Fun @ The Zine Fair

The 5th Annual OCADU Zine Fair was a ton of fun and a great success! There was a huge turn out and some really interesting local book artists in attendance. Glad I brought all those extra copies of Wood Panel That Shit! cuz they sold like hot cakes! We had the music pumping, sorry again security, and the popcorn popping all day! Great people, great atmosphere, great day! Thanks again for having me!

The view from my angle. Look at all those lovely acorn tops!

Our neighbor from the OCADU Zine Library brought a button making machine for people to make their own custom buttons! It was tons of fun! I thinking I ended up making 8 for myself!

Picnic baskets made for an awesome display unit, and I was actually able to fit all of my merch inside. Look out summertime! This picnic basket of goodies is going to be strapped to my bike rack and mobile!

Handmade/printed matchbooks for sale.

Hundreds of different handmade envelope/card sets to choose from.

The 5th Annual OCADU Zine Fair

Hey you! Come see me at The 5th Annual OCADU Zine Fair taking place on Wednesday March 6th, 2013 from 11am-5pm at OCAD University, 100 McCaul Street, in the main lobby.

I will be selling English, French and bilingual versions of my Wood Panel That Shit! zine. In addition, I’ll be selling handmade card/envelope sets, limited edition prints, freshly made matchbooks, and, of course, my line of acorn jewellery!

So come check us out and support local zine and book artists, printmakers, and makers of awesome things!

Wood Panel That Shit!

Just a couple photos of my 2012 zine Wood Panel That Shit! that I found floating around on the internet, on The Design Craft Lab Blog and The Carl Wagan Tumblr. This zine can be found in the permanent collection at the OCAD University Zine Library, and inside the Carl Wagan. 

For more information on the Carl Wagan and to find out when it might be visiting an exhibition near you check it out on The Carl Wagan Blog.

Release: Book Arts Fair Vendor List

Big Announcement! 

Our list of wonderful vendors for The OCAD University 28th Annual Book Arts Fair is officially full and ready to be released! We've got yet another spectacular group of artists and bookbinders ready to amaze us all with their unique handcrafted goods and celebrate this fantastic fair!

 Look forward to seeing you all there!

Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild

Grace Notes Press

Sprouts Press

Samantha Ross & John Ekonomakos

Renata Janiszewski

Micheline Montgomery

Sherwood Press

eX Press

Xushan Li 

Frederick Turner

Albert Kwon

Krystina Plante

Diana Sze & Phuong Nguyen 

Iris Karuna & Sabine Spare

Friends of the Osborne Collection

Send More Mail

Snap + Tumble

Debbie Waker

Denise Moraze

Biting Dog

Greyweathers Press

Allison Philp & Ashley Eisen 

Don Taylor Bookbinder 

The Papertrail

Thee Hellbox Press

Cemetery Photos + Flipbooks

Locks' Press

Porcupine's Quill

The Church Street Press

Isabella Chang Fong

The Aliquando Press

Kozo Studio

Don Black Linecasting

Jackson Creek Press

Naz Rahbar & Nilou Afshar

Behrang Doosti & Shapour Shahidi

With a Y Designs by Lynda Plante

Franny Rutchinski 

Acadia Arts and Rare Books

Hello! Stuff

Leah Ataide 

The Printmaking Department Thesis Group '13

Kelvin Lam & Tatjama Petkovic

Inky Apron

Jen Bernstein 

Iron Rabbit Bindery

Mary Ma & Andrea Manica

Saba Bushnaq

Melissa Cormier

Spark Box Studio

Pomegranate Letterpress

Susan Grace Van Beek Rogers

West Meadow Press

Gaspereau Press

Stinky Apron

Jocelyn Kearns

Kosa Kolektiv

Upcoming: The OCAD University 28th Annual Book Arts Fair

OCAD University is proud to present the 28th Annual Book Arts Fair!

OCAD University - 100 McCaul Street, Toronto

Saturday December 1st, 2012

10am - 5pm

Celebrating and exhibiting the work of artists, printmakers, bookbinders and others involved in the creation of original handmade books, prints, paper, zines and small press publications. 

Just in time for the holiday season you will find exceptional one of a kind goods, and meet with like-minded people who are passionate about what they do!

Join the Facebook event page HERE

For more information about this years fair or if you are 

interested in being a vendor next year contact bookartsfair@gmail.com

See you there!

Poster design by Krystina Plante

Camp Nano feat. Carl Wagan Bookmobile

OCADU Student Gallery – 285 Dundas Street West, Toronto

June 28th – July 20th, 2012

Opening Reception Thurs. June 28th, 2012

Summer Camp / Camp Nano Workshops 12 – 2pm

Gallery Opening 6 – 11pm

Carl Wagan Bookmobile & Campfire After Sunset 

(Located in the parking lot beside Butterfield Park / South side of OCAD University – 100 McCaul Street)

Featuring zines and artist multiples by Shannon Gerard’s diverse Nanopublishing students, this years theme revolves around the great outdoors, keener culture, and the prolific Carl Sagan. Helping to kick off the Student Gallery’s annual Summer Camp program, us Camp Nano scouts will be holding workshops at the gallery on June 28th, from 12-2pm, where you can earn all your scout badges!

Carl Wagan Bookmobile, a vintage Volkswagen Van which has been converted into a gloriously wood panelled gallery space, will be parked in the parking lot beside Butterfield Park the evening of June 28th. Bring your friends, your neighbors, your lovers, and your dogs after sunset for a faux campfire, ukelele session, s’mores, and some all-around good quality camp-time in the heart of the city. Something like this will only happen once!

This will also be the release of my long-awaited  

Wood Panel That Shit zine! Be there!

Sneak Peek - Carl Wagan

Sneak Peek!

Yesterday we started getting "Carl Wagan", Shannon's VW bus, ready for Nanopublishing's Bookmobile Event/Gallery Opening coming up in 2 weeks, by woodpanelling the hell outta him! The entire interior. All cupboards. The kitchenette. Everything! I'm even reupholstering the interior with woodgrain fabrics! Wood Panel That Shit!!!

                                        BEFORE                                                      AFTER

More BEFORE photos.

You will have to attend the event to see the reveal!!



KEEP CHECKING IN THIS WEEK FOR SHOW UPDATES

Mural @ OCAD

This mural in the upper design level at OCAD was the only pop of colour or interest in that place a few months ago! Koodos to the artist(s) who painted this beaute!

Hot Lead

Our Intertype machine in the Printmaking department came in really handy for making the titles for the spines of my thesis books. It would have taken me countless hours to handset the type for all 28 books, not to mention all of the patience I had left at that point. It's such an intimidating machine at first, but once you start using it it's kind of addictive! Your jaw can't help but drop while you marvel at the complexity of it's construction and what an incredible machine it is!
Who designed this thing?! Hats off to ya!

Special thank you to George Walker for teaching me how to use the Intertype machine, and for defending its presence in the department all of these years. It's a real asset to the studio!

97th Annual OCAD University Graduate Show

97th Annual OCAD University Graduate Show

May 3rd - 6th, 2012

Opening Reception May 3rd, 2012   6:30 - 11pm

OCAD University

100 McCaul Street, Toronto

* Printmaking Graduates located in the Central Hall, on the 2nd floor of the main building.

8 Vignettes

8 Vignettes

A Collaboration of Art and Music between
OCAD University and the Royal Conservatory of Music

April 20th, 2012
Performances begin at 7:30pm

The Music Gallery

197 John Street, Toronto

On Friday, April 20, a once-in-a-lifetime collaborative performance between OCAD U’s fourth-year Printmaking students and musicians from the Glenn Gould School at the Royal Conservatory of Music will take place at The Music Gallery in Toronto. The collaboration is the brainchild of renowned Canadian composer R. Murray Schafer and his good friend, OCAD U Printmaking Professor Rudolf Bikkers.

Invited guests will experience eight vignettes, each featuring a musical composition written by an RCM student paired with one or more printmaking students, who have created works that range from sculptural in nature to those that include projected elements, lighting, animation and installation. Guests will intermingle among the performances as a part of them.

The performance will feature works by OCAD U students Arend Currie, John Ekonomakos, Elizabeth Ortolan, Melissa Cormier, Annie Cormier, Megan Cunningham, Krystina Plante, Lee Aaron Wiesblatt, Ryan Reid Millard, Ashley Lil Eisen, Alexa Hatanaka, Jean Romano, and Annyen Lam.

The students from the Glenn Gould School are Taylor N McGee (violinist), Danielle Girard (violinist), Sophie Baird-Daniel (harpist), Ruth D’Souza (vocalist), Teddy Wiggins (violinist), Vladimir Tsyglian (vocalist), Carlos Hernondez (pianist), Sahara Sloan (vocalist), Dave Shewchuk (violinist/composer), Nicholas King (pianist), Autumn Chodorowski (vocalist), Minjoo Jo (pianist), Lucas Porter (composer) and Tao Chen (coordinator).

Due to space considerations the event is restricted to invited guests, but the performance will be documented by OCAD U Visual Resources, and made available via the university’s library later this summer.


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Black Sheep

Black Sheep

April 5th – 23rd, 2012

Gallery Hours 12 – 5pm daily

Opening Reception April 5th, 2012 7 – 10pm

The Gladstone Hotel – 2nd Floor Gallery

1214 Queen Street West, Toronto

Poster version designed by Krystina Plante

Showcasing the artwork of OCAD University’s 2012 Printmaking Thesis Graduates:

Jimmy Brannen

Megan Cunningham

Annie Cormier

Melissa Cormier

Arend Currie

John Ekonomakos

Nathan Enkel

Jean Ferderber

Alexa Hatanaka

Kaelan Karjalainen

Annyen Lam

Ashley Lil

Ryan Reid Millard

Allison Philp

Krystina Plante

Xenia Vakova

Lee Aaron Wiesblatt

The Gladstone Hotel - Upcoming Events Listing - Black Sheep

The Gladstone Hotel features Black Sheep:

Black Sheep

Thu, Apr 5, 2012 - Tue, Apr 24, 2012

12:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Cover: FREE

Venue: Gladstone Gallery (2nd Floor)

Visual Arts

Poster design by Krystina Plante

In the Printmaking Department of OCADU, each student offers their unique vision to the timeless mediums of lithography, etching, relief and screen printing. In this exhibition, Printmaking’s graduates have both supported the mediums two dimensional tradition, and transformed it into sculptural, installation and bookmaking projects.

With urgency and enthusiasm, these artists find their own niches and approaches for their work, expanding their sights beyond the institutional space to a cultural landscape. Themes explore a variety of delights including: the death drive to post-human transformations, folk lore to popular culture, collecting to cultural persistence, and traditional ideologies from the Classical to the Romantic.

Come celebrate with the graduating printmakers, as they reveal their thesis works!

With works by: Jimmy Brannen, Annie Cormier, Melissa Cormier, Megan Cunningham, Arend Currie, Ashley Eisen, John Ekonomakos, Nathan Enkel, Jean Ferderber, Alexa Hatanaka, Kaelan Karjalainen, Annyen Lam, Ryan Reid Millard, Allison Philp, Krystina Plante, Xenia Vakova, and Lee Wiesblatt.

Please join us for the opening reception Thurs April 5th, 7-10pm

 The Gladstone Hotel Events Listing for Black Sheep

Check out The Gladstone Hotel Blog

Black Sheep Promo Video

Oh Yeah! We're ballin'!
Who else has a promo video?!!!

Special THANKS to Jimmy Brannen for all his hard work in the making of this amazing video!

Black Sheep Posters

Wicked poster designs for the upcoming Black Sheep show!!

Poster designed by Melissa Cormier

Poster designed by Ryan Reid Millard

Poster designed by Krystina Plante

Poster designed by Jimmy Brannen

Poster designed by Lee Aaron Wiesblatt