London Centre for Book Arts

The London Cenre for Book Arts (LCBA), located in Fish Island / Hackney Wick, London, is the UK’s first open-access book arts resource and educational centre.

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  1. Tonight!

    Please join us tonight for the opening reception of
    Art & Leisure and Art & Leisure
    the first exhibition at LCBA

    Art & Leisure and Art & Leisure
    Opening Reception
    Tonight: Thursday 23 May
    6 – 9pm
    https://www.facebook.com/events/367719383338786/

    Art & Leisure and Art & Leisure presents work by Dante Carlos in his first show in the UK.

    Raised in southern California, Carlos is a graphic designer based in Minneapolis. In addition to his own practice, he has been senior designer at the Walker Art Center since 2009. As with his work at the Walker and his work with collaborators—from furniture and landscape designers ROLU, to his sister Debbie, a Michigan-based artist/photographer—Carlos uses graphics, a wink and a nudge, and an economy of means to create visual entry points into different types of knowledge.

    Art & Leisure… centres on an editioned book, produced by LCBA, that will be displayed in the space and will be available to purchase during the exhibition. Carlos uses the form and function of the calendar, creating a casual polemic and a reorganisation of days. A calendar consisting only of Saturdays and Sundays, Art & Leisure… is a book that becomes an exhibition, a proposition, a utopia, and a joke. In a social climate where the simple act of taking time ‘off the clock’ and doing something without intrinsic market—but human—value becomes something unintentionally quixotic, Art & Leisure… re-imagines our relationship to time, labour and art practices.

    London Centre for Book Arts
    Unit 18 Ground Floor
    Britannia Works
    Dace Road
    London E3 2NQ

    map:
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    2 days ago  /  37 notes

  2. … and tomorrow is Art & Leisure and Art & Leisure (https://www.facebook.com/events/367719383338786/), the book and exhibition by Dante Carlos at LCBA.

    We hope you can join us.

    We’re still busy preparing for the show with Dante and some amazing volunteers!

    3 days ago  /  1 note
  3. Tonight is the first of a series of workshops that we are running at Foyles. Tonight’s workshop is sold out but there’s space still available for the workshops in June. For more information please visit:http://www.foyles.co.uk/events Tonight is the first of a series of workshops that we are running at Foyles. Tonight’s workshop is sold out but there’s space still available for the workshops in June. For more information please visit:http://www.foyles.co.uk/events
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    Tonight is the first of a series of workshops that we are running at Foyles. Tonight’s workshop is sold out but there’s space still available for the workshops in June.

    For more information please visit:
    http://www.foyles.co.uk/events

    3 days ago  /  1 note
  4. Hard at work – just two more days until Art & Leisure and Art & Leisure (https://www.facebook.com/events/367719383338786/), the book and exhibition by Dante Carlos (https://mrcarlos.tumblr.com) at LCBA. Hard at work – just two more days until Art & Leisure and Art & Leisure (https://www.facebook.com/events/367719383338786/), the book and exhibition by Dante Carlos (https://mrcarlos.tumblr.com) at LCBA.
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    Hard at work – just two more days until Art & Leisure and Art & Leisure (https://www.facebook.com/events/367719383338786/), the book and exhibition by Dante Carlos (https://mrcarlos.tumblr.com) at LCBA.

    4 days ago  /  2 notes
  5. We are running a series of workshops at Foyles in the coming weeks. On Saturday the 8th of June, we are running Book Making for Children, a chance for kids to learn how to make their very own book. For more information please visit:http://www.foyles.co.uk/Public/Events/Detail.aspx?eventId=191 We are running a series of workshops at Foyles in the coming weeks. On Saturday the 8th of June, we are running Book Making for Children, a chance for kids to learn how to make their very own book. For more information please visit:http://www.foyles.co.uk/Public/Events/Detail.aspx?eventId=191
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    We are running a series of workshops at Foyles in the coming weeks.

    On Saturday the 8th of June, we are running Book Making for Children, a chance for kids to learn how to make their very own book.

    For more information please visit:
    http://www.foyles.co.uk/Public/Events/Detail.aspx?eventId=191

    5 days ago  /  3 notes
  6. From last night’s late night Riso session - pages for Dante’s book and exhibition, Art & Leisure and Art & Leisure https://www.facebook.com/events/367719383338786/ From last night’s late night Riso session - pages for Dante’s book and exhibition, Art & Leisure and Art & Leisure https://www.facebook.com/events/367719383338786/
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    From last night’s late night Riso session - pages for Dante’s book and exhibition, Art & Leisure and Art & Leisure https://www.facebook.com/events/367719383338786/

    1 week ago  /  33 notes
  7. We had a great box-making workshop last week. It was a popular workshop, and if you missed the chance to book a spot, we have another one coming up in June. Bookbinding: Drop-spine Box Saturday 22 June 2013 11am–5pm http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/6530796789 Learn to make cloth-covered drop-spine (clamshell) boxes, used by libraries, museums, and collectors to store and protect delicate books, prints, or drawings. Once the basics are mastered the construction can be modified for more decorative exteriors, multiple compartments in the inside, and so on. Materials and tools will be provided and participants will leave with a box & written instructions to refresh their memories! Suitable for all abilities including beginners, with all materials and tools provided. Tutor: Abigail Uhteg We had a great box-making workshop last week. It was a popular workshop, and if you missed the chance to book a spot, we have another one coming up in June. Bookbinding: Drop-spine Box Saturday 22 June 2013 11am–5pm http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/6530796789 Learn to make cloth-covered drop-spine (clamshell) boxes, used by libraries, museums, and collectors to store and protect delicate books, prints, or drawings. Once the basics are mastered the construction can be modified for more decorative exteriors, multiple compartments in the inside, and so on. Materials and tools will be provided and participants will leave with a box & written instructions to refresh their memories! Suitable for all abilities including beginners, with all materials and tools provided. Tutor: Abigail Uhteg
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    We had a great box-making workshop last week. It was a popular workshop, and if you missed the chance to book a spot, we have another one coming up in June.

    Bookbinding: Drop-spine Box
    Saturday 22 June 2013
    11am–5pm
    http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/6530796789

    Learn to make cloth-covered drop-spine (clamshell) boxes, used by libraries, museums, and collectors to store and protect delicate books, prints, or drawings. Once the basics are mastered the construction can be modified for more decorative exteriors, multiple compartments in the inside, and so on. Materials and tools will be provided and participants will leave with a box & written instructions to refresh their memories!

    Suitable for all abilities including beginners, with all materials and tools provided.

    Tutor: Abigail Uhteg

    1 week ago  /  1 note

  8. Thanks! Just received our copy in the post.

    thewiremagazine:

    Kim Gordon: Dissonatine
    Mono:Kultur (#33 Spring 2013)

    Loose leaf A5 magazine on various colours of paper, held together with elastic band. More details here (and in The Wire bookshop here). 

    1 week ago  /  288 notes
  9. We’re busy preparing for our upcoming show at LCBA:Art & Leisure and Art & Leisure Opening Reception Thursday 23 May, 6–9pmhttps://www.facebook.com/events/367719383338786/ The exhibition will be Dante Carlos’ (http://mrcarlos.tumblr.com) first show in the UK (and our very first exhibition at LCBA) and centres on an editioned book, produced by the artist and LCBA, that will be displayed in the space, as well as available for purchase. We’re busy preparing for our upcoming show at LCBA:Art & Leisure and Art & Leisure Opening Reception Thursday 23 May, 6–9pmhttps://www.facebook.com/events/367719383338786/ The exhibition will be Dante Carlos’ (http://mrcarlos.tumblr.com) first show in the UK (and our very first exhibition at LCBA) and centres on an editioned book, produced by the artist and LCBA, that will be displayed in the space, as well as available for purchase.
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    We’re busy preparing for our upcoming show at LCBA:

    Art & Leisure and Art & Leisure
    Opening Reception Thursday 23 May, 6–9pm
    https://www.facebook.com/events/367719383338786/

    The exhibition will be Dante Carlos’ (http://mrcarlos.tumblr.com) first show in the UK (and our very first exhibition at LCBA) and centres on an editioned book, produced by the artist and LCBA, that will be displayed in the space, as well as available for purchase.

    2 weeks ago  /  6 notes
  10. Only a few left…Friend of LCBA membership with pack of cardshttp://londonbookarts.bigcartel.com/product/friend-of-lcba-membership-w-pack-of-cards Along with your choice of a pack of cards or a LCBA tote bag, Friends of LCBA get discounted rates on workshops - £10 discount on Monday’s Letterpress Nights (http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/5983884961). Only a few left…Friend of LCBA membership with pack of cardshttp://londonbookarts.bigcartel.com/product/friend-of-lcba-membership-w-pack-of-cards Along with your choice of a pack of cards or a LCBA tote bag, Friends of LCBA get discounted rates on workshops - £10 discount on Monday’s Letterpress Nights (http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/5983884961).
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    Only a few left…

    Friend of LCBA membership with pack of cards
    http://londonbookarts.bigcartel.com/product/friend-of-lcba-membership-w-pack-of-cards

    Along with your choice of a pack of cards or a LCBA tote bag, Friends of LCBA get discounted rates on workshops - £10 discount on Monday’s Letterpress Nights (http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/5983884961).

    3 weeks ago