Workshop Description: Have you wondered what to do with that orphaned chopstick or a paintbrush that has seen better days? Are you looking for a technique to offer additional aesthetic variations to a pamphlet binding or even a medieval long…
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Elsi Vassdal Ellis- Panel Book with Box
Workshop Description: The workshop will explore the panel book structure composed of double boards glued to book cloth hinges to form stacked double-sided panels that sit on a small, lidded box to house small objects. Workshop participants will learn how…
Continue ReadingElsi Vassdal Ellis – Moving Steps Binding
Workshop Description: This adhesive structure introduces a simple movement to the text block that is activated when the book is opened with the pages forming stepped fore edges that can be used for indexing or to build an image. Individual…
Continue ReadingShawn Sheehy – A Satisfaction of Movables
Workshop Description: Think back to the last time you picked up a movable card. You moved the mechanism back and forth, soothed and satisfied by the movement. You wished there was a collective noun for movable cards. Well, there is!…
Continue ReadingCasey Newman – Indigo Dyeing Fabric and Paper
Workshop Description: In this workshop we will create and use an indigo dye vat, and learn to create beautiful patterns by folding and binding fabric. There are infinite ways to manipulate fabric to create unique designs and everything necessary to…
Continue ReadingEline Lipkin – Writing in the Blanks
Workshop Description: This class is for anyone who has wondered what to put inside their beautiful, yet blank, book and who wants to jumpstart their writing. Through generative writing exercises, students will be exposed to poetic forms such as the…
Continue ReadingRoberta Lavadour – Funky Foldy: Fun Structures for the Studio or Classroom
Workshop Description: We’ll explore at least 10 deceptively simple book arts projects, many of which begin with one sheet of paper transformed into multi-faceted structures, that can become the basis for artist’s books or engaging classroom content. We’ll approach each…
Continue ReadingMargo Klass – Woodland Journal
Workshop Description: The woodland journal is rugged enough to take on walks in the woods, and suitably elegant for coffee table display. Its cover features a framed composition of stones and twigs sewn onto a panel using Japanese-inspired techniques. Inside…
Continue ReadingHelen Shafer Garcia – Woven Stitch Collagraph Book
Workshop Description: We will focus on a unique combination of Collagraph (a form of collage) printmaking, relief block prints, and book structures. Produce printing plates with collage shapes and hot glue to create free flowing designs. Experiment with textures with…
Continue ReadingBrenda Gallagher – Beaded Miniature Books
Workshop Description: Students will make several miniature books with beaded spines. We will cut small pages and fold into signatures. Then a miniature case will be created by covering small boards with decorative paper and book cloth spines. Students will…
Continue ReadingGinger Burrell – Creativity, Collage and Coptic Stitch
Workshop Description: Never lose an idea again! Make two single-needle Coptic stitch books in this class to keep your ideas at hand for your next creative session. The first, an idea journal, will have a torn collage cover and large…
Continue ReadingHope Amico – Collage Techniques for Altered Books
Workshop Description: Altering books allows us to begin with a canvas of ideas which we may combine, remove, or change to create a new work. Using collage techniques, including strategic removal to create windows, the addition of colors and patterned…
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