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A Day at the OCAD U Book Arts Fair

Posted on December 15, 2015 by Devil's Artisan

On December 5, book lovers, printing enthusiasts and artists of all stripes were out in full force for the 31st Annual Book Arts Fair at OCAD University in Toronto. The Great Hall was full to bursting with a diverse collection of vendors and friendly shoppers. If you missed this wonderful event, fear not! Courtesy of DA editor and photographer Don McLeod, we’ve got plenty of photos to share with you, so prepare yourselves for some vicarious enjoyment.

 

A bird's eye view of the OCAD U Annual Book Arts Fair on December 5, 2015.

A bird’s eye view of the OCAD U Annual Book Arts Fair on December 5, 2015.

Beautiful stairwell graffiti at OCAD U.

Beautiful stairwell graffiti at OCAD U.

Curator and author Tom Smart helps publisher Tim Inkster man the PQL/DA table.

Curator and author Tom Smart helps publisher Tim Inkster man the PQL/DA table.

Artwork by eX Press, Toronto.

Artwork by eX Press, Toronto.

Spark Box Studio table at the OCAD U Book Arts Fair.

Spark Box Studio table at the OCAD U Book Arts Fair.

Wood engraver, artist, and publisher Alan Stein of Church Street Press, Parry Sound, Ont., chats to a customer.

Wood engraver, artist, and publisher Alan Stein of Church Street Press, Parry Sound, Ont., chats to a customer.

Kaile H. Glick of The Spontaneous Prose Store. Poetry made to order, while you wait.

Kaile H. Glick of The Spontaneous Prose Store. Poetry made to order, while you wait.

For more awesome photos of this event, stop by our Pinterest page.

 

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A big, hearty shout out to everyone who visited the PQL/DA table at the fair. It was great to see you all! And as always, thanks to Don McLeod for taking such wonderful pictures.

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The Devil's Artisan is remarkable in Canadian publishing in that most of the physical production of our journal is completed in-house at the shop on the Main Street of Erin Village. We print on a twenty-five inch Heidelberg KORD, typically onto acid-free Zephyr Antique laid. The sheets are then folded, and sewn into signatures on a 1907 model Smyth National Book Sewing machine.

To take a virtual tour of the pressroom, visit us at YouTube for a discussion of offset printing in general, and the operation of a Heidelberg KORD in particular. Other videos include Four Colour Printing, Smyth Sewing and Wood Engraving. Photographs of production machinery used on these pages were taken by Sandra Traversy on site at the printing office of the Porcupine's Quill, December 2008.

The Devil's Artisan would like to acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Magazine Fund (CMF) through the Support for Arts and Literary Magazines (SALM) component toward our editorial and production costs. Thanks, as well, for the generosity of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, and the Sleeman Brewing Company.