In
January 1998 fourteen people met for six classes in the Book Arts Lab
of the Margaret Clapp Library to explore the creation of journals as
artists' books. Guided by Marilyn Hatch and inspired by her
Round Ghost
Ranch: a Panoramic Journal, fourteen very different books emerged by the end of
the session. Several appear here.
Marilyn A. Hatch, Book Arts Instructor
Round
Ghost Ranch; a Panoramic Journal
Paste
paper covers with a drypoint etching invite the reader into an
accordion of high desert landscapes in color photocopy, etching, and
paste papers with handwritten text remembering a week of creativity
in New Mexico.
Jill Bent, Assistant in Special
Collections.
Travels in
Turkey.
This
accordion book recounts the artist’s trip to Turkey. Color
photocopies, watercolor paintings, sketches, and handwritten text are
combined on paste paper designed to represent the Turkish landscape,
architecture and culture. The book is hardbound in paste paper with a
cloth spine.
Charlotte White, Library Staff Retired
Prince
Edward Island.
This
journal records the highlights of the artist's trip to Prince Edward
Island with color photocopies on paste-paper pages cut in the shape
of the island. The text is hand written, and the book is bound with
ribbon sewn in a side-stab format.
Debra A. Carbarnes, Member, Friends of the
Library
Fragments • Tokyo 1984.
This
artist’s book in an accordion format with sewn-in sections evokes a
visit to Japan using Poloroid transfer prints, found objects,
hand-written text, and rubber stamps on paste papers…all bound in
hard covers with a fan-like paste paper pattern.
Jennifer Schurer, Class of 2000 
The artist made this photo-memoir album for her best friend of almost eight years. The book consists of a carousel of three layers of photocopied images--pictures of the artist and her friend on the first layer, pictures of their friends on the next, and a collage of tickets, pictures, and images which hold special meaning for them both on the third. The rest of the text pages are on hand-decorated paste papers with embossed rubber-stamped words. Each page has picture edge cut-outs so that more images may be added...and toward the end of the book a paste paper envelope is bound in for more mementos. The whole is enclosed in blue paper covers with a side stab binding.
Jiasuey Hsu, Class of 2000 
Across the
universe…
This book combines drypoint etchings, photographs, a pressed maple
leaf, and paste paper in a complex folded format housed in a
paste-paper covered, hardcover binding with cloth spine.
Joan Collier, Member, Friends of the Library
My life as
an artist.
Joan
combines many lives in this book! Calligrapher, journal keeper,
printmaker, landscape designer, photographer, oil and acrylics
painter, and book artist…all on paste papers and Japanese papers
using photocopy transfer for text and as a design element. The
accordion format with sewn-in sections is hard bound in handmade
paper with a cloth spine.
Josye Utick, Class of 1998
This book was made to commemorate the artist's traveling experience with her exceptional friend, Ruth MacQuiddy. Two copies were made, one for each, in order to cherish their trip to Prague in August of 1997.
The shape of the book was inspired by the dominating landmark of Prague, the Charles Bridge, which extends over the river that divides the city. The pages of the book represent the banks of the river and the insert extending thoughout the book represents the Charles bridge. Thus the images on one side of this accordion-style book correspond with one bank; the images on the other side with the opposite bank. And the insert serves as the format on which a stream of consciousness of events experienced in Prague are embossed.
The book is bound in hard covers surfaced with paste paper made by the artist and tied with an inserted ribbon. The images were transferred from black-and-white and color photocopies, photographs were drymounted over the transfers, and embossed text was added.
Roslyn Skarin, Library Staff 
Down
Under/Up Close.
A
journal recording the day-by-day experiences of a 1991 trip to
Australia, this accordion book includes color photocopies, maps,
memorabilia, and a pop-up Sidney Opera House! The paste-paper pages
and covers reflect the colors of Australia.
Sue Leong, Library Staff
A
Photographic Memoir.
A
journal in memory of Kelly. The artist has combined color
photocopies, rubber-stamped text, collage and decorative paper
punching on paste paper, all bound with red ribbon in a side-stab
binding.
Dorothy Widmayer, Faculty Emerita
The
Bareboat Sail. Puerto Rico and The Starlight Express. November 17 to
December 4, 1997
Dot
Widmayer's travel journal sings in paste paper colors of tropical
reds and blues and greens and starry skies. Color photocopies of
photographs, maps, collaged ephemera, schools of reef fish, computer
generated text all contribute to the feeling that we are there in the
Caribbean.
Eleanor B. Webster, Faculty Emerita
A collage
of images from
Color and Contrast: Glimpses of the Caribbean.
"This
book is one of the journals of journeys created by members of a
January 1998 Book Arts Workshop under the direction of Marilyn Hatch.
This journey started in Boston on a dark snowy morning, Monday,
November 17, 1997, with a flight to Puerto Rico. The first glimpse
was of sparkling blue sea beyond the coast of New San Juan crowded
with high-rise luxury hotels. After three days of exploring Old San
Juan, we flew to Beef Island Airport on Tortola for two weeks of
sailing in the Virgin Islands." (From the Foreword)
Eleanor’s accordion-fold book includes photographs, color
photocopies, memorabilia and maps on paste-paper backgrounds as well
as Canson Mi-Tientes and other art papers.
Elizabeth Graettinger, Class of 1998
Journal.
Betta
has used multiple-folded pages, color and black-and-white
photocopies, clippings, hand-written text, and ribbon lacing to
create a one-of-a-kind keepsake for a special friend.