News & Updates

TV Interview

2012-01-09T09:11:00.000-08:00

Can't believe I was being interviewed by a Chinese Canadian television station FairChild TV in Toronto this past weekend...I was nervous and it was my first time getting a make-up. The 30 mins interview will be on air in February and I will post a online link video once it becomes available. off course the interview was conducted in Mandarin. But it will have lots of nice images... It's about my bookbinding and marbling work.
on the studio set............
the studio crew..........
rehearsal with hostess "River" with some bindings being scattered around and marbled paper on the table......

showing a fabulous 1920 George Barbier's illustrated pochoir prints book "Fate Galante" , Paris in original paper wrapper condition.

Marbled Graphics Presentation on YouTube

2011-07-19T19:28:00.000-07:00

Here is a video presentation of my Marbled Graphics on Youtube.com .....Enjoy the movie!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guSjAO5pUgk

New Design Bindings

2011-07-17T19:47:00.001-07:00

"Fables de St Lavalette" 1847 Paris. Contains numerous beautiful, charming etchings. Size: Quarto. Bound in French morroco. Top edge gilding. Inside with red suede paste down/ flyleaves. Handsewn silk headbands. Design in an image of a fox. Chemise and slipcase with artist's own deocrative paper. Toolings and titling in gold. Pages were washed and are in prestine condition. Extremely fine. Available: Price: $3,000

" Le Roman de la Momie" Illustrated by George Barbier, Paris, 1920. Size in Octavo. George Barbier is the most famous / important French illustrator during the Art Deco era in Paris. Barbier's pochoir prints/books were extremely rare to find and usually command high prices in auctions. This sumptuous book contains exquisite, beautiful graphics by Barbier in Egyptian style. My favorite combinations! Top edge gilding, Headsewn silkheadbands. Bound in French Morroco. Leather Onlays and gilding / titling in gold. Endpaper with my own marbled paper in red feather pattern, gold sheep skin pastedown. Chemise and slipcase covered with my own decorative paper. Book pages were washed and in prestine condition. Bound in 2011. Extremely Fine. Available: Price $3,000

Available through The Kelmscott Bookshop in Baltimore, USA or search ilab.org / abebooks.com website for more info. www.kelmscottbookshop.com

Some more pictures of the completed design bindings by me over a period of 6 years......

German Decorative Paper Website

2011-07-06T12:04:00.000-07:00

Julia Rinck, a German researcher on decorative papers, has a beautiful website dedicated to showing different decorative paper techniques through out the centuries. You can see a page featuring my Marbled Graphics by clicking here....

http://www.buntpapier.org/165.html

The website will include English in the future.......Robert

Four New Design Bindings

2011-06-11T11:18:00.001-07:00

So here I am, four new design bindings on four wonderful books. One is 1920s French Art Deco "Le Roman de la Momie" illustrated by George Barbier. Another is mid 1800s antique French fable book "Fables de S Lavalette"illustrated by Grandville similar to our Aesop's Fables....Third book is a beautiful French 1930 book about travelling in Greece with illustrations similar to Matisse or Laboureur. Black and white outline drawings that typified 1930's French book art illustrations.....And finally the fourth book is a little album containing wonderful delicate chinese paper cuts........

Robert

New Online Shop !

2011-05-03T10:54:00.001-07:00

I just created a new online shop at Etsy.com. Etsy is an US based e commerce that sells hand made art and crafts. Please visit my online shop there if you like!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/StudioRobertWu

Have a good day :O)

Some work from the past

2011-04-22T07:49:00.000-07:00

A Binding for Roycroft book

2011-04-19T07:45:00.000-07:00

Three Bindings by Robert Wu with Marbled Graphics

2010-12-12T21:19:00.000-08:00

(20"X 26", " Marbled Graphics " by Robert Wu, 2009, One-of-a-kind book) AVAILABLE

through http://www.kelmscottbookshop.com/ in Baltimore, USA. An exquisite and impressive elephant folio containing 40+ original marbling designs by the binder. Bound in the finest French Morocco goatskin from Paris. Deckled watercolour pages. More info/pics please click on the following link:

http://www.kelmscottbookshop.com/details.php?record=24352&URLPAIR=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kelmscottbookshop.com%2FadvSearchResults.php%3Faction%3Dsearch%26pageName%3DSearch%26categories%3D%26keywordsField%3Dmarbled%2Bgraphics

Water Binding for Designer Bookbinders First International Bookbinding Competition 2009, juries selected binding. SOLD

Danish Millimeter Binding with Marbled Potpourri graphics SOLD

Guest Book for Toronto Public Library Merril Collections

2010-10-04T20:35:00.001-07:00

So here it is.....At last, I had been working on this commissioned guest sign-in book for Toronto Public Library Merril Collection of Science fictions and Fantasies for quite some time and finally the book was completed. The design was inspired by the Northern Lights.....My hands were so sore from tooling all the lines/dots one at a time !!!

Robert

Teaching a miniature book workshop!

2010-06-01T08:50:00.000-07:00

A parade of little books made by the workshop participants

Barb using a miniature polishing iron on the spine of the book.

James working on the little plough and press ......rounding and backing the tiny spines.

Look at the concentration on them.....focus, focus and focus!

So here they are......I just taught my very first workshop in miniature book binding through the Canadian Bookbinder and Bookartists Guild this past weekend. It was fun and rewarding to teach others what I enjoy doing and know. Everyone went home with two different styles of bindings in miniature: a full leather case binding, and a French simplified, complete with mini lessons on how to pare leather, use stamping press, finishing, onlay work and polishing!

Here is a link posted by the workshop participant Jessica Mann on Flickr with pictures showing the process of making a precise miniature book.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/10819941@N00/sets/72157624185555470/

Marbled Paper Sample Card 2010

2010-04-27T09:07:00.001-07:00

My marbled paper sample card for 2010 is ready. The cover is printed letterpress. Each booklet contains 12 beautiful soft colours. Click here for more info.

http://studiorobertwuproducts.blogspot.com/2010/04/marbled-paper-for-bookbinding-boxmaking.html

Solo Exhibition of Contemporary " Marbled Graphics " by Robert Wu

2009-10-14T19:30:00.000-07:00

For the entire month of December, I will be exhibiting a selection of my "Marbled Graphics" at the Toronto Public Library Northern District ( Yonge and Eglinton). It's a free event so please mark it down on your calendar and come check out my art work!!! Direction: Get off at Eglinton Subway station and walk up one block north on Yonge Street.

To view selections of my Marbled Graphics, please check out my marbling page or click here.

http://studiorobertwu.blogspot.com

Album Marbled Graphics acquired by Harvard

2009-07-18T22:19:00.000-07:00

I recently completed an one-of-a-kind book called "Album Marbled Graphics" and it contains specimens of my original marbled graphics between the years 2006- 2009. I am very pleased to announce that it was purchased by Harvard University and is now part of the Houghton library's Special Collection. I am very honoured.

2009 Designer Bookbinders UK International Bookbinding Competition

2009-05-03T20:34:00.000-07:00

This paper binding (millimeter binding style) was covered with my own marbled graphics "Sumi-Cloud". The title of the book is called "Water" and was letterpress printed by hand with original woodcut prints. I completed this binding for the Designer Bookbinders’ International Bookbinding Competition 2009. It is among the 125 bindings selected to be exhibited in the Bodleian Library, Oxford UK (invitation image shown above) and the subsequent tour in the USA.

Online Exhibition

2009-04-06T18:00:00.000-07:00

Here are just some links to a few online exhibitions which include my works......Enjoy!

Toronto Reference Library- Collected Works: A Public Legacy
http://ve.tpl.toronto.on.ca/collected_works/visual_cello.html
(I have a few bindings that are in the permanent collection at The Special Collection Department.)

Palace of Governor, NM, USA- Album Amicorum
http://www.palaceofthegovernors.org/album/index.htm
(Exhibition of marblers from around the globe.)