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Read backwards!

You get really good at it, says Rachel Melis, book artist and assistant professor of art.

Find out what else she had to say about the Book Arts Studio. Plus read students' new perspective on books after making their own in English 315: Editing and Publishing.

View a PDF of the May 2008 feature story in Saint Benedict's magazine.

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Inside the Book Arts Studio

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Texture and color bring the written word to life as professional artists and students learn the artistry of hand-set letterpress and paper making. The Book Arts Studio provides an engaging and inspiring hands-on learning environment in editing, publishing, art, history, and English courses at the College of Saint Benedict. Book artists also create unique, commissioned projects.

The Mirror of Simple Souls was a special book arts project which brought the words of celebrated poet and classicist Anne Carson together with stunning visual images by artist Kim Anno. The Literary Arts Institute commissioned CSB alumna and book artist Mary Jo Pauly to design and print the book, which was completed in a limited letterpress edition.

View more pages from The Mirror of Simple Souls.

View slideshow of ARTISTS' BOOKS.