Exhibition Dates: January 10 – February 29, 2012 at BookWorks Gallery. Asheville BookWorks will create an on-line gallery too.

BookWorks Gallery is seeking work for an upcoming show of handmade books with the theme of Time Travelers / Historical Book Structures.

Preference will be given to bindings based on the artist’s personal research into an historical structure, including design sensibilities and techniques. Exhibit will showcase works with technical skill and artistic expression within an
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'Origin' by Dan Essig

The Time Travelers exhibition, on view at the BookWorks Gallery, opening January 17 (1 – 8 PM) through February 29, showcases a juried selection of artist books inspired by historical bookbinding. The books on display demonstrate technical skill and artistic expression within an historical framework.  Artists used binding structures representing a range of cultural traditions and periods, showing how handmade book practices have transformed over time and distance.

The exhibit is particularly focused on books made by
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Asheville BookWorks Gallery is seeking work for an upcoming show of prints with the theme, Beyond Language.

It is only natural that after all of these years printmaking still carries the torch for it’s greatest partner and eternal love – Letters. A letter can, with ease, deliver to us striking form, content, and even context; usually these fine things are strung tightly with an understanding and usage of language. Within the bounds of art and design this need not be the
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