Vancouver Wayzgoose 2023
Poster design by our member Tracy Laliberte
Saturday, October 14, 10am–4pm
Vancouver Public Library, Central Branch, Alice MacKay Room
350 W Georgia St, Vancouver
Our letterpress, print & book-arts fair is back!
Alcuin Society and the Vancouver Public Library Central Branch are pleased to co-sponsor the biennial Alcuin Wayzgoose, to be held this year at VPL Central Branch on Georgia Street in the Alice MacKay Room downstairs. This event is free and open to the public between 10 am and 4 pm.
Come and meet the many skilled book artists, printmakers, letterpress printers, papermakers and paper marblers and watch various book arts demonstrations throughout the day.
Exhibitors
Alcuin Society
The Alcuin Society promotes excellence in book design and production in order to achieve a wider appreciation for books in all forms.William Matthews, The Haunted Bookshop
Old & rare books & manuscripts, private press books, fine printing, broadsides, antiquarian books, maps & prints. The Haunted Bookshop opened in Victoria in 1947. William Matthews opened in Vancouver in 1976.
bookbill.netRollin Milroy, Heavenly Monkey
Heavenly Monkey is a letterpress and binding studio that publishes books about the history of printing and print culture.
heavenlymonkey.comPhyllis Greenwood
Phyllis Greenwood has a Master of Fine Arts Degree from UBC. She teaches, paints, and repairs books and marbles paper. She will present a paper marbling demonstration.Penny Parry
Penny Parry is a Vancouver-based artist who continues to follow her dad’s advice: life is for learning—be curious. And she has enjoyed many paths through life from youth worker to University professor, to youth advocate, to artist. Today, Penny is looking forward to chatting with folks about how makers become inspired.Adrian Robertshaw, Introvert Press
Previously of Strathcona Press, Adrian is now creating under the impression of Introvert Press. The focus is on limited edition hand-bound letterpress books and the occasional broadside.
introvertstudioandpress.comVal Loewen
Val Loewen’s practice is based primarily on print media and intersects with various elements, including memory, consciousness, and playful imagination. She has practised as a collaborative artist, instructor, and print media technician at various printmaking centres in Vancouver. She is currently the Production Manager at Malaspina Printmakers Society where she works collaboratively with artists and community members to facilitate the exploration of print media. She received her BFA from NSCAD University in 2012.Andreea Mateescu
Printmaker based in Vancouver, BC.In 2017, she received her BFA from Emily Carr University of Art and Design, prior to studying fine arts at Capilano University. In 2021 Andrea attended Tamarind Institute of Fine Art Lithography and received her certification as a Tamarind collaborative printer. Currently Andreea rents studio space at Malaspina Printmakers, where she continues to explore the medium of lithography and educate others through workshops and mentorships.Trisha Klus
Lettering and book artist specializing in Calligraphy and hardbound artist’s books. She creates both unique and small edition books.Kelly Haydon
Kelly Haydon has combined more than 20 years of printmaking with bookbinding to create unique art books. She makes editioned, hand-printed books as well as one-of-a-kind art books using a range of materials and various bindings. Of particular interest is to screenprint art onto salvaged materials destined for the landfill and turn them into journals. Running through her work are themes of beauty, nature, and a love of books.Charles van Sandwyk Fine Arts Studio
Charles van Sandwyk works closely with his four favourite human beings to pursue a particular passion: beautiful, handmade books for a tender-hearted world.Keith Valentine
Keith was trained by Daphne Beaumont Wright in England. He will demonstrate the tools and materials involved in gold tooling book covers and spines. He will also have a few last copies (in sheets) of “Finding a Place to Sit”, his book about travel sketching. Join him for the demonstration of gold foil tooling.Emily Carr University
Award-winning book designer Robin Mitchell Cranfield and some of her ECU book design students will display various book artwork they have created.
Jack Page Press
Jack Page graduated from Emily Carr University of Art & Design in 2012 with a BFA in Critical and Cultural Practice. His aim is to tell stories of marginalization, social justice, and climate change to illustrate how we can work to change dominant ideologies and reclaim our human rights. Jack’s multidisciplinary critical political topics, including Dis/Ability Culture, Feminist Theory and the #MeToo movement, Trans/Gender Rights, climate change and environmental justice. His work comprises altered books, woodblock prints, zines, handmade collaged art books and handmade paper.
jackpagepress.comUBC Fine Arts Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory
Dan Starling, Assistant Professor and some of his students will display various book arts works they have created.Peter Braune, New Leaf Editions
For artists seeking new forms of expression, New Leaf Editions offers the collaborative exploration of print media. The goal of the collaboration is to allow full expression with print. New Leaf has worked with many locally and internationally acclaimed artists and has recently branched into custom metal etching projects.
newleafeditions.comAnn Vicente, Papermaker’s Press
Update: this exhibitor will not be able to join us this year.
Ann Vicente worked on Granville Island as a paper maker and bookbinder after a career as an academic. She has retired and will be selling her remaining fine papers and some of her collection of book artists small books. An opportunity to add to your collections.Jason Dewinetz, Greenboathouse Press
Greenboathouse Press is a small publishing concern producing short-run, limited editions, printed letterpress and bound by hand. As in our previous incarnation (Greenboathouse Books), our mandate is to publish work that is compelling both in its content and its form, And our attention to typography, design and fine printing is an extension of that interest in form.
greenboathouse.comFine Press Book Association
The Fine Press Book Association is an international society promoting the creation, study, and collection of contemporary book arts that aspire to the highest standard of craft and design. Their journal Parenthesis is published twice annually, with one issue produced in North America and the other in the UK.
fpba.comJan & Crispin Elsted, Barbarian Press
Barbarian Press was founded in 1977. We publish literary texts, often classics, usually illustrated with wood engravings; new poetry and translations; Endgrain Editions, a series on individual wood engravers; and books on books and type specimens. In 2015 Barbarian Press received the Robert Reid Lifetime Achievement Award. The Press celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2017 and is now stubbornly working toward its 50th. Since 2019, Jan and Crispin’s daughter, Appollonia Felicity has joined them at the press.
barbarianpress.comSimon Fraser University Library, Special Collections and Rare Books
SFU Special Collections develops collections in the following: British Columbia, Contemporary Literature, William Wordsworth, Rare Books, History of the Book and Book Arts, and other areas supporting scholarship. Its British Columbia Fine Print Collection contains publications and ephemera of several BC fine/private presses. In addition to items from Robert R. Reid’s early career in Vancouver, the collection features works by Takao Tanabe (Periwinkle Press), Jim Rimmer (Pie Tree Press & Type Foundry), Jan & Crispin Elsted (Barbarian Press), and many others. Related archival collections include the papers of Jim Rimmer and Robert Bringhurst.
lib.sfu.ca/special-collectionsWestcoast Calligraphy Society
Lettering, from historic to contemporary forms, is our focal point. Monthly meetings which frequently feature hands-on activities, classes and seminars encourage our members to learn and increase their skills in lettering and related arts. Why don’t you join us? An interest in letters is all that is necessary. Members will be demonstrating by lettering your names on bookmarks for free.
westcoastcalligraphy.comRoedde House Museum
Roedde House Museum, nestled in Vancouver's West End, gives you a look into the life of an upper-middle-class family during Vancouver's early days. Gustave and Matilda Roedde were German immigrants who settled in the city in the late 19th century. The house, an exemplar of Queen Anne revival architecture, was designed by the esteemed Francis Rattenbury. Notably, Gustav Roedde opened Vancouver's first bookbindery in 1888, leaving an indelible mark on the city's literary and entrepreneurial landscape. Born in Germany in 1860, he took his expertise from Leipzig's bookbinding tradition to new lands. His career flourished parallel to Vancouver's growth, and by 1893, his success was encapsulated in the house at 1415 Barclay Street. Beyond its architectural allure, the museum offers a window into Gustav’s impactful legacy in bookbinding and into the day-to-day family life of the era, capturing a pivotal period in Vancouver's narrative.
roeddehouse.orgDennis Humphrey, flutterbook press
Dennis (aka Desean) is an interdisciplinary artist who makes colours, images, poems, books and paper things. He has been creating limited edition artist books and print-on-demand books under the imprint flutterbook press since 2009. Mostly accordion style, they feature his artwork and writing: digital and experimental photography, printmaking and drawing, as well as micro poetry & fiction.
dennishumphrey.wix.com/artphotoGina Page, Seawrack Press
Seawrack Press was established in 1986 with the production of its first book of poetry Along a Road of Pattering Shade, printed by Canadian typographer Wil Hudson, and reviewed by George Woodcock in a 1989 issue of BCBookworld. Gina publishes writing of her own as well as that of others and incorporates handmade papers and printmaking techniques such as aquatint and chine colle, as well as letterpress and stencilled texts. Gina is a member of the Malaspina Printmakers Society; her work is held in many public and university libraries and private collections both in Canada and in the USA.Renée Alexander
Calligrapher and Illustrator working out of her North Vancouver studio. Her work has been exhibited and published internationally. She is a former faculty member in the Continuing Studies Department at Emily Carr University of Art & Design. She has also taught at Capilano University and for many Guilds. Renée was thrilled to be part of the faculty for Rendez-Vous 2019 International Lettering Conference where she taught ‘Leaf and Letters’, a course that combined botanical illustration with hand lettering. She is a member of the Westcoast Calligraphy Society and the Fairbanks Society.Murray Schellenberg
Murray Schellenberg is a board member of the Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild. He has a strong interest in making miniature books. An archivist by profession, he is particularly interested in creating miniature versions of historic binding styles. Drop by his table for the bookbinding demonstration.Ken Pattern
Ken Pattern is a visual artist whose work encompasses painting, drawing and printmaking. In the 1970's he worked as a graphic artist and environmentalist for SPEC and held his first exhibition in Vancouver in 1978. The following year he enrolled at Emily Carr College of Art and Design majoring in printmaking (lithography). Ken’s work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions in Asia, Europe and North America and is held in public and private collections. He is a member of the Malaspina Printmaker’s Society and is happy to answer questions about lithography.
kenpattern.comGary Sim, Sim Publishing
Using his imprint of Sim Publishing, Gary Sim produces limited edition artist relief prints, etchings, pen & ink drawings and other artworks to represent his personal visions of BC and living in modern times. His award-winning research project BC Artists is an online bibliographic finding aid to over 20,000 artists, accompanied by more than 1,400 images.
sim-publishing.comRod McDonald, Canadian Typography Archives
Rod McDonald is a Canadian type designer. He began his career as a lettering artist working in the field of photo lettering in Toronto. Now retired Rod devotes his time to working on the Canadian Typography Archives (CTA), an open-source resource to document and preserve the remarkable histories of type and typography in Canada.
canadiantypography.caMark Wilkinson, Inkshed Press
newly joined!
Vancouver-based printmaker and illustrator specializing in linocut.
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