Materials/equipment to be provided by students:
- Apron
- Sharpies
- Drawings
- Uniball pens
- Small paint brushes
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Materials/equipment to be provided by instructor:
- Akua soy-based printing inks
- Sumi or India ink
- Lithograph crayons
- Mylar
- Transparent acetate
- Solar plate exposure unit
- Antique printing press
- Aquatint screen
- Vats
- Printmaking paper
- Decorative papers for chine colle
- Plexiglass plates for monotype
- Solar plates
Materials/equipment to be provided by students:
- Decorative papers (student decorated or purchased)–Small sheets, strips, large scraps. Doublesided papers are particularly useful
- Bone folder
- Awl/pin tool
- X-Acto knife or scalpel & blades
- Scissors
- Self-healing cutting surface
- Steel ruler
- Triangle
- Gluestick
- PVA
- Glue cup
- Glue brushes
- Pencil
- Colored pencils
- Eraser
- Small supply of newspaper or other scrap paper to facilitate gluing
- Notebook and pen to take notes
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Optional Materials:
- Portable paper cutter/trimmer
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Materials/equipment to be provided by instructor:
- Canson MiTeintes papers and cardstock in assorted colors
- Text weight and cover weight papers for the books
- Colored thread
- Bookbinding thread
- Needles
- Xeroxed instructional materials including patterns, diagrams, instructions, and bibliography
- Reference books
- Samples
Materials/equipment to be provided by students:
- Bone folder
- X-Acto knife or scalpel & blades
- Scissors
- Self-healing cutting surface
- Steel ruler
- Triangle
- Gluestick
- Transparent tape
- Pencil
- Eraser
- Simple collage materials OR rubber stamps and stamp pad
- Small supply of newspaper or other scrap paper to facilitate gluing
- Notebook and pen to take notes.
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Materials/equipment to be provided by instructor:
- Paper for samples
- Colored copier paper
- Colored cardstock
- Needles and thread
- Wooden skewers
- Xeroxed instructional materials including patterns, diagrams, instructions, and
bibliography - Sample structures
Materials/equipment to be provided by students:
- Beads of a variety of sizes (instructor will provide a selection)
- Scissors or X-Acto knife
- Glue brush
- Bone folder
- Scraps of decorative paper or book cloth you might wish to use (optional)
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Materials/equipment to be provided by instructor:
- Bookboards cut to size
- Paper for book pages
- Glue
- Thread for binding and sewing books
- Needles
- Waxed linen thread for macrame
- Beads
- Book cloth
- Decorative paper
Materials/equipment to be provided by students:
- Pencil
- Ruler
- Designers curves or design templates
- Sketch paper
- Bone folder
- Awl
- Small triangle
- Scissors and X-Acto knife
- Glue brush
- Any scraps of decorative paper
- Leather or binders thread
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Materials/equipment to be provided by instructor:
- Leather for spines
- Bookboard for covers
- Japanese paper for cover paper
- Polycrylic sealant
- Paper for pages
- Colored paper for flysheets
- Glue
- Waxed linen thread
- Ribbons for bookmarks
Materials/equipment to be provided by students:
- Pencil
- Pigma micron pens, or similar, in a few sizes
- Bone folder
- X-Acto knife
- Ruler
- Small cutting mat
- Small awl
- Bookbinding needle
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Optional materials/equipment to be provided by students:
- Watercolors
- Colored pencils (some will be available to borrow)
- Assorted embroidery floss (natural color will be provided)
- 6-8 pieces of paper for the interior of your book (if you wish to incorporate blank pages along with printed papers)
Materials/equipment to be provided by instructor:
- A variety of paper and silk and/or wool fabric prepared for printing
- Leaves
- Natural dyes
- Mordants and modifiers to shift colors of natural dyes
- Steamers and all equipment needed to press and heat papers
- Spray bottles
- Sewing thread and needles
Materials/equipment to be provided by students:
- Bone folder
- Ruler
- Small cutting mat
- Additional paper to dip-dye
- Additional fabric to dye. Fabric needs to be natural fibers (cotton, linen, wool, silk, hemp) and small/medium sized items will fit best in our dye vat. (T-shirt, pillowcase, dishtowel, small pieces of fabric yardage, etc.) There will be plenty of dye so don’t be shy about bringing extra things to dye!
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Materials/equipment to be provided by instructor:
- Indigo dye
- Shibori tools and equipment
- Cotton fabric
- High quality printmaking and mixed media paper
Materials/equipment to be provided by students:
- Pens and paper
Optional Materials:
- Students are welcome to bring their own books or mock-ups of their projects to work with.
Materials/equipment to be provided by instructor:
- I will provide handouts with examples of different types of poems —both examples of a certain form and step by step instructions about how to follow this form. I will also show images of various artists’ books as we consider how text functions within them. I always like to give students a take away list of writing prompts to use in the future and offer the possibility of keeping in touch—either with myself to encourage a later check in to show the development of their project or with the group, if the group is amenable.
Materials/equipment to be provided by students:
- Metal ruler
- Cutting mat
- Snap-off blade knife/X-Acto knife
- Scissors
- Masking tape
- Pencil
- Bone/Teflon folder
- Scoring bone folder
- .5-inch double-coated tape
- PVA
- Glue brush
- triangle or small T-square
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Materials/equipment to be provided by instructor:
- All papers for books (text blocks, covers)
- Binder’s board
- Bookcloth
- Instructions and supply resources
Materials/equipment to be provided by students:
- Colored pencils (any brand will work for this workshop; a basic set of 12 is more than adequate)
- Pencil sharpener
- Crayons (Crayola is just fine)
- Metal ruler
- Cutting mat
- Awl
- Snap-off blade knife/X-Acto knife
- Scissors
- Bone/Teflon folder
- Scoring bone folder
- Sewing needles
- Glue stick
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Optional materials to be provided by students:
- Personal collection of various light-weight papers such as origami and tracing papers
Materials/equipment to be provided by instructor:
- A variety of text and light-weight papers and non-paper substrates for rubbings, including tea bag papers
- Cover weight paper for portfolio/book
- Precoated cyanotype paper
- Objects for rubbings
- Chopsticks/dowels
- Thread
- Cuttlebug die cutting machine with various dies
- Instructions and supply resources
- Participants may experiment with the instructor’s various rubbing media
Materials/equipment to be provided by students:
- Metal ruler
- Cutting mat
- Snap-off blade knife or X-Acto knife
- Scissors
- Pencil
- Bone/Teflon folder
- Scoring bone folder
- Awl
- Punching cradle – options include Talas TTS066002, Etsy 3-D
- Printed punching cradle, or make your own
- Sewing needles
- Glue stick or PVA and brush
- Optional: personal sticks (chop sticks, rods, found stems), paints for staining sticks, decorative paper for end sheets and/or covers
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Materials/equipment to be provided by instructor:
- All papers for books (text blocks, end papers, decorative covers)
- Sticks/dowels/chopsticks
- Thread
- Instructions and supply resources
Materials/equipment to be provided by students:
- Metal ruler
- Cutting mat
- Snap-off blade knife/X-Acto knife
- Scissors
- Bone/teflon folder
- Glue stick
- PVA and glue brush
- Medium size binder clips (30)
- 4-inch Bar clamps (2)
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Optional materials/equipment to be provided by students:
- Personal collection of text-weight decorative papers
Materials/equipment to be provided by instructor:
- A variety of text-weight decorative paper
- Davey board squares (3.5 x 3.5-inch) and box walls
- Various starch coated/filled and/or aqueous latex filled poly/cotton book cloth; (i.e., Kennett/ Buckram/Dover)
- Cuttlebug die-cutting machine with various dies
- Instructions and supply resources
- Extra binder’s clips and 4-inch bar clamps
Materials/equipment to be provided by students:
Students should bring supplies that they enjoy working with for surface design. This could include, but is not limited to:
- Acrylic paint and colored pencils
- Beads and sequins
- DMC cotton stranded floss (Students are also welcome to bring other embroidery flosses along with cords, buttons, trim and other haberdashery)
- Mark-making tools
- Scraps of material: paper (solid and decorative), leather (pared to different thicknesses), fabric, etc. – scraps don’t need to be larger than 4 x 4 inches
- Range of cutting tools (craft knife, scalpel, X-Acto, etc.)
- Embroidery scissors or snips
- Japanese Screw Punch (1.0mm and 1.5mm bit sizes required)
- Needles: Embroidery (range between 1-10, make sure the eye is not wider than the needle shaft) and Bookbinding (preferably No. 18)
- Pencil and eraser
- Pin Vise (recommend Starrett – size B)
- Ruler (with metric)
- Scissors
- Tracing Paper
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Materials/equipment to be provided by instructor:
- Acrylic paint and colored pencils
- Beads and sequins
- Beeswax
- DMC embroidery thread (and other random notions)
- Double-sided tape
- Hammer
- Finishing tools and foils
- Scalpel and blades
- Stove
- Thread: 18/3 dyed and 40/3 undyed
- Tracing paper
- Wax paper
Materials/equipment to be provided by students:
- Decorative paper
- Favorite drawing or painting supplies (colored pencils, markers, etc.)
- Scissors
- Glue
- X-Acto/Olfa knives
- Linoleum cutter kit
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Materials/equipment to be provided by instructor:
- Awls
- Bone folders
- Watercolor paper
- Copy paper
- Binding needles
- Waxed thread
- Canson watercolor paper
- Bokuundo marbling ink
- Pink rubber carving blocks
- Ink pads
Materials/equipment to be provided by students:
- Water container
- 1+ round watercolor brushes: #12, #10 or #8½-inch OR 1-inch flat acrylic brush and 1-inch round acrylic brush
- Transparent watercolors: pan or personal palette – tube watercolors set in a palette. Avoid round opaque palettes, they will not produce color intensity.
- #2b pencil
- Bookbinding needles
- Awl
- Scissors
- Cutters (retractible blade disposable kind)
- Cutting mat
- Metal ruler with cork backing
- Bone folder
- Color pencils
- Cheap ballpoint pen
- Acrylic matte medium or soft gel matte medium
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Materials/equipment to be provided by instructor:
- Papers
- Waxed linen thread
- Canvas
- Acrylics
- Acrylic inks
- Wood
- Book covers
Materials/equipment to be provided by students:
- 3 to 4 sheets printmaking paper- Rives BFK 22 x 30-inch white 250 gsm, Canson Edition, or other brands that have internal sizing and are recommended for printmaking
- 1 or more round watercolor brushes: #12, #10, or #14
- 1⁄2-inch wide or larger acrylic brush
- Acrylic matte medium
- Watercolors: professional grade pan or personal palette (tube watercolors set in a palette); my full palette is on my blog for color reference
- 12-inch or larger metal ruler with cork backing
- 2 book-binding needles – size 18, blunt or sharp
- Water container
- Hair dryer or heat gun (can be shared)
- Bone folder
- Book arts awl
- Strips of printed fabric -approx. 15 inches long x 1.4 to 1.5 inches wide- these will be used to decorate the covers
- Prismacolor Premier, Faber-Castell Polychromos, or Derwent Coloursoft pencils – at least 18 colors
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Materials/equipment to be provided by instructor:
- Golden Open acrylic paint
- Glue
- Printing plates
- Linen threads
- Embroidery threads
- Milagros charms
- Masa paper and retro fabrics to print on
Materials/equipment to be provided by students:
- One pad of Strathmore Drawing Paper, Series 400 Medium surface, size 14 x 17 inches (please do not substitute size)
- Graphite drawing pencils: HB, 2B, 4B (any quality brand – a favorite is Staedtler Mars Lumograph). Bring other pencil grades if already owned e.g., 2H, 3B, 6B, etc.
- Woodless graphite pencils: HB, 2B
- Pencil sharpener (handheld or battery operated)
- Pentel Clic Eraser or equivalent (soft white, retractable, pen-sized) and/or a Staedtler Mars Plastic white rectangular eraser
- Ruler – minimum 12-inch or 35cm (a ruler with cm/mm markings will be very helpful, but not absolutely necessary)
- X-Acto knife or snap-away knife
- Round watercolor brush, medium size (e.g., #6-#8) or 1/2-inch flat
- Small water container
Optional Materials/equipment to be provided by students (bring only if already have):
- Bone folder
- Other graphite drawing pencils on hand or want to try
- Mechanical pencil with graphite lead
- Paper stumps and/or tortillons
- Artist’s quality colored pencils and/or water soluble colored pencils
- Pigma Micron markers
- Eraser shield
- Cutting mat (11 x 17 or 17 x 23 inches)
- Desk lamp and extension cord (only if driving or easily packed–portable swing arm or goose neck – prefer incandescent or halogen light bulb, if available)
Materials/equipment to be provided by students:
- Sewing needles
- PVA glue
- 2-inch Wide ruler
- Metal rules (optional)
- Awl and foam core to punch on
- Pencils
- Scoring tool and teflon or bone folder
- Cutting mat
- Mini clamps (4)
- Plywood blocks – 6-inch x 8-inch or larger (2)
- Wax paper
- Scrap paper for gluing
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Materials/equipment to be provided by instructor:
- Dremel tool
- Precut Arches paper
- Decorative papers
- Bugra paper
- Waxed linen thread
- Embroidery thread
Materials/equipment to be provided by students:
- Cutting mat (minimum size 18 x 24”)
- Set of 9” steel graduated measuring rules (available here: https://volcanoarts.com/product/measuring-rules-set/ )
- Rulers – see-through plastic type used by quilters: ideal set would include two 2 x 18”, (EZ Quilting brand); 3.5 x 12.5” (Omnigrip); 5.5 x 16” (Omnigrip); or a similar variety
- Teflon bone folder
- Scoring tool
- X-Acto knife (with extra blades)
- Heavy duty knife such as a Sheffield knife (with extra blades)
- Tweezers
- Fine line pencil
- Scissors
- Glue brushes (stiff bristle, 3/4 and 1” round or flat)
- PVA glue (at least 3/4 c.)
- Glass jars for water and glue in 2 strengths (full strength and mixed with methyl cellulose)
- Glue sheets
- Small triangle or square (2-4”), plastic or metal
- Optional: 2-3 bar clamps (Irwin or Jorgensen are common brand names; length 6-8”)
- Small weights, Corner tool, Personal light Required materials:
- Object(s) for central chamber: ideally your object fits nicely into a 1.5” square (or smaller) opening. It could be a bit wider than it is high. Thickness: at most 1/2”.
- Decorative papers to mount on the surrounding panels: This could be a mix of colors, patterns, and/or text. The small panels on either side of the center are 1.5 H x 2 W”; the larger panels at the top and bottom are 1.25 x 4.25” (these measurements are for the panels themselves; mounting papers will be a bit smaller depending on your margins).
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Materials/equipment to be provided by instructor:
- Various boards (some of them pre-cut) to construct the central box, side panels, covers, and spines of the structure
- Book cloth – a variety of colors
- Disk magnets for closures
- Methyl cellulose (to adjust PVA)
- Clamping boards
- Spacers and spacing boards
- Edge-covering papers (around central chamber)
- Detailed diagrams for measuring, cutting, assembling, etc.
- Epoxy
- Tools to share: clamps, rulers; circle template, sanding blocks, etc.
Materials/equipment to be provided by students:
- Cutting mat (minimum size 18 x 24-inch)
- Rulers – see-through plastic type used by quilters: the ideal set would include two 2 x 18-inch, (EZ Quilting brand); 3.5 x 12.5-inch (Omnigrip); 5.5 x 16-inch (Omnigrip); or a similar assortment
- Teflon bone folder
- Scoring tool
- Awl
- X-Acto knife (with extra blades)
- Tweezers
- Fine line pencil and eraser
- Small scissors
- Glue brush (1/2 – 3/4-inch round)
- Small needle-nose pliers
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Optional materials/equipment to be provided by students:
- Small weights
- 9-inch steel graduated measuring rules (https:// volcanoarts.com/product/measuring-rules-set/ )
Materials/equipment to be provided by instructor:
- Various papers: Rives BFK, Khadi, Ingres charcoal paper, Canson
- Board
- Card stock
- Book cloth
- Waxed linen thread
- Needles
- Sand paper
- Piercing boards
- Epoxy
- PVA
- Saws
- Tape
- Stones and twigs
- Handouts, templates
Materials/equipment to be provided by students:
- Pencils
- Bone folder
- Cutting tools-scissors, utility blade
- Card-weight paper for patterns
- Metal ruler
- Pages with personal artwork to bind (if desired)
- Favorite decorative papers for covers
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Materials/equipment to be provided by instructor:
- Foam
- Tyvek
- Acrylics
- Sponges
- Book board
- Cutting surfaces
- Text paper
- Book board for covers
- Thread, needle
- Piercer and bone folder if student doesn’t bring their own
- Screws
- PVA, glue brushes, containers
- Assorted decorative papers
- Handouts
Materials/equipment to be provided by students:
- Assorted papers; watercolor and print making (such as Rives BFK 140lb or 300lb watercolor), others to experiment with (under 9×12)
- Objects to expose (laces, feathers, leaves, etc.)
- Pencil for note taking
- Glass or plastic to cover largest size paper (slightly over 9×12)
- Board to compose on (rigid surface to hold paper i.e., mat, corrugated board, etc.)Same size as glass.
- Bone folder
- Scissors
- Utility blade or other cutting tool
- Cutting surface
- Felt-tip pen to write on plastic
- Negatives on film-can be printed on inkjet printer or at Staples
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Materials/equipment to be provided by instructor:
- Text and cover paper
- Thread
- Needles
- Spare bone folders
- Brushes
- Assorted papers good for soaking
- Cyanotype and rusting chemicals
- Trays
- Handouts
Materials/equipment to be provided by students:
- Apron and comfortable shoes
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Materials/equipment to be provided by instructor:
- Carrageenan
- Trays for marbling
- Primed paper
- All the paraphernalia needed for marbling on fabric and paper
Materials/equipment to be provided by students:
- X-Acto knife
- Cutting mat
- Apron
- Glue brush
- Metal ruler
- Scissors for cutting fabric
- Some weights
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Materials/equipment to be provided by instructor:
- Glue
- Binders board
- Marbled paper
- Decorative inner liners
Optional materials/equipment to be provided by students:
- Ear plugs or noise cancelling headphones
- Long waterproof apron
- Waterproof shoes/boots
Materials/equipment to be provided by instructor:
- Student hanji vats (one measuring 50in x 50in; three measuring 24in x 36in)
- Bal (bamboo screens for webal-tteugi and ssangbal-tteugi)
- Balteul (wooden deckles for above techniques)
- Wooden dowels
- Brushes
- Polyfilament
- Horse hair brushes
Materials/equipment to be provided by students:
- Bone folder
- Scissors
- Utility knife
- Metal ruler
- Cutting mat
- Notebook and writing implement for taking notes
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Materials/equipment to be provided by instructor:
- All materials to complete the projects and reference materials
Materials/equipment to be provided by students:
Basic bench set:
- Bone folder
- Teflon folder
- Metal ruler
- Glue brush
- Cutting matt (small to mid-size)
- Utility knife
- Punching awl or pin vise
- 2 straight darning/bookbinding needles
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Materials/equipment to be provided by instructor:
- All materials to complete project
- Basic bench set materials for loan
Materials/equipment to be provided by students:
- X-Acto knife with extra blades
- Bone folder
- Awl
- Binding needle
- Microspatula
- Tweezers
- Scissors
- Ruler
- Cutting mat
- Pencil
- Japanese screw punch (optional)
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Materials/equipment to be provided by instructor:
Per person:
- 12 Sheets white cardstock
- 6 Sheets of color 8.5 X 11-inch 80 lb cover stock
- 1 Sheet 10 3/4 x 6 1/4-inch 140 lb cover stock
- 24-inch 18/3 Unwaxed linen thread (or other heavy thread)
- Glue cup w/ lid
- 13-page printed patterns
Materials/equipment to be provided by students:
- X-Acto knife with extra blades
- Bone folder
- Awl
- Binding needle
- Microspatula
- Tweezers
- Scissors
- Ruler
- Cutting mat
- Pencil
- Japanese screw punch (optional)
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Materials/equipment to be provided by instructor:
Per student:
- 10 Sheets white cardstock
- 20 Sheets color cardstock
- 6 X 5.625 inch thin Davey board (recycling)
- 12 inch linen thread (25?)
- 6 X 16 inch medium Davey board (1/16 inch)
- 6 X 16 inch 140 lb cover
- 6 X 1.5 inch Tyvek spine liner
- Glue cup w/ lid
- 16 page printed patterns
Per group:
- 8oz PVA
- One roll low-tack painter’s tape
- Three rolls 1/4 inch 415 tape
Materials/equipment to be provided by students:
- Watercolors (gouache, gansai, calligraphy ink colors, or any water-based colors)
- Pencil
- Scissors
- Ruler
- Sewing thread (any color, not white)
- Sewing needle
- Latex or nitrile gloves
- Face mask & apron (optional)
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Materials/equipment to be provided by instructor:
- 6 sheets of 6 x 9.5-inch washi paper per participant
- One 7.5 x 11-inch 100% cotton paper per participant
- Newsprint/newspaper
- Letter sized copier paper (1 packet)
- Various PNW native plant cuttings in case there aren’t many on campus
- Black oil-based ink
- Ink spatulas
- 7 brayers
- Spoons for hand printing (1 per participant)
- Extra watercolors
- Soft paint brushes for watercolor (1 per participant)
- Cups for water, palettes for watercolor
- Extra pencils
- Scissors (4 spares)
- Rulers (4 spares)
- Extra sewing thread (any color, not white)
- Extra sewing needles
- Extra latex or nitrile gloves
- Rubbing alcohol for degreasing brayers
- Simple Green for degreasing
- Vegetable oil for cleaning ink
- Paper towels/rags
- Pruning shears