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Friday, October 9, 2009
The Art & Craft of Miniature Books
Guest Lecturers, Karen Nyman and Yvonne Perez-Collins

For the October SDFC meeting, the subject was miniature books, presented by our own Yvonne Perez Collins and Karen Nyman, both members of the Miniture Book Society, an international organization dedicated to the appreciation of miniature books.

Their preparation and teamwork provided us with a thorough and most informative  overview of the history and selection of miniature books, no easy task. The use of the marvleous new projector let all of us see the books, and compare sizes to the women's hands. Some were so tiny.

The variety of books was unbelievable.  It seems like they had at least one of every genre.  Remember, a true miniature book is less than 3 inches in any dimension.

We were very lucky to have these two talented ladies among us.

By Edna Wright

Lucky Sue Rye won a miniature book by Australian calligrapher Gemma Black. The book was donated by Yvonne. (Thank you, Yvonne!)

A raffle was held for two gorgeous framed prints donated by Edna Wright. (Thank you, Edna!) Names were drawn from the decorated name tags brought to the meeting. Winners were Kati Searcy and Jeanie Kashima.

Cyndy Wolff-Evans

Recommended for further reading.

Bookbinder Edna Wright brought some of her books.

Naomi Lesberg reported website statistics

Beverly Frank, Britta Brice, new member Pattie Smith, and Kathy Gilchrist