#small books

[craftdiscoveries]

Our bookbinding for April's Hand Made Book Club is supposed to be small enough to fit in a tin. I do have a bunch of Altoids tins, but I really wanted to use this larger watercolor pencil one. Bonus, there's also room for a small pen.

I thought it would be clever to stamp the watercolor paper with a palette stamp and watercolor it in a messy way, kind of like how mine looks when I'm painting.

I'm still planning on making a mini book that fits in an Altoids tin because, who doesn't like mini books?

#bookbinding #watercolor #small books #journal #tins #books #art journal #mixed media #art #crafts

[uwmspeccoll]

In the Land of Tiny Books

Our Head of Special Collections Max Yela has collaborated for decades with Milwaukee artist and art professor at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design (MIAD) Leslie Fedorchuk (on the left in the first image; Max is on the right). This semester, Leslie is teaching a MIAD course called "Magical Miniatures" and she brought her class over for a discussion and review of artists books that use small scale as expression.

While Max is not very fond of miniatures or the miniaturization of books, he does like books that are small for compositional reasons. In fact, one of his favorite artists books, In Here Out There (third image) by the late Minnesota artist Jody Williams, is quite small (5 x 7 cm). Since we hold about 95% of Jody Williams's work and about 90% of the small editioned work of Peter & Donna Thomas, after a discussion, the class spent time reviewing selected works by these artists, plus about a dozen others by local book artists.

This was the first time these art students, many of them Juniors and Seniors, had ever encountered artists books before, and all expressed that it was a transformative experience. We look forward to seeing some of the book work that comes out of the assignments for this class!

The photographs shown here were taken by MIAD Web Content Specialist Olivia Langby.

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#instruction sessions #classes #visiting classes #MIAD #MIAD students #art students #artists books #small books #miniature books #Leslie Fedorchuk #Max Yela #Jody Williams #Peter and Donna Thomas #Olivia Langby

[othmeralia]

Well, this was quite the surprise!

Our collections assistant is going through a rather large donation that has fun little surprises like this. A jewelry box with a very small leather bound book! The book contains the United States' pledge of allegiance.

#tiny books #small books #leather bound books #donations #surprise! #othmeralia

[tomework]

**pocket edition**

“Tales Psychological and Gruesome” by Edgar Allan Poe

I have no idea where I found this little bad boy, I forgot I had it. I looked into these and really wanted to start collecting them. Now that I’m an adult and I can do those things on my own with my own hard earned money, I might just start.

Little Blue Book No. 941

#tomework #book review #read #book blog #fiction #classic literature #pocket edition #little blue book #Edgar Allan Poe #takes psychological and gruesome #pocket sized books #small books

[betterbooksandthings]

"Welcome to the world of mini books and mini book kits, where small covers contain big ideas. You may ask, “Why make books so small?” In my humble opinion, mini books are equal parts cute and impressive. Why wouldn’t you want a mini bookshelf full of your own mini books?

The appeal of small books is not a new phenomenon. After all, there are existing miniature books from the 16th century. Small books have served as tests for book printers, collector’s items, and useful copies for people who valued their portability. The impressive collection of mini books scattered throughout print history is marvelous. And today, some traditional bookstores even carry the mini John Green books that hit the shelves in 2018.

There is also a growing demand and interest for non-readable mini books fit for a dollhouse. The Guardian covered the rising popularity of miniatures and dollhouses, explaining that with the rising cost of housing, adults interested in home ownership and décor turn to a miniature, affordable option. I think the same could be said about mini books and mini book kits. Maybe you want a small version of the books you love from the library or just mini versions of books you already own. Either way, the internet has plenty of mini books and mini book kits available for you to start your own curated collection."

#Mini Books Bringing Max Joy: the Best Mini Books and Mini Book Kits #mini books #etsy #mini book kits #mini books etsy #diy Mini Books #small books

[ourrainyevenings]

Description of my chapbook and can be purchased at Bottlecap Press in physical or PDF format.

#chapbook #books #poetry #paperback books #small books #writing #poet #poems #literary arts #free verse #mine #amwriting #writers #poetry community #woc poetry #my work #free verse poetry #women writer #writer community #publication #indie publishing #small poems #lgbtqia #sad poems #bottlecap press #small press

[oifaaa]

Fun new game I'm playing while watching the new Percy Jackson show called "Was this actually different in the books or is my memory just shit"

#percy jackson #pjo #just with small things like #wasnt it a thing in the books #that all the gods children had designated tables #and its one of the ways you could tell the hermes cabin was over crowded #bc there was hardly any space at the table #i could always just reread the book again to see #but im busy enough rn #so hopefully one of you lovely people will tell me #oifaaaposts

[floccinaucinihilipilificationa]

#good omens #´hello friends!! how are you!! #I hope you're doing well! ( ´ ▽ ` ) #I have a big cough but otherwise I am good! It's nothign bad I am just very slimey #usually I am not a cough person I am not sure where this is coming from #most of the time I just get a stuffy nose #has my nose gotten stronger #but there are good news too I have already found a VERY good chestnut to put into my pocket this autumn!! its very small! (❁´▽`❁) #it's been a very warm autumn in Germany so far so it has not really felt like fall yet #but yesterday it was all rainy and stormy and I had two new books and it was the best day possible to have a slimey cough (: #and now I feel SO much autumn I am close to buying a set of window colors #I do not know what I would to with the window colors I just have this strong urge in me to buy a window color set #the last time I did a window color was at the birtday of a class mate I think she turned 9 and I made a deer #but for some reason we did this craft 5 minutes before we all had to leave so we had to carry our window color deer home wet #unfortunatly for the deer and me I fell down the stairs of her house and smeared the deer all over me and i screamed the entire drive home #which wasn't very long but it probably felt very long for the mother who had a screaming child covered in window color deer inside her car

[sentient-forest-boy]

As a young librarian, I started trying to figure out why more young people aren't ever coming in; 90% of our demographic are the elderly and parents of children, and the rest are a rough mix of the kids and teenagers who come in just for school projects. As a result, I've been attempting different ways to get the Youth TM to come into libraries, but first I wanted to see why they don't come in. Please reblog to get this poll out to more people! <3

#polls #poll #library #librarian #books #reading #pretty pls I need more people come into my workplace that aren't going to hate crime me for breathing #I live in a small town so I am Tired

[caitlinscornersblog]

care to join me?! 💌

write me a love letter!! (bf application)

#nerdy girls #nerdy babe #nerdy chicks #nerdy stuff #book nerd #sexy nerd #nerd alert #alternative goth #alt gf #small tiddy goth gf #goth gf #emo gf #big tiddy gf #puppy gf #cute egirl #cute girl #girls with colored hair #girls with tatts #inked girls #tattooed girls #girls with glasses #gamer girl #gamers of tumblr #gamergirl #daddy's good girl #daddy’s babygirl #daddy’s brat #alt girl #girls with tattoos #hot daddy

[ramblingsofnobody]

My precious

#lotr #small books

[uwmspeccoll]

Staff Pick of the Week!

This week I am sharing Quintessential Questions, a small artist book by book artist, writer, and professor at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design,  Jody Williams. The book is self-published under her imprint, Flying Paper Press, Minneapolis, 1996. I chose this artist book to highlight the exhibition in Special Collections which I just finished installing, called Jody Williams’s Flying Paper Press. 

Jody Williams creates small artist books which take a variety of creative and engaging forms. Within her books she uses her own calligraphic letters which are friendly and inviting. Her books are also impeccably crafted, each cut and fold is perfectly measured and squared.  Her illustrations are harmonious with the text, they are playful while depicting serious topics relating to our relationship with time, space, nature, language, and so on. 

In this book Williams looks at our relationships to the interrogative words: who, what, where, when, why, and how. She highlights their uses and how they often mislead us, elicit unsatisfactory answers, or lead us into obsession, evasion, and more confusion. 

Williams uses boxes as pages, allowing space for inclusions of buttons and beads into the composition. The text and images are made from etchings, which produce beautiful tactile lines on the toned papers. The cover paper is her own design. 

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Teddy, Special Collections Graduate Intern

#Staff Pick of the Week #Quintessential Questions #Jody Williams #Artists books #Bookmaking #Book arts #who #what #where #when #why #how #Flying Paper Press #Mixed Media #Etching #Printmaking #Minnesota artists #Midwest Artists #small books #calligraphic fonts #book design #art and design #teddy

[sweatermuppet]

my stickers are for sale at Category is Books in Glasgow!! <3

#silas denver melvin #sweatermuppet #category is books #small business #lgbt #queer #trans artist #pride month #pride month 2023

[givemewallywestorgivemedeath]

The funny thing about the PJO cabin system is that everyone's always all 'oh the twelve' this and 'the twelve' that but that's absolutely not even remotely accurate. To start, right off the bat it's thirteen, not twelve, because they don't count Hades. But not really because before Percy, there were no big three kids, so we're down to ten active cabins already but it's actually eight because Artemis and Hera don't make demigods.

And of those eight, Mr. D is stuck at camp (thus not really making new demigods all that often) and his only two kids don't even sleep in a cabin, they sleep in the Big House with him.

So, pre-Percy, there are seven active cabins at Camp Half-Blood:

Glee club, the Jocks, the Nerds, the Geeks, the Farmers, the 'Sketchy Kids' and the Popular Kids.

Or, in other words, the Apollo, Ares, Athena, Hephaestus, Demeter, Hermes (and the unclaimed kids) and Aphrodite cabins.

What's cool is that you can already see the cabin dynamics in the show. For example, the Athena cabin allies with the Hermes cabin for the numbers. The Hermes kids plus all the unclaimed kids? It's the biggest cabin in the camp by far. It's a battle strategy. Luke and Annabeth's close relationship is just the cherry on top for Annabeth. It'll be really cool to see how the show develops the differences in the cabins during the series.

#pjo tv show #pjo series #if i remember correctly it's the Hermes cabin then Ares and Apollo in terms of numbers. Aphrodite would probably be next. #but the Athena Hephaestus and Demeter cabins were always under twelve kids. #they state exact numbers in one book... and if you don't want spoilers turn back now #but after the war theres only three Hephaestus kids left so like.... the numbers go real fucking low #the entire camp population plummeta #iactually really fucking depressing watching this camp filled with small tiny children knowing that only a very small fraction of themlive

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 271

“Grandmother is visiting,” Damian suddenly said with no warning and with his usual not-quite demanding tone. 

“Who?” Tim wasn’t the only one to startle, seeing as Bruce had practically froze, a downturn to his lips in a silent show of confusion. 

Damian scowled. “Are you deaf Drake? Grandmother is coming to Gotham to, quote, make sure I am being properly cared for.” None of them had known that Ras was with anyone actually. At least Tim was pretty sure that would have been in the files. 

“Oh?” Dick didn’t quite crouch to Damian’s height but it was a near thing. “She-” “He,” Damian corrected, interrupting him. They all exchanged a glance before Dick continued. 

“Is he coming to the Manor or…” 

Damian scoffed again, a tiny bit of a flush against his face. “No, Grandmother will most likely be staying with Akhi-”

Now wait one moment-

“YOU HAVE ANOTHER BROTHER?!” 

#DCxDP #DPxDC #Prompts #Deadly Decisions #Danny & Ras are the homoerotic rivals that no one knows if they’re flirting or attempting a murder #It’s actually both they’re just also both Immortal #Danny to Jason: You can become a crime lord if you finish college- you’ve said you wanted to get a degree this is ur chance #Dusan (nodding): Mother has made all of us finish at least our basic education nephew #Why yes this does mean that RH has just made the heads in a duffel bag debut & the bats have no clue it’s Jason #Normally Danny wanders the universe but RAS (affectionately derogatory) HOW DARE U TRY TO HIDE THE GRANDCHILDREN #Morally Gray Danny #He’s well over 300 and that has an affect lol #Also has some fun fae vibes thx to his ghost half & human half finally balancing out #Let Jason & Damian be brothers #Tiny Damian: Akhi look I found a frog :> #Jason (newly not brain damaged & has no clue who this small child is): …. That’s great #Tiny Damian: *GASP* Akhi you can talk now :D #Fuck it- all the Al Ghuls deserve fangs from ecto contamination #Is Danny actually Dusan & Talia’s mother? No one knows and no one wants to ask the probably immortal fae being okay #Danny brought Damian a ghost hound puppy & Jason an original signed Pride & Prejudice book #How come Bruce wasn’t aware of Danyal? Talia forgot to inform him that the mother she was speaking of is in fact still alive #He disappears for a decade sometimes longer she was using past terms how was he supposed to know

[drawnbythestream]

Obi-wan and his friend Bant Eerin having a sad moment after certain events

#star wars fanart #obi wan kenobi #bant eerin #I was going to save this for a long sketch dump type post #But then again it’s the most complete art I’ve done in a while #Even has a background and everything #I’ve been making my way through the Jedi Apprentice books and I have mixed feelings #Ranging from “this is great 😭💛” to “wow they would never! I’m glad this isn’t canon” #But anyway I was happy to find that Obi-wan has a sweet friend named Bant and I would like to see more of her in stuff #…also I drew this kind of small…since it was supposed to be part of a whole lineup of drawings but then I ran out of drive/energy #So… the rest will be posted some other time