Asheville Bookworks is a community resource for print and book arts located in West Asheville, North Carolina.

• Asheville Information and Lodging

  • Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce Information on business and relocation
  • Asheville Convention and Visitor Center Official Visitor Center website with links to restaurants, lodging and local events.
  • Asheville Legendary Inns An association of the finest bed and breakfast inns in Asheville.
  • Asheville Sleep Inn – Biltmore West Located at Exit 44 off I-40, close driving distance to BookWorks.
  • Bon Paul and Sharky's Hostel Hostel located within walking distance of BookWorks. Shared bathroom and kitchen. Private rooms available. Recommend bringing your own pillows and towels.
  • Holiday Inn Asheville – Biltmore West Located at Exit 44 off I-40, close driving distance to BookWorks.

• Learning Centers In and Near Asheville

  • Cloth Fiber Workshop Classes in textiles, clothing design, home furnishings, and more.
  • John C. Campbell Folk School A community school offering classes in craft, art, music, dance, writing, gardening, etc. with offerings related to the book arts.
  • Odyssey Center for the Ceramic Arts An educational center for ceramics, with workshops, lectures, and residencies.
  • Penland School of Crafts Workshops in all craft media, including bookbinding, printmaking, letterpress printing, and papermaking.

• Learning Centers Outside of Asheville

  • Duke University Special Collections Library Duke University’s Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library. Check out the Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture>Subject Guides>Artists’ Books by Women.
  • North Carolina Print Network A blog created as a place for NorthCarolina printmakers and print enthusiasts to “meet” and share ideas, projects and events.
  • University of Iowa Center for the Book Handmade papers, papermaking instructional videos.

• Materials and Tools in Asheville

  • Earth Guild Local source for craft materials from wools to leather tools.
  • Lark Books Publishing company that produces books that celebrate the creative spirit, including bookbinding and journaling.
  • Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe Independent bookseller located in downtown Asheville.
  • True Blue Art Local art supply store including wide selection of papers and largest amount of book arts materials in Asheville.
  • Waechter's Silk Shop Source for designer and natural fiber fabrics, perfect for making your own bookcloth.

• Materials and Tools Outside Asheville

  • Arista Medical Supply Company Scalpels, scissors, tweezers.
  • BookMakers International The finest in hand book binding, book conservation, and book arts. Supplies, tools, and equipment for book conservation, paper conservation and hand bookbinding.
  • Cave Paper Production handmade paper mill.
  • Cheap Joe's Art Stuff Offers an array of fine art supplies including, paints, brushes, watercolors, oils, acrylics, and tones of other art supplies.
  • Colophon Book Arts Supply Excellent book arts supplies and libary. Web site includes tutorials covering skills such as marbling, bookbinding, etc.
  • Daniel Smith, Inc. Full range of art supplies, specialty printmaking supplies.
  • DickBlick Art Materials Major supplier for schools and artists, with a wide range of mid-priced art supplies, as well as some higher end materials. Many products made specifically for their brand.
  • Dieu Donne Paper Mill Non-profit artists workspace dedicated to the creation, promotin, and preservatino of contemporary art in the hand papermaking process. Studio, gallery, paper-making classes, artist residencies.
  • Dolphin Papers Supplies and fine art papers from around the world. Discount for ordering large quantities.
  • Ecological Fibers, Inc. Environmentally sound covering materials for the book, decorative packaging, and photo mount industries. Manufacturers and suppliers of paper, textile and nonwovens based, colored, coated and flocked cover materials and book binder supplies.
  • Garrett Wade Offers specialty tools for woodworking and cabinetmaking.
  • Gaylord Brothers Library and archival supplies—conservation tools, matting and framing, book and pamphlet maintenance, specialty storage, exhibit materials.
  • Harcourt Bindery Bindery company offering presentation and limited editions, special featured bindings, restoration and protective boxes, period style and traditional bindings, modern and artistic bindings.
  • Harmatan Leather Ltd. Manufacturers of fine goatskin and calfskin bookbinding leathers. Harmatan tannery located in Higham Ferrers, England.
  • Hewits A well-established company with a 200 year History of manufacturing the finest quality leathers for bookbinding and leathergoods production. The online catalog includes a wide selection of equipment, tools, materials and sundries, catering to the requirem
  • Hiromi Paper International Inventory consists of Japanese milled paper, called “washi.”
  • Japanese Paper Place Selection of Japanese papers.
  • John Neal Bookseller Offers a full range of calligraphy supplies, calligraphy books, bookbinding supplies, bookbinding tools, instructional manuals, gilding supplies, inks, pens, pen points, nibs, gouache and gifts.
  • Kampo Cultural Center Machine-made Japanese paper for painting and calligraphy, brushes, classroom and correspondence calligraphy classes.
  • Kate’s Paperie Resource for exotic papers and paper accoutrements. Over 4,000 papers from more than 40 countries and a vast collection of more than 1,500 couture-quality ribbons from around the world.
  • Light Impressions Fine archival storage, display and presentation materials for negatives, transparencies, CDs, photographs, artwork and documents. The company’s exclusive products are manufactured to exact specifications developed by a team of artists and archivists, coll
  • McClain’s Printmaking Supplies Specializes in relief materials including tools, wood, linoleum blocks, ink, paper, sharpening stones, gouges, and brushes.
  • Miki’s Paper Exquisite handmade papers can be found at Miki’s Paper. You can purchase the paper by the sheet or pre-cut into stationery, origami squares or even laser printable reams.
  • New York Central Art Supply New York Central has an experienced staff and the widest selection of materials available anywhere. They have world-famous paper department and a huge selection of hard-to-find materials.
  • Oriental Art Supply Providing chinese brush painting, calligraphy and sumi-e supplies including, chinese brushes, shuen paper (xuan paper), ink stones, ink slates, chinese seals, chinese painting books, chinese painting instructional videos, or accessories.
  • Oriental Culture Enterprises Papers, Asian art supplies (Chinese mop brushes, calligraphy paper, etc.), books from China.
  • Paper and Ink Arts Tools, supplies, books and gifts for calligraphers, book and paper artists, collage and multimedia artists, with a full line of vintage and currently manufactured pen nibs, simple and extraordinary penholders; inks; ink sticks; watercolors; gouache; color
  • Pearl Paint Discount art supply store—some paper selection.
  • Rembrandt Graphic Arts Fine arts printmaking presses, equipment, inks, papers, tools and chemicals available. Manufacturer and retailer for printmaking materials, hand presses, and supplies for etching, lithography, silk screen printing, relief printing and monotype.
  • Stephen Kinsella, Inc. Fine art papers.
  • Talas Source for professional, conservation, preservation and restoration supplies since 1962.
  • Twin Rocker Paper Specializes in handmade stationery, invitations, and artist’ paper.

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