Bind #(my numbering system is off)
Echolocation by Darksknight
Date Completed: 12/31/2025
Size: Octavo. 93 pages, 8,535 words
Summary: Kirk and Spock don’t realize that they’ve bonded right away. The rest of the crew is a different story.
I was looking at my 2025 stats and realized the number of books I made during the year was going to end at an awkward number. Clearly that meant I should try to cram another book in before the end, right? It would have to be a small one because I had three days for both typesetting and binding. And since I had a friend visiting soon I should make two copies because why not. And I did actually pull it off!
Octavos are such a great way to use up scraps, in this case some paste paper I made over the summer and some cardstock I mis-measured for an earlier project. It’s double sided paper and I used different sides for each copy for extra variation.
The typeset itself is very rough and ready, but a lot of fun to knock out quickly. I didn’t even run it through spellcheck (partly because Chekov’s accent is written out and I didn’t feel like hitting ignore for every word in his dialogue). I went a little overboard with the Astronomy dingbat font for the title page and scene dividers but stars were the logical choice. Federation Classic for the titles and Bell MT as the body font, just because I hadn’t used it yet this year .
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We've made several posts about paste papers, but never one that explains the complete process and technique. This small accordion book (4"x4"; 10x10 cm), Making Paste Papers by noted American paper artist Diane Maurer (b, 1944), made at her home studio in Spring Mills, Pennsylvania with original paste-paper samples in 1992 signed by the artist, does just that. It offers simple, step-by-step instructions on how to make paste papers from mixing the paste to finishing the paper.
Maurer is noted for a variety of paper arts, but she writes, "Although I am known for my books and decorative papers, my focus for many years has been on creating paper collage. I begin my collages by marbling, paste painting, and dyeing paper to create the colors and textures that are essential to my artwork. Then I tear, cut and combine multiple layers of patterned papers with handmade papers to represent surrealistic landscapes and fanciful seascapes. Most have considerable dimension, approaching paper sculpture."
Recently, Maurer was invited to become part of the MET's Paper Legacy Project for which she handcrafted 40 papers, including traditional marbling, Japanese Suminagashi marbling, and paste papers.
Our copy of this book is another donation from the estate of our late friend Dennis Bayuzick.
A LIST OF THINGS I CAN’T REMEMBER (2024)
6.5 x 6.4 in
23 page case bound book and handmade pastepaper. Papercut art and poetry
The “list” includes things of the mundane, humorous, and heavy. At its core, this book asks what exactly is worth trying to hold onto in your memory. Whether because of its trivial or traumatizing nature, is it ever better to forget?
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not sure if this is called papercut art? I'd been referring to it as 'paper art' in my mind but googling that leads to a lot of like, folded/oragami stuff too
final project for my praxis class in 3rd year! Got a good reception towards it during crit which was lovely C:
god this project took fucking FOREVER, I'm glad I did it because it turned out almost exactly how I pictured it but my goodness gracious AUGH it was a lil rough. I'd be working on this thing literally ALL day from morning till Very Late into the night for SEVERAL days straight to meet deadline it was kinda crazy. My floor was covered in a fuck ton of pastepaper I'd made and my finger was getting callused from holding the x-acto knife so frequently orz 23 pages of papercut images AND papercut words?? whhooweee
Watching a full playthrough of in stars in time is what kept me company during those long long days and nights haha, tis a very potent memory I have now (which now that the whole project-making ordeal is over is a p fun memory lol; isat is v v good)
some thoughts about this piece I jotted down in preparation for crit day:
A list of things I can’t remember my intention was to gather a list of mundane unimportant things as well as more like sad or poetically troubling things to disrupt it throughout. At the end it says “if I want to remember these things” because that is also something that I don’t remember, and it’s kind of the crux of the whole piece as this book at its core is about what kind of things are worth trying to hold into in your memory.
That last page had black text because it’s the hardest to remember or think about, and as such it’s meant to be hard to read/make out clearly.
The wavy black on the spine area is supposed to be like an encroaching darkness of forgetting lol
used pastepaper to make paper art trying to take advantage of the textures and colours I can make with pastepaper
+crit day installation! There were no white plinths left just this bright pink one?? But I was like. Actually that might fit the vibe lol and I think it did C: made the whole piece pop
For the assignment requirements we had to choose something from one of the special collections we visited, and I chose Janet Kellett's beautiful Qualicum Blue. And was also sooo grateful that googling it brought me to a whole website of theirs that had info on its creation. It's what got me into the rabbit hole of pastepaper and hoo boy! making it was a wholleee process haha; here's the slides I made for when we had to present our material research:
I did a WHOLE bunch of experiments; I really wanted to know what I could and could not do with pastepaper and I'm glad I pushed the material so much in the amount of time we had to complete this part of the project. My prof was surprised at how many experiments I did haha
+fun fact: I asked my prof if they could recommend me a place to source black paper for my book, and they sent me to what looked like such a weird sketchy on the edge of town looking place lmao But it was all good they were like a mass producer of paper or smth and they had a lil storefront? in their warehouse selling what I assume were leftover batches in smaller quantities; that was p fun and! Now I know where I can find paper
Also I got some remarks that the papercut art reminded people of The Very Hungry Caterpillar C:
Paste paper is a style of decorative paper historically used in bookbinding. It’s made by applying a mixture of flour paste and paint to a dampened sheet of paper and then manipulating it through brushing, combing, and other methods.
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Pattern and Flow: A Golden Age of American Decorated Paper, 1960s to 2000s, is the first expansive survey of American decorated paper arts beginning in the 1960s, a period when the field entered new heights of artistry and commercial success. Featuring spectacular use of color, this lavish and immersive publication includes 280 vivid illustrations of intricate patterns and designs. Its chronological narrative surveys the development of the field and introduces the artists working from the 1960s to the 2000s. As a grass‐roots art community developed around decorated paper arts in the 1960s, new styles of paper—such as marbled paper, paste paper, and fold-and-dye papers—became a phenomenon across the United States. Pattern and Flow includes a detailed illustrated reference section with essential biographical and professional information for each artist, providing an in-depth look at the knowledge and skills of these pioneering creatives. The book captures the passion that inspired the decorated paper movement through both the text, which explores the rise of the form and its enduring legacy today, and the hypnotizing and often iconic variety of designs illustrated in full color throughout the volume.
We found this brilliant paste paper binding on an 18th century German book about gems and amulets. How fitting!
Ebermayer, Johann Martin von. Capita deorvm et illvstrivm hominvm pacis belliqve artibvs clarissimorvm nec non hieroglyphica, abraxea et amvleta qvaedam, in gemmis antiqva partim, partim recenti manv, affabre incisa, Attributionqvae magno stvdio collegit Io. Martinvs ab Ebermayer ... Enarravit observationibvsqve historicis illvstravit Erhardvs Revsch. Francofvrti et Lipsiae, 1721.
