Thomas Ingmire | Vatic Scrip

Thomas Ingmire is an American calligrapher, born in 1942 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. In 1977, he became the first American elected to England's Society of Scribes and Illuminators with a craft membership status. He is one of the illuminators of the St. John's Bible.

Since 2002, Ingmire has concentrated on the making of artists' books. He has embarked on a number of collaborative projects, including this work with author/poet Christine Kennedy.

"This book is part of a series that explores the relationship between poetry, music, and calligraphy. Christine's approach to the project was unique. She used one of my abstract calligraphic images as the foundation for her poem. She initially scanned the image through an optical recognition program. The generated characters were run through spell check, which resulted in a pool of vocabulary that was then used to compose the poem. Christine also viewed the image as a musical score and created a free vocalization which was interspersed with her reading of the poem." [Colophon]

Vatic Scrip: Live Ink

song for Thomas Ingmire

In a Tall Tale

I am His Sybil

I am an Ink inlet

I Tell of live Ink

His Ink vial

lit as if live

Til Ink is vital

son son

son son déjà sonné

Christine Kennedy

An Evening with Helen Hiebert

Please join us as we kickoff the new academic school year with an exciting presentation from papermaking artist Helen Hiebert.

Please join us!

Book Arts Minor Capstone Exhibit

Reception: Friday, May 3, 2-4 pm

Herron Library

(Soft Opening during “Look/See”)

The exhibit is a culmination of course work with focus on artist books, letterpress, papermaking and combinations of these media. showcased will be individual bodies of work by Cassy Coha, Courtney Kravig, Jazmine Hooper, Jacqlynn Newsome, Emily Nejako and Shelby Pendleton. The Book Arts Minor has allowed each of these six graduates to funnel their creative work through the medium of the artist book in ways distinct to each of their interests and parallel to their major focus of work at Herron.

The exhibit will be on display in the showcases in the front of the library and in the rear alcove and will be on view for the entire summer.

Please join us on May 3 to meet the artists and leaf through their books while display cases are open! Refreshments will be served.

An Evening with Bea Nettles, Photographic Book Artist

Haiku for You

This artist book made by Maureen Astley-Mullen is part of the Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here collection.  This collection is a response from around the world to the March 5, 2007 bombing of Al-Mutanabbi street in Baghdad. A street of booksellers where poets and intellectuals would gather to write, browse, and share ideas.

Soap Story

Made by the artist Angela Lorenz, the artist book "Soap Story" is a tale about a young woman that could be straight from a soap opera. Told in six parts, each part of the story was encased inside of a handmade cube of soap. To release the pages it was necessary to use the soap all up in order to retrieve the linen pages to insert into the book.

Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here Broadsides

A selection of broadsides from the Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here Coalition collection. This collection is a response from around the world to the March 5, 2007 bombing of Al-Mutanabbi street in Baghdad. A street of booksellers where poets and intellectuals would gather to write, browse, and share ideas.

"Trying to Flee" printed by Yvonne Tsang. Text by Saadi Yousef, translation by Khaled Mattawa.

"Attention" printed by Susan Vilmain. Text by Saadi Yousef, translated by Khaled Mattawa.

"Smolder, Decay, Renew" printed by Tom Virgin. Text by al-Mutanabbi.

"Strings" printed by Kathleen Walkup. Text by Sinan Antoon.

"The Poet" printed by Gary Young. Text by Jane Hirshfield.

Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here Broadsides

A selection of broadsides from the Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here Coalition collection. This collection is a response from around the world to the March 5, 2007 bombing of Al-Mutanabbi street in Baghdad. A street of booksellers where poets and intellectuals would gather to write, browse, and share ideas.

"Adolescence of Burnt Hands" printed by Greg Shattenberg. Text by Khaled Mattawa.

"Exhaling" printed by Celeste Smeland. Text by Raya.

"Against the Weather" printed by Roger Snell. Text by Owen Hill.

"I Challenge Anyone" printed by Laurie Szujewska. Text by Mohammed Hayawi.

"March 9, 2007 Mutanabbi Street Baghdad" printed by Carol Todaro. Text by Julie Bruck.

Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here Broadsides

A selection of broadsides from the Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here Coalition collection. This collection is a response from around the world to the March 5, 2007 bombing of Al-Mutanabbi street in Baghdad. A street of booksellers where poets and intellectuals would gather to write, browse, and share ideas.

"Night in Hamdan" printed by Lisa Beth Robinson. Text by Saadi Yousef, translation by Khaled Mattawa, image by Owen Beckmann.

"Books Exploding" printed by Katrina Rodabaugh.

"The Twisted" printed by Janet Rodney.

"Letterpress Suppressed" printed by John Say and Sheena Valley.

"A Moment" printed by Greg Shattenberg. Text by Saadi Yousef, translated by Khaled Mattawa.

Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here Broadsides

A selection of broadsides from the Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here Coalition collection. This collection is a response from around the world to the March 5, 2007 bombing of Al-Mutanabbi street in Baghdad. A street of booksellers where poets and intellectuals would gather to write, browse, and share ideas.

"Solos on the Oud" printed by Lisa Rappoport. Text by Saadi Yousef, translated by Khaled Mattawa.

"There Is No Abode We Can Call Ours" printed by Lisa Rappoport.

"Who" printed by Simon Redington. 

"Looking for War" printed by Dave Regis and Tracy Heller. Text by Ann Menebroker.

"Destinies" printed by Felicia Rice. Text by Gzar Hantoosh, translation by Saadi Simawe.