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

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

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

Does your work count for IOE? YES: artist books, design bindings, altered books, sculptural bookworks (if it still reads “book”). Prospectus soon. Follow and rebel. #IndexOfErasure #IOE #BookArts #ArtistBooks

Launch Date: April 1, 2026 Goal: Submission to the 4th Annual Lake Erie Literary Festival’s Banned Books Design Binding & Artist Book Competition https://www.patreon.com/posts/gilded-cage-for-140742258

Erasure doesn’t just remove. It leaves marks. IOE collects them: juried artist books + design bindings forged under censorship pressure. Follow and rebel. #IndexOfErasure #IOE #BookArts #BannedBooks

What is Index of Erasure (IOE)? A juried exhibition of artist books + design bindings forged against censorship pressure. Prospectus soon. Follow and rebel. #IndexOfErasure #IOE #BookArts #BannedBooks

Essay 3 starts at a bench light and worn paper and ends in a black box built to measure what survives. Erie taught me to build in public; FEED taught me that signal is material. Enter: https://phkaki.substack.com/p/the-black-box-has-a-signal #RagAndSpark #MakeItHold #PHKAKI

Something sharp is being built in Erie. INDEX OF ERASURE (IOE): juried artist books + design bindings forged against censorship pressure. Follow and rebel. #IndexOfErasure #IOE #BookArts #BannedBooks

“When a book is restricted, the truth isn’t gone. It’s just been labeled dangerous.” And danger, to the wrong people, means freedom. #IndexOfErasure #Restricted #BannedBooks #FreedomToRead #FightCensorship #ReadBannedBooks #BookCensorship #Censorship #FirstAmendment #ArtistBooks #EriePA

“A restricted book is proof that words still have teeth.” If it couldn’t bite, no one would bother muzzling it. #IndexOfErasure #Restricted #BannedBooks #FightCensorship #FreedomToRead #ReadBannedBooks #BookCensorship #Censorship #FirstAmendment #BooksAreDangerous #ArtistBooks #EriePA

“Restricted is just another word for feared.” Because when a book gets blocked, it’s rarely about language. It’s about power. #bannedbooks #redacted #artistbooks #designbinding #restricted #IoE #indexoferasure #Indexed

CONCEPT B teaser drop: restricted file vibes: ghosted IOE watermark, indexing spine, torn dossier window, redactions as rhythm. One toxic-yellow accent marks what’s “indexed.” Only confirmed detail: FALL 2026. Follow for the next release. #IndexOfErasure #BookArts #PosterDesign

Concept B teaser = restricted case-file energy: ghosted IOE watermark, indexing spine, torn dossier window, redaction bars as rhythm, one toxic-yellow accent as the “indexed” flag. Only confirmed detail: FALL 2026. Build-process video posted. #IndexOfErasure #BookArts #PosterDesign

IOE_Wordmark_v02_MARK_light — development note: An index acts neutral. Erasure never is. Built to read like a record and feel like a warning. Clean enough to trust. Cut enough to doubt. Reveal soon. #IndexOfErasure #BookArts #BannedBooks

New drop: Rag & Spark — Essay II Hangars, Tolerances, and the Bonefolder. Loud systems. Quiet tools. Real tolerances. The cost of “close enough.” Read the new essay, catch the full series from the top. https://substack.com/home/post/p-182263545 #PHKAKI #Substack #BrandStrategy

Some accidents feel like nothing: keys dropped, coffee spilled, a curse muttered and forgotten. And then some accidents alter your perspective on the world. Mine was a book. https://open.substack.com/pub/phkaki/p/the-broken-spine

Erie—help us build the salvage pile. Battery-powered noise toys only. SWITCHCRAFT LAB is coming. Donate now through January thirty-first. Email Edward to arrange drop-off. Email: [email protected]

There are accidents that feel like nothing: keys dropped, coffee spilled, a curse muttered and forgotten. And then there are accidents that change your posture in the world. Read the full article I wrote on the PH'KAKI Substack (free): https://open.substack.com/pub/phkaki/p/the-broken-spine

Honey Badger Binder At Work

If I could introduce myself without the résumé, without the networking grin, without the polite “so what do you do?” small talk, this is how I’d do it: Four essays. Four pressure points. One spine. https://www.patreon.com/posts/rag-spark-four-147406243

I am not okay with this. Any of it.

The sound of pages aligning? Tap. Tap. Tap. The Dryad Leicester opens like cathedral doors. #KnockingUp #BookbindingTools #DryadPress

Going live this Monday @ 1PM ET. Bookbinding, restoration, artist books & studio talk. Join us & help pick future [LiVE!] times. 🎥 Livestream: https://www.patreon.com/BOOKFORGE #BOOKFORGELIVE #BookArts #CraftCommunity

BOOKFORGE [LiVE!] returns. One weekly bench session. One business-of-the-bindery deep dive. First one’s Monday @ 1 PM ET. Help me pick the best times to stream this year. Let’s build it together. https://www.patreon.com/posts/bookforge-live-147243606 #BOOKFORGELIVE #bookarts

What if a Lumbeck spine could shoulder a curve? Turns out… it can. Two bindings, one experiment. Flat and round — both sawn-in, both alive. #Bookbinding #Lumbeck #CraftIsResistance

I need your help. Yes, yours! You decide which world we open: geometry, void, horizon, silence, or flesh. Vote in the poll. The winning design will become the next BOOKFORGE binding! https://www.patreon.com/posts/complete-fiction-140672850 #designbinding #bookbinding #bookarts

A year of apprenticeship, bound into a story. Sharon Smith at City Gallery (Erie) • Dec 27, 6 PM • wine + Q&A. Come see binding examples up close.

2026’s festival map is still blank, and we want to chart it with your help. What art fairs, maker markets, or bookish bazaars do you never miss? Drop your favorites — we’d love to meet you there. #BookArts #CraftInCommunity

The final article in the ATOTAL series has been dropped and primed from the PH'KAKI Creative Works Substack. Check it out and then read the full article! https://open.substack.com/pub/phkaki/p/the-collapse-the-light-the-moment #mediaart #art #ATOTAL #FEEDmediaArtCenter #Erie #EriePA

Erie, PA – Tonight & Tomorrow Only Surrounded by 50+ makers, live music, warm food, good spirits, and the Psychic Parlor upstairs — this is more than a market. It’s a gathering of the hands and hearts that make Erie glow. #HolidayBazaar #ErieArts #Bookbinding #HandmadeGifts #BOOKFORGE

The article I wrote about the ATOTAL event and its significance to Erie was featured in Issue Wire. The press release distribution network! https://www.issuewire.com/why-erie-matters-a-global-work-in-a-local-context-1850780684216588 #Erie #ErieMatters #GlobalWork #MediaArt

Exercising a fresh spine. New traditional leather dateless bullet journals are here. See them in person: Holiday Bazaar @ 10|20 Collective — Sat Dec 13, 11–4, 1020 Holland St, Erie. #EriePA #Bookbinding

BOOKFORGE at the 10|20 Collective Holiday Bazaar Friday, Dec 12, 2025 — 5–10 PM (Gallery Night + Bazaar) Saturday, Dec 13, 2025 — 11 AM–4 PM 10|20 Collective, 1020 Holland St, Erie, PA 16501

Seating is limited, Erie! Want something new & exciting. Different and foreign to your senses. FEED will deliver this Saturday. Get your ticket now! https://tickets.eriereader.com/events/atotal-sound-light-and-the-collapse-of-order-12-13-2025 #atotal #MediaArt #art #MediaPerformance #erie

Whipstitches out, one by one. Clean blade. Steady hand. The goal: release the text block without scarring the paper grain. You’ll hear that tiny snap when a thread lets go—that’s progress. https://www.patreon.com/cw/BOOKFORGE

12/12. 12/13. Bring pockets. Leave with stories. #ShopSmall #ShopErie #GalleryNight #Handmade

Two days. One address. Bring friends. Leave with stories.

Feel that? ▢ yep ▢ tell me more. #MakersMarket #LocalArt #Journaling #GiftsThatLast

“Art has an address. We’re unlocking it soon.” 10 | 20 Collective. Community-minded tone. #EriePA #ShopSmall #ShopErie #GalleryNight #1020Collective #HolidayBazaar #BOOKFORGE #Handbound #CoffeeCulture #Ezju #Brodur #BookishGifts

“The stitch. The grain. The good stuff is almost here.” #EriePA #ShopLocal

“Something bound. Something brewing. Erie, listen for the page turn.”

Last call for Visitor Experience Associates. Last call—2–3 roles. Details + application: https://www.feed.art/volunteer

Training, checklists, support. Then the magic.Training, checklists, support. Then the magic. Calm, reliable, curious? You’ll fit right in. Apply: https://www.feed.art/volunteer

Three ways to see media art. Approachable guidance is the goal. Interested? Apply: https://www.feed.art/volunteer

FEED Media Art Center will be open from Noon Till Nine TODAY! Come on in and visit me, I'll give you a personal tour of the exhibits! #mediaart #art #eriearts #eriepa #erie #feedmediaartcenter #feedart