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Potential 2021

January 20, 2021

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Scrap Art Quilt: Keys

January 19, 2021

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Video: Critical Opalescence (Tears)

January 17, 2021

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Video: Critical Opalescence (Ice)

January 10, 2021

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Video: Snapshots of Sea Glass

January 03, 2021

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Happier New Year: Searching for the Light

January 01, 2021

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The Hidden Cat: Art Quilt

December 29, 2020

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Video: The Hidden Owl

December 27, 2020

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More Teachings from Trees: Coppice & Pollard

December 24, 2020

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If It's Sunday It Must Be a Video: I Found Out

December 20, 2020

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Things I Learned in a Book about Trees: Wildwood

December 18, 2020

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New Art Quilt: The Hidden Owl

December 16, 2020

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Video: Alphabetical Lichencounters

December 13, 2020

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Star 82 Review Issue 8.4 Now Available!

December 08, 2020

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Video: Not Yet Nest

December 06, 2020

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Falling in Love with an Idea

December 03, 2020

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Bird Migration and Video: The Third Light

November 29, 2020

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Some Extra Squash for Today

November 26, 2020

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Video: Birds of the Bible: Quail

November 22, 2020

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New Video for Birds of the Bible: Vulture

November 18, 2020

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Alisa: Alisa Golden is the author of Making Handmade Books: 100+ Bindings, Structures & Forms (Lark Crafts, 2011), and Painted Paper: Techniques & Projects for Handmade Books & Cards (Lark Books, 2008), among others. She makes art quilts, books under the imprint never mind the press, and teaches bookmaking, writing, and letterpress printing around the San Francisco Bay Area, and for 12 years at California College of the Arts. She holds a BFA in printmaking from California College of Arts and Crafts (now CCA), and an MFA in creative writing from San Francisco State University. Her stories, poems, and art have been published widely, and she founded and edits the online and print magazine, Star 82 Review. Her book art may be found in numerous Special Collections of libraries and universities across the United States.

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Making Handmade Books

Making Handmade Books

"Best Bookmaking Guide" on Cool Tools
"Top 10 Books on Crafts" 2011
Ask book-related questions in this blog post, or check previous answers, corrections, and comments.
Find step-by-step instructions for old and new projects here.

Painted Paper

Expressive Handmade Books

never mind the press

Alisa Golden's official website
Alisa's art & books on Etsy
Interview with Alisa Golden
Another interview with Alisa Golden
Star 82 Review: art & lit magazine
Star 82 Review News blog

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Recent Art & Writing by Alisa

Eunoia Review: July 27, 2020; "Shelter"
Journal of Compressed Creative Arts: May 4, 2020; "The Hidden Owl"
Nanoism: #870; March 11, 2020;"She could either have"
Blink-Ink: Ghost Bus #39; February 2020; "Just Because You Have a Ticket" and "They Never Leave"
Blink-Ink: Summer Romance #36; June 2019; "A Suitcase of Kisses"
Chiron Review: #112/113 Summer/Fall 2018: "Acceptance"
The Pedestal Magazine: Issue 83, December 2018; "The Burn Zone"

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