Supplies

Abigail Merickel – Solar Plate Etching and Monotype

Materials/equipment to be provided by students:

• Apron
• Sharpies
• Drawings
• Uniball pens
• Small paint brushes 

See Materials Glossary for definitions and images

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

Ann Kronenberg – Interlocked–Woven Paper in Book Arts–Structure and Ornament

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

Ann Kronenberg- Intelligent Design: Creating Your Own Book Structures

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.

See Materials Glossary for definitions and images

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

Brenda Gallagher – Beaded Miniature Books

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)

See Materials Glossary for definitions and images

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

Brenda Gallagher – Design With Scraps to Make a Hard Cover Long Stitch Journal

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

See Materials Glossary for definitions and images

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

Casey Newman – Botanical Printing and Creating a Nature-Inspired Book

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

See Materials Glossary for definitions and images

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

Casey Newman – Indigo Dyeing Fabric and Paper

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

Eline Lipkin – Writing in the Blanks

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.

Elsi Vassdal Ellis – Moving Steps Binding

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

See Materials Glossary for definitions and images

Materials/equipment to be provided by instructor:

• All papers for books (text blocks, covers)
• Binder’s board
• Bookcloth
• Instructions and supply resources

Elsi Vassdal Ellis – Reimagining the Humble Rubbing

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

See Materials Glossary for definitions and images

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

Elsi Vassdal Ellis – Stick Binding

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

Elsi Vassdal Ellis- Panel Book with Box

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)

See Materials Glossary for definitions and images

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

Erin Fletcher – Exploring Embroidery on Paper

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

Hayley Ferber – Introduction to Artist Books

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

Helen Shafer Garcia – Watermedia Approaches for Book Structures

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

Helen Shafer Garcia – Woven Stitch Collagraph Book

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 

Kristen Doty – Drawing & Lettering Sketchbook

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)

Laurel Herbeck – Coptic Cross Stitch Journal

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

Margo Klass – The Unfolding Box Book

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.

Margo Klass – Woodland Journal

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

Mary-Ellen Campbell – Artbound-Binding Techniques for Single Sheets

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

Mary-Ellen Campbell – Sun and Earth

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

Pietro Accardi – Intensive Marbling on Paper and Fabric

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

Roberta Lavadour – Funky Foldy: Fun Structures for the Studio or Classroom

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 

Roberta Lavadour – Variations on the Sewn Board Binding

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

Shawn Sheehy – A Satisfaction of Movables

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

Shawn Sheehy – Movable Magic: The Animating Binding

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

Yoshi Nakagawa – Native Plant Transfer Printmaking

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