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The Changing Book: Transitions In Design, Production, And Preservation, Peter D. Verheyen Dec 2008

The Changing Book: Transitions In Design, Production, And Preservation, Peter D. Verheyen

Peter D Verheyen

This book review was originally published in the Guild of Book Workers' Newsletter, Vol 181, December, 2008.

"The Changing Book: Transitions in Design Production, and Preservation publishes the proceedings of the conference of the same name organized by and held at the University of Iowa July 22-25,2005. This conference tied together many threads, from an exhibition honoring the life's work of William (Bill) Anthony, the first conservator at the University of Iowa and teacher to some of today's best, to a "tent show" which gave the public the opportunity to learn about the book arts hands-on, to 19 formal presentations …


Not Your Beeswax: Textile Artist Moves Into The Realm Of Rozome, A Japanese Art Using Silk, Dye And Wax, Melissa Kaelin Feb 2008

Not Your Beeswax: Textile Artist Moves Into The Realm Of Rozome, A Japanese Art Using Silk, Dye And Wax, Melissa Kaelin

Melissa F. Kaelin

Surrounded by beeswax and paraf- fin, Judy Saye-Willis brushes a radiantly colored dye onto a canvas of silk fabric in her studio just south of Northfield.

Saye-Willis, who used to work in textiles, practices a Japanese cloth art called Rozome. To create Rozome, a silk cloth is colored with acid dye, then brushed with both beeswax and paraffin to enhance the colors. The steps of dyeing and waxing can be repeated several times to create the desired effect.


Tourism Development In Aqaba And Human Sustainability, Philadelphia University Jan 2008

Tourism Development In Aqaba And Human Sustainability, Philadelphia University

Philadelphia University, Jordan

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