MISSION

Small Craft Advisory Press (SCAP) is a newly founded artists book press at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. Our mission is to enable artists and scholars to create artists book editions that push the boundaries and traditions of the book arts.

EQUIPMENT

Located on the lower level of the Kellogg Research Building (KRB), SCAP and FormLab (SCAP's sister facility) provide access to the following equipment:

  1. Vandercook Universal 1 (bed size 12" x 18")
  2. Photopolymer Plate Maker (12"x18")
  3. Image Setter
  4. Takach etching press (bed size 30"x60")
  5. Hot Plate
  6. Acid Bath (Ferric Chloride)
  7. Standing Book Press
  8. Board Cutter
  9. Lasercutter (bed size 12"x16")
  10. 3D Printer
  11. 3D Scanner

NEWS


Melissa Haviland and David Colagiovanni: February 8 - March 9, 2012

The Facility for Arts Research (FAR) and SCAP welcome visiting artists Melissa Haviland and David Colagiovanni as artists in residence February 8, 2012 - March 9, 2012. Please join us for their public lecture in the Strozier Scholars Commons on February 28th from 12-1:30pm. Haviland and Colagiovanni will be working with SCAP at FAR for three weeks on the creation of a 25 foot long artist book, "Music for Teacups", which includes a 7 inch EP. Upcoming and recent releases include a 12 inch LP for the "Dinner Music" project and "Coupling" a compilation CD and Book based on the work of Stan Brakhage from Silent Media.


Katie Baldwin: December 15-21, 2011

Lake & Cloud is a collaborative artists book project between Katie Baldwin and Denise Bookwalter. In contrast to other projects underway at SCAP, the artists worked together for a month at Vermont Studio Center during a residency to plan their collaborative work. While they were planning Lake & Cloud they also worked on parallel series of individual works that investigated the original idea of Lake & Cloud. This artist book uses a pair of parachutes and an operation manual to transform space. In manipulating the object, the viewer is engaged in the process of “reading” the book. The project illustrates the poetic and organic collaborative process from inception to object. Baldwin will travel to SCAP for the next step in the collaboration of Lake & Cloud on December 15-21st.



Bea Nettles: March 14-18, 2011

SCAP is honored to announce Bea Nettles, a pioneer in photographic techniques and book arts, as our first visiting artist of Spring 2011. Nettles' work examines issues of family relationships, woven together with mythology and natural history in a dream-like nature. Bea will be working on a collaborative book with Florida artists Robert Fichter and Denise Bookwalter during March 14-18. This interactive letterpress book, entitled Oranges, will celebrate Florida's own through each artist's unique vision.

Nettles will be giving an artist talk on March 16, 2011 at 4:00pm in the Strozier Library Scholars Commons at FSU. We also invite you to meet Bea, experience this project first hand, and learn more about the press at our open house on March 18, 2011 from 10:00am-12:00pm at SCAP. beanettles.com


Marius Watz: March 21-25, 2011

Spring has sprung at the press with an exciting March planned! Marius Watz, our second visiting artist for Spring 2011, will be working with SCAP and the formLab (SCAP's sister facility) during March 21-25. Known for his hard-edged geometries and vivid colors, Marius's process involves visual abstraction through generative software processes. Marius will be collaborating with FSU students and faculty to create an artist book that explores both digital and traditional forms of print. Click here to view his current work.

Mark your calendar for Watz's artist talk on March 22, 2011 at 7:00pm in room 249 of the Fine Art Building at FSU.


2.29.10

Our second visiting artist for this semester, Colin Frazer,has been very busy at the press crafting a very unique and beautiful book entitled Days Have Gone By. Colin gave a very interesting lecture about his work and The Press at Colorado College as part of the FSU Art Dept. Visiting Artist Lecture Series. More information and photos are coming up soon.


1.24.10

New photographs are up of Visiting Artist Emily Larned's project. Click here to view the modular printing system that she developed for SCAP. It involves two heights of half-inch square wood blocks, and it will reside at the press as an invitation for others. She gave a great lecture on her work as well as ILSSA, an organization co-founded with Bridget Elmer, our resident artist.


11.24.09

Photographs from SCAP's first visiting artists, Satan's Camaro, can be seen by clicking here. They will be finishing the edition in their studios, we'll let you know when the final results are available!


9.10.09

SCAP Director Denise Bookwalter and Advisory Committee members Holly Hanessian and Anne Stagg are currently in Bristol, UK, attending the IMPACT Print Conference. Impact 6 is hosted by the Centre for Fine Art Print Research, at the University of West England.


8.24.09

Our first visiting artists , a printmaking duo known as Satan's Camaro, will be arriving on September 23rd for a three-day stay. We've been busy getting the shop organized and ready. Find out more about them at:
http://satanscamaro.blogspot.com/


3.20.09

Bridget Elmer, a MFA student at the University of Alabama Book Arts Program, will join SCAP in the fall as the resident artist. visit her website at flatbedsplendor.com


2.13.09

Check out the podcast interview conducted by Steve Miller for his podcast BOOK ARTS AND POETS (University of Alabama Book Arts Program) with Denise Bookwalter about Small Craft Advisory Press. Availble here: www.bookarts.ua.edu or ITunes under the podcast "BOOK ARTS AND POETS".