mini river song diary
March 11, 2012
i have wanted to make river song diary for a while. i was inspired by a fellow who fan’s birthday. she likes small things and dr.who.
i had to alter the pattern because of the scale. leather at this scale would also be tricky. so i used paper and then coated it with leather wax.
next attempt…maybe using laser cut boards?
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9/17/11 • Sidewalk Exposé presenting Box Turtle Press!
September 06, 2011
Square Peg Artery & Salvage
108 S. 20th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 360-5548
Val Kremser of Box Turtle Press spends her days restoring books, and preserving information for the ages. In her free time she churns out adorable miniature hand bound book necklaces, earrings made of recycled paper, diminutive tins for stashing tiny gifts, postcards with vintage romance, artist prints. If you are very, very nice she may even restore your much neglected antique book collection!
3-7 PM
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Peanut butter cups
February 14, 2011
Day 14. Homemade peanut butter cups and decorated box. For my sweetie.
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Waldseemüller-Globus
February 12, 2011
day 12. I cut out, colored and assembled a photocopy of Waldseemüller-Globus into a real globe….or close to a real globe.
"America" appears for the first time in 1507 on the world map of Waldseemüller, on his terrestrial globe and in the associated "Cosmographiae Introductio" (Introduction to a Description of the World) by Ringmann and Waldseemüller.
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Heart for the heart show
February 10, 2011
Day 9. My collage heart for the heart show. Might add some more stuff tomorrow.
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Bun-con
February 08, 2011
Day 8. Made a background for my bunny painting and started my heart
for the heart show.
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Origami hearts
Day 7. Tried four different kinds of origami hearts. Easy
construction, but the directions weren’t very clear.
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Acrylic bunny painting
February 06, 2011
Day 6
An acrylic painting of a bunny for my heart for the heart show.
Tomorrow the finished heart.
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cheese baked olives
February 01, 2011
made a quadruple batch of these pockets of yumminess for my friend
mia’s birthday party.
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Mini Valentine’s Day Books
March 18, 2010
Gleaner’s is hosting their annual Valentine’s Day Group Show. Due to the SNOW!!! the show is up until this Sunday, March 21.
mini textblocks sewn on cords and tapes.
I like tiny hearts and weird fabrics. Some are already gone!
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Book a Week
FAIL!
I just couldn’t pull off a book every week in 2009. Too many other projects and events to deal with.
I did make a bunch of books, and experimented a bit with materials. So it wasn’t a complete waste of time.
So f0r 2010….a new book arts project. All my old books are editioned.
So planning begins for the Uninvited Guest.
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b.a.w. sept 21-27
September 27, 2009
finally got a chance to play with michelle’s design. tried to make a moth looking one.
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b.a.w. sept 14-20
September 20, 2009
this was a collaboration btwn me and eagleapex. He did the page layout and i bound it.
it’s white leather with black suede embossed and tinted edges.
we finished it to submit to a show about Poe and where rejected. oh well.
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b.a.w. sept 7-13
September 13, 2009
i made these at a workshop!
Michelle Dauberman will teach:
Insect Pamphlet & Cube and nested triangle structure:
Saturday, September 12, 2009
9am – 12pm
Held at the Library Company
1314 Locust St.
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b.a.w. aug 30-sept 6
September 06, 2009
this is the book i made for my cousin’s wedding.
it is beach themed, so i used a nice off white book cloth and made marbled paper using off white, perwinkle(her wedding color), and some shades of blue to accent.
nice and simple.
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b.a.w. august 3-9
August 09, 2009
a weird hybrid of japanese styles sewn together using a bracelet i made in early high school.
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b.a.w. june 29-july 5
July 05, 2009
these are some of my book charms. have been making them since nov. 08. good way to use up scraps.
and who doesn’t love tiny things
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b.a.w april 6-12
April 12, 2009
sewed directly onto the book cloth then wrapped it around the boards.
looks nice and clean.
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b.a.w. march 30-april 5
April 05, 2009
what a hot mess. tried a limp vellum binding using book cloth.
worked ok, except i tried to do a weird weave on the cover and the piece was too small!
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b.a.w. march 23-29
March 26, 2009
i am finally posting something i made back in january. i have been behind on my book a week project and couldn’t figure out why.
this little number was made from a regular calendar i cut apart and pamphlet stitched. at the top of each section was a space to write notes. these fall in between the months and are great for jotting down phone numbers or to do’s.
i added a gusset pocket in the back for extra bits.
so far b.a.w. has been going well. i have skipped weeks and then caught up. i hope to be more regular now that i have a bunch of text blocks ready and have all my book supplies organized.
yay!!!!!!
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b.a.w. march 16-22
this little beauty wasn’t sewn the pages were linked together.
the paper is hand made cotton/flax with wasp nest.
a tiny antique landscape photo on the front.
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b.a.w. march 9-15
fun graph paper inside and off-set grid paper for the spine.
hand-rounded corners.
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b.a.w mar 2-8
March 11, 2009
a tiny book with a fabric cover i stenciled leaves on using an earring i found on the ground and silk-screen ink.
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b.a.w feb 2-8
i like plain covers with a bit of decorative paper inside. a bit hard to see, but you can see some right over the text block’s top.
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b.a.w jan. 12-18
January 21, 2009
a weird little number with a beveled top edge.
pages and cover are scrap from work.
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b.a.w jan. 5-11
while technically not a book, my ipod case is a book like structure.
it houses lots of audio books!
besides the velcro enclosure, there is a pin on the back so i can wear it on my apron at work.
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b.a.w jan. 1-4
so in 2009 i am setting a goal of a book a week.
they will be small, big, experimental, things that are book like.
here are the first 2.
i figured i’d better start off with a bang and make 2.
i then proceeded to get violently ill.(that is why i am posting this on jan 20)
i got behind on posting, but I am proud to say i did make a book a week so far.
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Procrastinators’ Bazaar
December 20, 2008
Val’s space at PositiveSpace’s Procrastinators’ Bazaar at the M Room in Fishtown.
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Standard Craft
December 06, 2008
Val’s stuff and a little bit of Chris’s on a table at PositiveSpace’s Standard Craft sale today at Standard Tap.
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Pennypack Environmental Center Fall Festival
October 04, 2008
Val is selling her wares at this year’s Fall Festival.
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it’s alive!!!!!
February 06, 2008
so i have decided that new jersey around the year 1775 was the land of Frankenstein-ian bookbinders.
either they were blind, or they were out to create monsters. diagonal stitching, stitching sections of one sheet of paper together and then covering with tape.
i have to wonder what the hell were they thinking.
i envision a really old man being handed documents told to bind them and drinking and sewing.
beer and binding don’t mix kids.
the crazies keep me employed though.
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Come see me at the….
November 26, 2007
STANDARD CRAFT SALE!
Saturday, December 8th, 2007, 11am-3pm
The Standard Tap (2nd & Poplar Sts)
Positive Space brings out the goods at our annual holiday craft sale at The Standard Tap (2nd & Poplar Sts). Join 16 local artists as they get you all set for the holidays with beautiful glass, jewelry, paintings, prints, one-of-a-kinds, crafts and artwork. Swing by for breakfast then pop upstairs for a dose of handmade holiday wonder.
Thank you Standard Tap for hosting our holiday craft show for the 5th year in a row! www.standardtap.com
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different…is done!
August 26, 2007
here it is my very first real stop animation project.
there are kinks, but i still find it great.
enjoy!!!!
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check it!
February 14, 2007
i got me a blog and stuff.
check here for the latest updates on my art, my life, and cool things going down here in good old Philly!
i’m on it..finally!
thanks to chris for all his help. SMOOCH!!!
