A Visit to Hatch Show Print

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I have been filing my "old" non-digital pictures and I found some good shots with memories of my tour to the Hatch Show Print in Nashville, TN in November 2006.


It was such a treat to be able to get inside the print shop and see so many cool prints, shelves loaded with type, and the presses being used. The staff at the shop was very welcoming, they let me crank the press, gave me tips on how to make lino-cut reduction prints, and the manager even bought breakfast for me! Definitely Southern hospitality.


I cherish these fun memories of my trip to Nashville. There I also had the opportunity to see, at the Nashville Public Library, a special collection of Artists Books by the Sobota family. That incredible show sparked my interest to pursue an apprenticeship in book binding at the Jan & Jarmila Sobota Book Arts Studio in Loket, Czech Republic in the summer of 2007.

ArtWalk - 2010

Celebrating 100 Years of
Main Street in Ames, Iowa

It was nice to see so many people asking questions and admiring my 2010 collection of books made out of handmade corn paper.

I was pleased to show the following pieces:



1. CENTLI (Corn in the Nahuatl language) - A limited edition of two
Long stitch variation, amate, marble, itajime, and corn papers

2. DEER CORN - Long stitch und kettenstitch

3. GREEN CORN - Long stitch und kettenstitch

4. MISS LILLIAN PICKETT’S ALBUM - Expandable crossed structure

5. PERGAMINO - 16th Century limp binding, and postal ephemera

6. ROAD TO PELLA - Japanese stab binding, and map

7. USUDA-SAN - Japanese stab binding, rice, and washi paper

8. SUMI-E FORTUNE - Raised-cord binding, Chinese Joss, and sumi-e paper

9. CORN PAPER SHEETS

2010 Ames ArtWalk

Visit Ed García's newest
book show at
"It’s All About Me!"
209 Main Street, Ames, Iowa

June 4th at 5 pm