Bookmark Collector

Feb. 12th is Darwin Day, this year celebrating the 200th anniversary of Darwin’s birth (1809). I participated in a bookmark exchange moderated at Swap-bot to commemorate the date. Here are the bookmarks that I sent and received for this swap. This exchange didn’t specify handmade bookmarks, but it turned out that both of these were [...]

On Sundays in Buenos Aires there’s a wonderful fair that fills the streets of the San Telmo area with antique dealers and local artists. While shopping, Harriet and I came across a jewelry artist who made these amazing clip bookmarks from brass. I enjoy the design and the detail of the lines cut in his [...]

Here are two more bookmarks that I picked up at the Alternative Press Expo (APE). These were free promotional bookmarks that I think are lovely in different ways. The image on the left shows the front side of each bookmark, and the picture below shows their backs.
The bookmark on the left is promoting the graphic [...]

Harriet and I take at least one extended trip every year, and this last November we visited Argentina and Chile. Our trip was wonderful, and of course I collected bookmarks along the way. I’m not one for carefully tracking what I’ve acquired. Instead I tend to buy what catches my eye at the moment, and [...]

The Alternative Press Expo (APE) is an annual gathering of independent comic publishers. And when they say “independent”, they mean it. You’ll often find comics that have just been xeroxed and stapled the night before – by hand. I’m a big fan of these comics and have attended this event for last couple of years. [...]

Another week’s worth of bookmark related links that I’ve found, from May 3 through May 9.
Enjoy!
Bookmarks In the News
Articles:
Over at BiblioBuffet, Lauren is writing about Carrie Chapman Catt, inspired by a silk bookmark with the suffragette’s image – Link
Kat Rocha has a guest blog entry at Needle and ThREAD reflecting on books and bookmarks – [...]

Back again with more bookmark related links that I’ve found, from April 19 through April 25 (and maybe a few from the 26th!).
Enjoy!
Bookmarks In the News
Articles:
Deanna Dahlsad over at Collector’s Quest has an interesting interview with an economics professor on collecting and consumerism – Link
Jen, over at Needle and ThREAD, has a post where she [...]

Well, I survived tax time and was still able to track down a few links this week. Here are the ones I collected from April12 through April 18.
Enjoy!
Bookmarks In the News
Articles:
At BiblioBuffet, Lauren’s bookmark inspired article is about encyclopedias: their history, development, and a bit of their taxonomy – Link
Over at the Ephemera blog, Marty [...]

Here is another weeks worth of bookmark links collected from around the inter-tubes from March 29 through April 4.
Please let me know if you come across (or have) a bookmark related link or announcement that should be included in the next Bookmark roundup.
Bookmarks In the News
Articles:
Over at the Ephemera Collector, Marty Weil has collected a [...]

Another week’s worth of bookmark related links that I’ve found, from March 8 through March 14.
Enjoy!
Bookmarks in The News
Articles:
Laine Farley’s article this week at BiblioBuffet is about the dispersion of the Berlin Wall and is inspired by a bookmark with an encased piece that wall – Link
Buried in this blog entry is a description of [...]