Suzanne Karr Schmidt
@drkarrschmidt.bsky.social
Curator of (very old) curious books, prints on fabric, functional ephemera (newberry.org), Director of a pop-up book society (movablebooksociety.org). History of art, science, decorative food, pirates. Where's your WHIMSY? Mostly Chicago. She/her
Uh-Oh, @lisafdavis.bsky.social, did you know about the Voynich game?? 😲
November 25, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Uh-Oh, @lisafdavis.bsky.social, did you know about the Voynich game?? 😲
I was astounded at their creativity! Glad you enjoyed it too...
November 24, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I was astounded at their creativity! Glad you enjoyed it too...
Amazing!
(Especially once I learned the Passementerie Mill often makes all the components for more complicated corded design from the bottom up! Even with machines, a stunning amount of effort goes into this trim!)
(Especially once I learned the Passementerie Mill often makes all the components for more complicated corded design from the bottom up! Even with machines, a stunning amount of effort goes into this trim!)
November 24, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Amazing!
(Especially once I learned the Passementerie Mill often makes all the components for more complicated corded design from the bottom up! Even with machines, a stunning amount of effort goes into this trim!)
(Especially once I learned the Passementerie Mill often makes all the components for more complicated corded design from the bottom up! Even with machines, a stunning amount of effort goes into this trim!)
What have we here? 🧐
November 24, 2025 at 10:12 PM
What have we here? 🧐
Calm down, Mr. Wavy Loom!
November 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Calm down, Mr. Wavy Loom!
Okay, maybe just one more machine...
November 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Okay, maybe just one more machine...
FIVE SHUTTLES!?
Fin.
Fin.
November 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
FIVE SHUTTLES!?
Fin.
Fin.
Here are the ribbons... Having trouble posting the last video though!
November 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Here are the ribbons... Having trouble posting the last video though!
ONE Shuttle... (Making a MADE IN CHICAGO ribbon)
November 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
ONE Shuttle... (Making a MADE IN CHICAGO ribbon)
And eventually landed my dream job as a curator at the Newberry Library, where I can indulge my odd notion that exhibitions should be free to the public and that researchers and readers should be able to touch... Everything!
November 24, 2025 at 4:18 AM
And eventually landed my dream job as a curator at the Newberry Library, where I can indulge my odd notion that exhibitions should be free to the public and that researchers and readers should be able to touch... Everything!
Finding out that you could write a dissertation on something entirely new was a step in the right direction though, so I became the world's first PhD specializing in Renaissance pop-up books! (Yes, Dürer technically published one)...
Spent time in many different museums in Prints and Drawings...
Spent time in many different museums in Prints and Drawings...
November 24, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Finding out that you could write a dissertation on something entirely new was a step in the right direction though, so I became the world's first PhD specializing in Renaissance pop-up books! (Yes, Dürer technically published one)...
Spent time in many different museums in Prints and Drawings...
Spent time in many different museums in Prints and Drawings...
Plenarium with Plenty of Pizzazz!
Book with prayers and woodcuts of Christ's Passion, from Augsburg, 1474.
#NewberryLibrary (Inc. 1607.4)
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Book with prayers and woodcuts of Christ's Passion, from Augsburg, 1474.
#NewberryLibrary (Inc. 1607.4)
i-share-nby.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01...
November 21, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Plenarium with Plenty of Pizzazz!
Book with prayers and woodcuts of Christ's Passion, from Augsburg, 1474.
#NewberryLibrary (Inc. 1607.4)
i-share-nby.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01...
Book with prayers and woodcuts of Christ's Passion, from Augsburg, 1474.
#NewberryLibrary (Inc. 1607.4)
i-share-nby.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01...
Sorry! 😬
But... that IS what it is.
Try to think of it as thin leather maybe?
But... that IS what it is.
Try to think of it as thin leather maybe?
November 21, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Sorry! 😬
But... that IS what it is.
Try to think of it as thin leather maybe?
But... that IS what it is.
Try to think of it as thin leather maybe?