Jaffe Center for Book Arts

© 2010 Constance Hobbs. All rights reserved.

© 2010 Constance Hobbs. All rights reserved.

© 2010 Constance Hobbs. All rights reserved.

I recently took two work shops at the Jaffe Center for Book Arts at FAU (Florida Atlantic University) in Boca Raton. It's a wonderful place dedicated to artist books. Arthur and Mata Jaffe donated their private book collection to the University in 1998 and the collection has grown from there. The first workshop was given by John Cutrone who is the director of the center. A lovely, sensitive, gentle man who loves what he does. He is also a letter press printer, bookbinder, papermaker and a partner in Convivio Bookworks a small press and book arts studio in Lake Worth. The first workshop was a general introduction to the Jaffe collection, learning how to operate the Vandercook printing press and printing and binding a small book to take home. The second workshop involved exploring copier art. This workshop was given by Ginny Lloyd. Ginny is one funny lady. I enjoyed spending the day with her and I'm sure you would too. We explored the use of the photo copy machine in making art pieces. I think the workshop should have been two days instead of one. There is so much material to cover. Ginny's workshop has been so popular that they are considering adding a part two more advanced class. I learned some unique techniques that I definitely could not have achieved with photoshop. A few samples above.