Nothing stays the same in the face of ne plus ultra de change

That's the aim—a detail from Saucymorons, Volume I.

... except my love for books and binding.

As I prep to teach more at Scripps Camp, which sold out within two days this year, I have good reason to unpack my packed-up studio (yes, again) while I consider mentoring a wannabe bookbinder starting in the fall. I did order a massive supply of paper recently so there must be some edition brewing in my soul—just hasn't reached my fingers yet.

At the end of the month, I take part in the biannual Focus on Books Arts conference in Forest Grove at Pacific University, with a table at the artists' fair and sale from 4:30 to 7:30 in the Cawein Gallery on Thursday and Friday, June 27 and 28, topped with a workshop. Learning and networking are what life's all about these days.

In the meantime, enjoy pictures from a magazine photo shoot done last fall. Pics by David Vigil.

I pretend to read Mandarin.

Tools of the trade: Last time I was in China I couldn't find
the brown brushes anymore because the plant whose fibers
are used to make them was too scarce.

The centerfold of Steel Standing shows a beautiful bridge.

A page of Baudelaire's L'Invitation au Voyage—I only have
a few left in this letterpress-printed edition of 25.