifted last year here in Deep River. One of his projects last year was to start creating a solar power system for the cottage. It worked really well to provide electricity to power my sewing machine for leather embroidery and hopefully this summer I will be able to use the light table too!<br />
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Some photos to show our progress!<br />
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We are able to return this Sunday through Tuesday noon, our weekend. I am hoping to get the final studio furniture in place and install the new attic pull out stairs to the sleeping loft. Once this is done, I can build the railing for the loft and start to think about putting in a book shelf! Our guests will be sleeping on a king sized bed in the studio-and I am sure to be taking a few naps there myself this year!<br />
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As I was working in the garden this week, I was struck by the subtle changes happening in the sky and the air as the weather changed. I love being outside and with my hands in the soil. My mother was an avid gardener and I learned so much from her. As I was planting the new perennials that I hope will weather our Canadian winters to bring much joy to our home, I thought about the lasting growth that comes from making pieces of art for people to share inside their homes. Whether it is a piece of work that hangs on the wall, sits on a shelf, or is experienced held in the palm of your hand (like and artists' book), the experience of the work changes subtly when the light changes. Our perception of the colour, the texture, and how our human eyes see both is influenced by the illumination in which it is presented.<br />
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For me working in the garden and working in the studio are one in the same. In the garden I am working with living things that I hope will bring joy to those who see them. In the studio I am working with inanimate objets that I hope will come to life in the minds eye of the beholder to bring them joy. Both activities, for me, are a version of active living prayer that fills my heart with a passion for life and the sharing of spirit with all whom I encounter.<br />
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<i><b>In each instance, with each breath I make, each handful of soil I take, each seed or plant I place, for me matches the energy I feel with each stroke I make, each book I create, in the studio. In my heart, I know that as the seasons turn, so do my creative urges. I know that all will be well, and all will be well, with the creative and wise energy of God our Mother and the Earth she provides, all will be well.</b></i><br />
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<br />Nancy Trottierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10857097158387505716noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1775835703492379012.post-60189482980238828722015-03-12T12:30:00.001-04:002015-03-12T12:30:44.605-04:00STUDIO RESET: Spring just might have SPRUNG!!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I have been away from my blog for much too long! This winter has been one filled with family visits at Christmastime and mountains of indoor work at home. I have been heavily involved in my annual "Studio Reset" that has been more extensive this year than in previous years.<br />
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Over the past three months I have been engaged in a major clean out of my studios. We purchased a shredder and I have happily been shredding everything from tax returns from the 1970's to high school research papers and miscellany that I have no early idea why I saved. I have made numerous trips to our dump with bags and boxes of paper and plastic for recycling, items for the perpetual garage sale there, and old paint tins as well. I have managed to save hundreds of postage stamps and other ephemera, but it is all now properly filed and tagged.<br />
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Throughout this process I have managed to sort and organize all my supplies, clean the studio closets, and sort all my bookbinding and collage materials. It has been a blessing in so many ways. I now have places for most all of my supplies that are neatly organized and accessible. I am not quite finished-still have to work on the flat files over this weekend. They, I am certain, will bring treasures of paper to light that I have forgotten I had on hand.<br />
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A boon to all this reorganizing is the addition of my etching press to the press room. Previously I did not have room to have it out all the time, but now it rests between the Vandercook 01 proofing press and the Challenge Gordon. The etching press has been unused since we moved from Cambridge and I am thrilled to have it set up and ready to go in the press studio. It is supported by a heavy duty rolling typing table that has lockable wheels. I can move it when needed. <br />
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I received this press from a posting for a free etching press on Craig's List when we lived in Cambridge and love it so. Next after the flat files I need to give all three of my presses a good cleaning.<br />
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A very good friend here in Deep River has helped me get a third set of roller trucks for the Challenge Gordon. When I received the press it had three rollers but only two sets of trucks. The previous owner had sent a set of trucks with the roller cores to be recovered and did not receive them back.<br />
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Murray Mitchell took one of the sets of trucks to another colleague here who milled a set in aluminum identical to the ones I had. I have never printed with three rollers on this press and will be excited to do so next week. I did check the roller height with my gauge and am quite pleased with how it all looks for now. The proof will be in the printing!<br />
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Over the winter I have been working on a new item to sell, a bit different than my book arts projects. For many years I have made "Angel Pins" from heirloom cutlery, but had gotten away from making them for one reason or another. Over the past year I have had many requests for them, so I have added them to my display at <b><a href="http://www.valleyartisans.com/">Valley Artisans' Co-op Gallery</a></b> in Deep River and will also have them for sale at all my shows. <br />
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In addition to the pins I am making "Angel Magnets". Both make great gifts for the bride to give members of the wedding party. I make custom orders using heirloom cutlery from the families of the bride and groom too!<br />
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I have also been working more on my embroidered and letterpressed decorated leather covers for sewn journals. <br />
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These smaller journals are perfect for carrying in the briefcase or airplane carry all and are filled with heavier stock paper, wonderful for quick sketches or for attaching keepsake tickets, post cards, or other paper ephemera from your trip.<br />
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Some of the journals have machine embroidered designs in the leather. I have been using my grandmother's <b><a href="http://www.singer-featherweight.com/siteone%20pages/site1-2.html">Singer Featherweight </a></b>sewing machine for these. It has been really fun to use. This machine was the first sewing machine I ever used as a young girl. As I work with it in the studio, I am <br />
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reminded of my Grandmother Domsalla's admonitions to "be careful in threading the needle" as sometimes I was apt to thread it backwards! <br />
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I love the freedom that free-hand embroidery with the machine gives me for creative expression. The softness of the leather pieces I am working with also provides the opportunity for the use of different weights of thread and embroidery floss.<br />
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As I finish up the last of these covers over the next couple of weeks, I hope to amplify the designs to include some narrative elements. I am not sure how that will go, but will post images when I am finished!<br />
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<b><i>As I have concentrated on "getting rid of stuff" I no longer need or want in the studio, I have been reminded of my entire creative journey. My daughter Kris always tells me that my gathering of materials and supplies for the studio over the past ten years or so (usually always from the 'FREE' tab on Craig's list) is a testament to my creative process. As I have honed my direction more towards artists' books and manuscript books, I have realized that a number of objects and also some materials are no longer important to my creative process. My silk screen kits and materials have all gone to my friend <a href="http://www.thelivingcanvas.ca/">Laura Mayo</a> who has a passion for colour and wants to learn how to print using these materials and techniques. I have given away stretcher bars and odd bits of canvas to two friends who are learning to paint with acrylics and boxes and boxes of smaller objects I collected for found object sculptures I will now never make are destined for my garage sale in April.</i></b><br />
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<b><i>The result is my studio now has space for more creation. I now have shelf room to have several artists' books in process at one time as well as a proper narrow wheeled cart for prints to rest on as they dry, a gift from Bert Fleury. My type has all been cleaned and sorted into cases and my press furniture nestled back into the proper place in the cabinet.</i></b><br />
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<b><i>My heart soars like a hawk as I complete this studio reset this Spring. I feel the energy of the wind blowing and the warmth of the sun flowing through the studio windows as the snow begins to melt. My creative soul feels reborn as I prepare for new work to come forth.</i></b><br />
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<b><i>And I know with each breath I take, each step I take, that all will be well, and all will be well, and with the grace and joy that God in her infinite wisdom shares with us everyday, all will be well.</i></b><br />
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Nancy Trottierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10857097158387505716noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1775835703492379012.post-34942491383747120752014-11-10T18:24:00.002-05:002014-11-10T18:24:17.080-05:00Creative Verve Is Flying High!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I am very busy these days preparing for <b><span style="color: #990000;"><a href="http://www.ovccshow.com/">JOY!!, November 22-23</a></span></b> in Ottawa. This is the large Christmas Market sponsored by the <b><a href="http://www.ovccguild.com/">Ottawa Valley Craft & Collectibles Guild,</a></b> of which I am a member. Click on the photo above to be taken to the show website, where all the information about the vendors is available.<br />
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There is FREE parking for visitors downtown in Ottawa!!!!<br />
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This is also the weekend for the Santa Claus parade, so on Saturday try to arrive in the morning before 11 and note that access to be parking may be restricted during the parade.<br />
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There is no set entry fee, however, the organizers will be taking donations at the door for <b><a href="http://www.sensfoundation.com/">The Ottawa Senators Fountation</a></b>. The Ottawa Senators Foundation empowers children and youth to reach their full potential by investing in social recreation and education programs that promote both physical and mental wellness.<br />
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I am very honored to be in such good company for this show. Over 80 vendors will be on hand, including <b><a href="http://www.valleyartisans.com/">Valley Artisans' Co-op</a></b> members <b><a href="http://www.thelivingcanvas.ca/">Laura Mayo</a></b> and <b><a href="http://www.valleyartisans.com/carlisles/carlisles2010.htm">Sara Carlisle</a></b> for both days, and <b><a href="http://www.kbernard.ca/">Karen Bernard</a></b>, on Sunday.<br />
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There is something amazing about being part of a market full or artisans who bring their soul into the world by creating. Their are food artisans, fabric artisans, and a host of traditional crafts at this show. Be sure to stop in and support local artisans.<br />
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Over the past year I have been working on small editioned and unique artist's books. I am so excited to have sold most copies of my <a href="http://artistbooks.ning.com/photo/albums/an-abecedarium-for-the-makers"><b>ABECEDARIUM for the Maker's of Artist's Books</b>,</a> but still have a few copies left which will be available at the show. <b><a href="http://www.johnhowellforbooks.com/?page=shop/flypage&product_id=2260">John Howell Books</a></b> in the USA has one copy for sale also.<br />
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I will also have on hand the final reproductions of my unique artist's book, <b><i>The Alphabet Effect</i></b>.<br />
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The reproductions can be seen <b><a href="http://artistbooks.ning.com/photo/albums/the-alphabet-effect">HERE</a></b>.<br />
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Over the Summer working at the Cottage Studio was amazing. I have produced a line of Soft Cover leather bound journals. These are longstitch binding, and lay flat on the table. They are perfect for travel journaling because they are flat.<br />
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The soft leather covers allow plenty of room for expansion of the book through additions pasted onto the page. Several have signatures made from Fabriano watercolor paper. Some of these journals also come with a soft, letterpress, bookmark.<br />
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Last year I had many requessts for handmade boxes, so I have added these to my show inventory.<br />
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The "Treasure Boxes" are all cut and assembled by hand and covered with either bookcloth, handmade paper, or hand silk screened paper.<br />
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I will have several sets that will come with a matching journal, as shown here.<br />
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My letterpress line of Christmas Cards and Note cards is being expanded this week also. My cards are printed on handmade paper, marbled paper, and birch bark! It is so much fun finishing up the last of the cards just before the show. This year I am working with wood relief cuts as well as my vintage metalcuts and having a blast!<br />
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In addition to the cards, I am producing a variety of "Letterpress Gift Tags" using relief wood blocks.<br />
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This item, again from requests from customers, has been exciting to work on for me. I designed and printed them using the Vandercook 01 Proof Press given to me by John Kristensen from Firefly Press in Boston.<br />
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Each of the tags has a printed design on the front, brass eyelet, and silk ribbon.<br />
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In addition to all my new Letterpress items, I will have framed calligraphy prints, cards, and original calligraphy broadsides and unique artists' books.<br />
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The past month has been a crazy, creative, wonderful journey, filled with joy and love and many blessings. I have two more weeks left to get work into frames and price tags on all my work. I really love the "market" aspect of coming together with other people who are driven to create. There is a flow of ideas and a union of spirit that is very hard to describe.<br />
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One thing I can say for certain, is that being in the midst of some of the most creative people I have ever known within this atmosphere feeds my creative spirit in undefinable ways. My heart soars like a hawk as I prepare my work for viewing by these creative souls and for purchase by the public. As always, my desire to present my love of God and faith in her spirit in the world through my work is all encompassing.<br />
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<i><b><span style="color: #660000;">Each day as I work in my wonderful studio, I am reminded of the ABUNDANCE of blessings in my life. The love and joy in my marriage, the peace of living in community with the members of our faith community, and the grace of being able to create and share with the wider community. I feel the breath of God in my heart and soul as I work in my studio, and I know that as I feel Her warm breath on my neck, across my cheek, and in my heart, that All will be well, and all will be well, with the grace and breath of the Holy Spirit, all will be well.</span></b></i><br />
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Nancy Trottierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10857097158387505716noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1775835703492379012.post-53891976484530051792014-09-19T12:56:00.000-04:002014-09-19T13:57:37.748-04:00Introduction to Making Paper by Hand at South of 60 Art Center<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">My next workshop will be held at <a href="http://www.southof60.com/index.php?whichpage=education">The South of 60 Art Center</a> in Barry's Bay Saturday, September 27.<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> Participants will learn the basics of creating paper pulp in small batches using recycled paper and pre-made paper pulp; how to construct a simple mold and deckle for small sheet papermaking; and how to colour pulp and pull a sheet of paper from a vat.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Participants will also be introduced to "poured paper" sheet making where additions are aded to the pulp. Participants will also be introduced to the SUMINAGASHI paper marbling technique</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Participants will take home the paper they make during the workshop and also a handout set of notes to help them make paper at home. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Complete Registration information is available by clicking <b><a href="http://www.southof60.com/index.php?whichpage=education">HERE</a></b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">If you have questions about the workshop, please email me at <a href="mailto:nancy@ducksinarowpress.com">nancy@ducksinarowpress.com</a>.</span><br />
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Nancy Trottierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10857097158387505716noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1775835703492379012.post-9398985698820269792014-08-13T10:14:00.001-04:002014-08-13T10:14:26.020-04:00Cottage Studio Time!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We have been at the cottage for the better part of two and a half weeks. It has rained at some point during every day we have been here, but we
have also managed great periods of sunshine with spectacular sunsets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The evenings and overnights have been
quite cool for the most part- but it has been great sleeping weather! We are
feeling rested and refreshed, bit-by- bit, from our time off grid and in the
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François has been busy
with chores around the cottage, including installing a new-to-us propane
stove/oven in the cottage and a solar system which is providing electricity for
various uses. We hope to add some DC lighting to the cottage and studio before
our cottage time ends this year. I have been working in the studio some
evenings by the light of an Aladdin Lamp, which doesn’t quite provide enough
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My studio here is full of activity each and every day. I am
working on my new series of long stitch, soft leather covered journals.
Many have leather tie-backs with interesting bits of beadwork or ornaments
attached. I am also making leather stamped bookmarks to go with them. These long stitch journals make the
perfect, personalized travel or daily journal for the writer. Many are filled
with Fabriano watercolor paper, perfect for the sketch artisan as they lay
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This past week when we have had visitors here, I set up the
outdoor hand paper making studio and made pulp using recycled paper shreds. I
now have a fine post drying that includes around 50 sheets of colored and birch
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Next week I plan to make 100% cotton rag papers as well as some
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coming year. All of the dyes I use are hypoallergenic and biodegradable, which
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On September 27 I will be offering a one-day <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Introduction
to Hand Paper Making</i></b> workshop in Barry’s Bay at the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.southof60.com/index.php?whichpage=education">South of 60 Gallery</a></b>. Check out their
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Participation is limited, so if you are interested, sign up as soon as
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As I sit here this morning, watching the sun come up on the
trees across the lake, the hummingbirds battling for a place at the feeder, and
the red squirrels running up and down the trees next to the deck, I wonder at
the beauty of the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
marvel at the solar technology that allows me to tap away at the computer
keyboard. My heart soars like a hawk with the fresh crispness of the air coming
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We are at the cottage through August 20....having a glorious time. I am making books and cutting stone. This week I will also start making paper....Beautiful weather...off grid.....glorious!<br />
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I will be in Stittsville, ON this coming Sunday for their Arts in the Park!! It is being held at the <b><a href="http://goo.gl/maps/0SyJ5">Village Square Park.</a> </b>For more information about the event, please click <b><a href="http://www.stittsvilleva.com/artists-authors-in-the-park/">HERE</a></b>. I will have calligraphy and letterpress broadsides, greeting cards, book boxes, calligraphy tiles, calligraphy magnets and more for sale! Stop by and say hello!<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Catich" style="color: #cc3300; text-decoration: none;"><b>Father Edward Michael Catich</b></a> was an eagle in every sense of the word. He had a sharp eye and whit, a dedication to his faith and service to God. He was a priest, artist, and scholar. During the last year of his life on earth, I was fortunate to be enrolled in his studio art program at St. Ambrose University. Father Catich took me under his wing. Not only was he my teacher, but he was also my priest and my friend at a time when I desperately needed both.<br />
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In 1976 after graduating from Mt. St. Clare College with an Associate of Arts degree I was awarded a significant scholarship to St. Ambrose to study calligraphy and studio art with Father Catich. I was afraid to start the program in the fall, so I sought permission to delay my scholarship and moved to New York City to be a mother's helper for a family.<br />
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In addition to working for a family, I had also decided I wanted to study with Paul Freeman from the Society of Scribes. I had only three lessons with Paul, who was wonderfully kind, when he asked me quietly, "What the hell are you doing in New York, so far away from your family, when you live 45 minutes away from the old man of the brush, Catich?" His wife was there with us that day-they were so nice to me. She served us tea and cookies. The three of us talked at length about my fears of "not making the grade." Paul convinced me to return to Iowa and pick up my scholarship. It was not until I had known Father Catich for about 4 months that he told me he had received a concerned call from Paul the year before about a young Iowa red-head who was lost in New York and coming home soon to study with him. I was very touched.<br />
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When I arrived at St. Ambrose in May of 1978 to meet Father and discuss school, he looked at my calligraphy work and told me it was <i>midwest nothing</i>, but that we could fix that in time, and not to worry. He told me I would need some books to study over the summer and he would get them for me. He proceeded to one of the back/side walls of his large studio and started to climb the metal shelving and pull down some books from the top. I was terrified the entire shelf was going to come down on him! He handed me <i>The Trajan Inscription in Rome</i>, <i>The Origin of the Serif</i>, and <i>Reed, Pen & Brush Alphabets</i>. I explained that I did not have any money to pay him for the books right then. He said, "Not to worry, we will just make a record." He walked to the studio door and wrote my name, the book titles, and the amount on the door. He told me I could pay him when I had the money. Father told me to go home and study and practice, and he would see me in the fall.<br />
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It was not until after his death, when I was helping to clean the studio and to catalog all of his books, that I discovered that these very same shelves were bolted to the cement walls of the studio!<br />
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Father Catich was an amazing artist. He could draw letters and buildings upside down to stun both the lecture hall audience and the students he was trying to teach in the classroom. But he was always first, and foremost, a priest. His deep faith and belief that Christ should always be kept amongst us in our hearts was never more present that in his depictions of Christ in "everyday dress" which caused him great difficulties with the powers that be in the Catholic Church.<br />
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<a href="http://www.rcreader.com/art/father-edward-m-catich-world/" style="color: #cc3300; text-decoration: none;"><i><b>Below is a quote from the River Cities Reader, 2004</b></i></a>:<br />
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<b>"For instance, at the same time his iconic image of a black Christ on the knee of a Latina Mary was displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, <i>Time</i>magazine was reporting on Catich’s notoriety as an anti-traditionalist. Catich was quoted as saying, “We must fashion a Christ who will be no stranger to our time. ... I do not think it vulgar to suggest we give Christ a shave and a haircut.” The Vatican was less than enthralled with Catich’s crusade to portray “Christ in a T-shirt” and issued him a monitum – a warning from the Pope." </b><br />
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Father Catich was able to translate the stories of the Bible into everyday language. This interpretation of the Biblical stories helped us to see how they related to our own stories in present day, and how those stories could help us to be better daughters, sons, fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, and friends to those around us.<br />
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Father also believed that understanding the Bible within the context of present day events would help us to be better artists and craftspersons as well. He is quoted as saying, <i>"I suggest, therefore, that a basic principle of religious art is that we must express religious truths in contemporary terms...Christ should be portrayed as a member of our household and our city, a person of our land and our language."</i> He expected us to not only be able to make letters with some skill, but to be able to represent our world around us, interpreting the Biblical narrative with modern day visual vocabulary, using pencil, watercolor brush, and pen.<br />
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At the time of his death he had been planning another trip to Europe for the Summer of 1979. He was taking his "3 girls" with him, Maureen Long, <a href="http://www.the-art-collective.org/Amy.html" style="color: #cc3300; text-decoration: none;"><b>Amy Nielsen</b></a>, and me, to help with the creating of glass for a stained glass window in Cologne and also to make more rubbings of the Trajan Inscription in Rome. He was convinced that the pollution was eroding the inscription even more than when he had made his second set of rubbings in preparation for the <a href="http://catfishartgroup.com/about/" style="color: #cc3300; text-decoration: none;"><b>cast he made for Donnelley Publishing in the 1960's</b></a>. (click on the previous phrase to see the cast) He also wanted each of us to have our own rubbing of the inscription.<br />
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The last day I saw him, Maundy Thursday, 1979, we had class in the morning and then I was to leave to return to my hometown, Clinton, to pick up my husband and travel to a conference in Kansas with him on Easter weekend. I kept forgetting items at the school-my negative notebook in the darkroom, my watercolor board in the studio. I ended up going back to the college 4 or more times that day. Each time I had wonderful long conversations with Father. He kept trying to give me money to pay for our plane tickets to Europe-we were getting them from my travel agent in Clinton. That day he also gave me his Leica camera. He wanted me to practice on my trip that weekend as he had asked me to be the official photographer for our journey to Rome. We talked about faith issues that day, about my family, and my hopes for teaching someday. The last moments I saw him he was standing next to John Schmits in his first floor office, talking, while John painted.<br />
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Returning from the trip to Kansas we arrived in Ames, Iowa at a relative's home to hear the phone ringing. It was for me. In the days before cell phones were common, we had been out of touch for the entire weekend. My mother was calling to inform me that Father had been found dead in his studio on Saturday morning by his apprentice, and our good friend. Paul Herrera. The next few days were a blur. The immense grief that we all felt was overpowering as we prepared ourselves for the funeral. The vigil in the chapel at St. Ambrose and the funeral the next day were difficult and exhausting for us all. At each step of the way we were reminded that Father Catich was our teacher, but he was first a priest and a servant of Christ and the church.<br />
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Over the years I have tried to understand why my time with Father Catich, this relatively short period of time in my life, changed me so profoundly. It has only been in the last few years that I realized it was due to the transformative nature of prayer in our lives. Father reminded me often of the need for prayer in my life. For me, making art work, either calligraphy pieces, watercolors, or artist's books, are a form of prayer. I feel compelled to tell my faith story in the objects I create and to share the process of making, which are my prayers, with those whom I come in contact with on the journey.<br />
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In 2011 I was able to reconnect with my good friend from those days,<a href="http://paulherreracalligrapher.blogspot.ca/" style="color: #cc3300; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><b>Paul Herrera</b></a>. He and a group of former Catich students have formed <a href="http://www.artlegacyleague.org/" style="color: #cc3300; text-decoration: none;"><b>The Art Legacy League</b></a> to honor the life and work of Father Catich. Paul is also completing work on a biography of Father Catich. As Father's apprentice at the time of his death, and the person who found him in his studio, Paul is the only person who can tell this incredible story of Father Catich's life, his faith, and his dedication to his creative soul.<br />
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Paul began a lecture tour across the United States and Canada three years ago to teach people about Father. At the end of April he is scheduled to give the talk in my hometown, Clinton, Iowa. The ALL is also hosting Steve Berry, New York Times Best Selling Author, June 1st for an Art Preservation Fundraiser. Click <b><a href="http://www.artlegacyleague.org/">HERE</a></b> to learn more about this work and to purchase tickets for this once in a lifetime event.<br />
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Father Catich died 35 years ago, on April 14. In some ways he is more alive to me now than he has ever been. As I work in my studio making letters, preparing stone for cutting, and making artist's books, I am reminded of his dedication to prayer as a central portion of both his spiritual and creative life. He admonished us all in his last will and testament about prayer, using the words of Tennyson:<br />
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<b>May He within Himself make pure! but thou,</b></div>
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<b>Pray for my Soul!</b></div>
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With each breath I take, with each stroke I make, I continue to pray for his soul, with grace and thanksgiving, that he touched my life so completely. Each day in my studio when I sit in his chair (given to me after his death) and look at his photo above my table, I am reminded that God's power working in us can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine.<br />
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<i><b>We need only open our hearts and our minds to God each and every day, and with the grace of God, all will be well, and all will be well, and with the peace of God, all will be well.</b></i></div>
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To learn more about Father Catich, please check out <b><a href="http://www.artlegacyleague.org/" style="color: #cc3300; text-decoration: none;">The Art Legacy League</a></b> website and also the <a href="http://catich.sau.edu/" style="color: #cc3300; text-decoration: none;"><b>Catich Digital Archives</b></a>, St. Ambrose University, Davenport, Iowa.<br />
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Nancy Trottierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10857097158387505716noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1775835703492379012.post-90873084344504043402014-04-06T07:57:00.000-04:002014-04-06T07:58:37.155-04:00Spring Book Arts Workshops Continue!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My latest all day workshop, <b><i>Making Calligraphy Cards and Broadsides,</i></b> was a terrific success. We had a small group due to some cancellations from illness, but overall, everyone worked very hard during the day. We covered the fundamental principles of design, talked about using design elements to create balance in calligraphic layouts, and how to apply the same design concepts used on large broadsides to smaller cards. In addition, everyone learned how to make their own envelopes using a handy little scoring tool from <b><i><a href="http://www.weronthenet.com/Envelope_Punch_Board">We R Memory Keepers</a></i></b>. There are a number of <b><i><a href="http://youtu.be/ASUawKRLZxE">You Tube</a></i></b> videos that clearly show how to use this tool, and I suggest if you are interested you check them out.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While participants were working on their exercises during the workshop, I took some time to make some little "Broadside Strips" for each of them to take home. This photo shows a sampling of the ones I completed during the day. Each has two different alphabet styles, pen and brush calligraphy, and a variety of colour applied. Usually I do one major broadside for each class and have a drawing for the winner, but for this day, and the smaller group, this seemed appropriate.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We don't have enough folks to run the <b><i>Intermediate Calligraphy Workshop</i></b> on Saturday, April 12, however the weekly course, <b><i>Pen and Brush Calligraphy for the Novice</i></b>, has a good group already registered and will begin on April 9th and run for the next 4 weeks, Wednesday Afternoons, from 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. We still have a few seats available, so if you are interested you may register here on my page or email me with questions.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The last workshop in the Spring Series is <b><i>Making Soft Cover Books</i></b>, and will be held Saturday, May 24th. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">The student will be introduced to the techniques and materials that may be used for making a variety of single signature and multiple signature soft cover books. Instruction will be given covering basic bookbinding tools, materials, and terms, making a ribbon tied book, a sewn single and multiple signature book, and a soft cover accordion book. Instruction will also be provided on making mono prints for book covers using the <b><a href="http://www.gelliarts.com/" style="text-decoration: none;">Gelli Arts</a></b> printing plate. Participants will take home their finished book forms, prints, and a course workbook. We still have seats available for this amazing day long workshop, so register today!</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">During the past month I have also been back in the studio attempting to cut stone and not feeling great about my results. My serifs are a bit thick and my channels not completely even, so I will continue to practice. However, my new <b><a href="http://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/mastercraft-7-in-slide-tile-saw-0556740p.html#.U0E9lt2Kx14">TILE SAW</a></b> from Canadian Tire works amazingly well for beveling edges. I was able to get this saw last year on sale at a fabulous price. My countersink bit also does a fantastic job for making screw holes for attaching slate to wood. I will be preparing slate in the coming weeks for making small initial stones and number stones so that I can practice my cutting. Feels great to have the chisels sharpened and the table set properly for letter carving. My letter carving table belonged to Father Catich and was given to me after his death by Tom Chouteau from St. Ambrose. Each time I begin to cut, I look up at Father's photo, and here him telling me, <i>"You'll get there Sadie, you are a plugger, just keep at it!"</i>.</span></span><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><i>This week the air is supposed to warm and the huge drifts of snow outside our home are supposed to begin to melt for real. The studio has already been warmer, and when the sun is out, there is real heat to it that warms my bones. I have been blessed with some new electrical lighting in my basement studio which helps keep the atmosphere brighter, but I so long for Spring to be sprung! </i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><i> I am anxious to be in the studio again in the early mornings and long to be on press in the next week working on new projects. It is warm enough now in the studio to being to print again.</i></span></span></b><br />
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