BOOKFORGE

A Quick Announcement! ELT Edition

https://www.patreon.com/posts/quick-elt-151156054

Founding Crew = the first signatures in the front matter. Don’t watch this happen from the sidewalk.
Apply: https://forms.gle/6mPjbj2987CKmJDeA
Or scan the QR code on the graphic!

#BOOKFORGE #BookArts #Bookbinding #EriePA #Volunteer #MakersGonnaMake #CraftCommunity #ArtHandling #WorkshopLife

If you’ve ever wanted a “way in” to the art world that isn’t gatekept, this is it. Crew spots are open.
Apply: https://forms.gle/6mPjbj2987CKmJDeA
Or scan the QR code on the graphic!

#EriePA #Volunteer #MakersGonnaMake #CraftCommunity #ArtHandling #WorkshopLife

ELT Newsletter Sign-up Get updates from Erie Labor Temple; studio news, UNION exhibitions, workshops, openings, and public events, plus early access to announcements, tickets, and volunteer opportunities. No spam. Just signal.

Get updates from Erie Labor Temple: studio news, UNION exhibitions, workshops, openings, and public events, plus early access to announcements, tickets, and volunteer opportunities. No spam. Just signal.
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Behind the scenes is where the magic survives: wrapping, staging, labeling, handling objects like they matter, because they do. Apply: https://forms.gle/6mPjbj2987CKmJDeA
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#BOOKFORGE #BookArts #Bookbinding #EriePA #Volunteer #MakersGonnaMake #CraftCommunity

LECTURE BRAWL: TRADITION vs INNOVATION
Suggested case: Downtown Erie — WHAT SHOULD WE KEEP — AND WHAT SHOULD WE REWRITE?
Timed rounds. Object-as-evidence. Audience verdict.
Apr 16 • Erie Labor Temple.
Details: ErieLaborTemple@gmail.com

#EriePA #DowntownErie #LectureBrawl

Skill swap offer: I’ll teach you the basics of book arts event flow—how to set a room, protect work, keep a space clean and respectful. You bring your own craft, too.
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#BookArts #Bookbinding #EriePA #Volunteer

Erie Local 814 is the patch you earn by showing up. Not performative. Practical.
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#BOOKFORGE #BookArts #Bookbinding #EriePA #Volunteer #MakersGonnaMake #CraftCommunity #ArtHandling #WorkshopLife

Roles that fit makers: workshop setup, tool care, material handling, check-in, documentation, calm “front-of-house” hosting. Quiet competence is a superpower here.

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#BOOKFORGE #BookArts #EriePA #Volunteer

Bookbinding taught me this: a thing becomes real when it’s held together. ELT needs hands. If you love craft, history, tools, building something that lasts, Founding Crew is for you.

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#EriePA #Volunteer #CraftCommunity

ELT SKETCH SESSIONS — Figure + Still Life Open Studio Timed drawing.
Bi-weekly Wed · 7:00–9:30 PM Erie Labor Temple · 1701 State St · Erie, PA Suggested $10–$15

ErieLaborTemple@gmail.com

#ErieLaborTemple #WhereArtWorks #LifeDrawing #FigureDrawing #EriePA #OpenStudio

PULITZER: LIVE PULL + TOAST ⚡️ Not a show — a live cultural moment.
Mon, May 4, 2026 Doors 3:00 - 9:00

Erie Labor Temple • 1701 State St, Erie, PA 16501
ErieLaborTemple@gmail.com

#Pulitzer #PulitzerPrizes #EriePA #DowntownErie #ErieLaborTemple #WhereArtWorks #LiteraryEvents

Soft-launching the poster: UNFOOLED: A PUBLIC AUDIT at UNION Fine Art Gallery // Erie Labor Temple.
Day-after-April-Fool’s energy: receipts, ritual, reality. Call for Artists: ErieLaborTemple@gmail.com
Please repost to reach regional artists.

#CallForArtists #ContemporaryArt #EriePA

DONATE WORKING INSTRUMENTS → make the Temple playable.
🎶We’re placing culturally diverse instruments in public walkways so youth + elders can pick one up and make sound (no gatekeeping).
Drop-off scheduling after Feb 16: ErieLaborTemple@gmail.com
#EriePA #CommunityArts #InstrumentDonation

They tried to remove it.
So we’re binding it back.
IOE is under construction—juried artist books + design bindings forged against censorship pressure. Prospectus soon.
Follow and rebel.
#IndexOfErasure #IOE #BookArts #BannedBooks

FAQ (fast):
Artist books—yes.
Design bindings—yes.
Sculptural/altered—yes (if it still reads “book”).
Local-only—no.
Ask your question.
Follow and rebel.
#IndexOfErasure #IOE #BookArts

Help the signal spread:
FOLLOW + SHARE + TAG A MAKER.
IOE is under construction.
Bring the co-conspirators.
Follow and rebel.
#IndexOfErasure #IOE #BookArts #ArtistBooks

BOOKFORGE [LiVE!] 2026 | Ep. 1 — Back to the Bench
Welcome to the first BOOKFORGE [LiVE!] session of 2026!
We’re returning to our bench with restoration updates, new project peeks, studio news, and a conversation…
https://www.patreon.com/posts/bookforge-live-1-147315787

Artist books aren’t “just books.”
Book as object. Witness. Weapon.
IOE is coming.
Follow and rebel.
#IndexOfErasure #IOE #ArtistBooks #BookArts

Design binding isn’t decoration. It’s ARGUMENT.
Structure // surface // symbol
Chosen on purpose.

IOE is coming. Follow and rebel.
#IndexOfErasure #IOE #BookArts #DesignBinding

Prep now:
Clean photos
Tight statement (what is it doing?)
Specs: size / materials / edition
Prospectus soon. Follow and rebel. #IndexOfErasure #IOE #BookArts #ArtistBooks

IOE is juried: concept + craft + impact.
Not popularity. Not noise. Standards.
Follow and rebel.
#IndexOfErasure #IOE #BookArts #ArtistBooks

No Beige Rag & Spark — Essay IV (Manifesto)

Essay 4 is the oath: No Beige.
After fracture (1), method (2), and the truth-filter of place (3), this is where standards get named so work holds in public.

Read: https://open.substack.com/pub/phkaki/p/no-beige #RagAndSpark #PHKAKI

#RagAndSpark #NoBeige #PHKAKI #MakeItHoldHidden #DesignWithTeeth

What book changed you, that someone tried to remove?
Title + why (short is fine). We’ll repost a few.
Follow and rebel.
#IndexOfErasure #IOE #BookArts #BannedBooks

Index of Erasure (IOE) logo on a vertical background with bold text reading ‘Built in Erie, PA.’ Promotional post for a juried exhibition of artist books and design bindings responding to censorship.

Index of Erasure (IOE) logo on a vertical background with bold text reading ‘Built in Erie, PA.’ Promotional post for a juried exhibition of artist books and design bindings responding to censorship.

Index of Erasure (IOE) logo on a vertical background with bold text reading ‘Built in Erie, PA.’ Promotional post for a juried exhibition of artist books and design bindings responding to censorship.

Built in Erie, PA.
IOE is coming: juried artist books + design bindings forged against censorship pressure.
Tag a maker + a loud reader.
Follow and rebel.

#IndexOfErasure #IOE #BookArts #EriePA

BOOKFORGE [LiVE!] Returns — Let’s Begin Again.

The press is inked. The spines await. And once again, the bench beckons.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/bookforge-live-147243606

#Bookbinding #Bookbinder #Studio #BookArts #TraditionalTrade #Erie #EriePA

Nice horse. It was a good meeting. Great conversation. Incredible possibilities. Now, work the proposal and the how!

#vaguebooking

Going to see a man about a horse. Keep your fingers crossed.
#vaguebooking

I need to start some of the projects I plan for year, such as the BOOKFORGE | MAISON EDITIONS!

Join the BOOKFORGE Patreon page. Follow the progress. Book as a high-fashion objects project!

#heirloombooks #MaisonEditions #BookCouture #luxurybooks

https://www.patreon.com/posts/introducing-146790566

Index of Erasure (IOE) logo on a gritty black-and-white photocopy-texture background. Text reads: ‘Hand work under voltage.’ Follow-up lines: ‘Paper. Thread. Pressure.’ Process teaser for a juried artist book and design binding exhibition.

Index of Erasure (IOE) logo on a gritty black-and-white photocopy-texture background. Text reads: ‘Hand work under voltage.’ Follow-up lines: ‘Paper. Thread. Pressure.’ Process teaser for a juried artist book and design binding exhibition.

Index of Erasure (IOE) logo on a gritty black-and-white photocopy-texture background. Text reads: ‘Hand work under voltage.’ Follow-up lines: ‘Paper. Thread. Pressure.’ Process teaser for a juried artist book and design binding exhibition.

Index of Erasure (IOE) logo on a gritty black-and-white photocopy-texture background. Text reads: ‘Hand work under voltage.’ Follow-up lines: ‘Paper. Thread. Pressure.’ Process teaser for a juried artist book and design binding exhibition.

Hand work under voltage.
Paper. Thread. Pressure.
IOE is a juried exhibition of artist books + design bindings forged against censorship pressure.
Follow and rebel.

#IndexOfErasure #IOE #BookArts #Bookbinding