Selene Fisher – Focus on Book Arts

Selene Fisher: Playful Patterns in a Leporello Portfolio

This class is all about creating colorful patterned paper (with a gel-printing plate) that can be used in other mixed-media projects. We’ll start off making a Leporello case to store smaller papers. This folder combines origami and bookbinding techniques to create a simple and effective structure. Then we will swing into color and pattern, using acrylic paint, gel plates, Play-Doh (seriously), foam stamps, stencils, different papers, and lots of textures! This is a chance to play with different methods of creating colorful papers for use in other projects. Students will leave with a collection of papers housed in their case, Play-Doh for future fun, and any stencils or stamps they create in class.

Selene Fisher: Whimsical Little Houses All in a Row

Are you charmed by the repeating shapes you see in lines of hillside houses? Are you intrigued by urban sketching? We’ll explore new neighborhoods by constructing our own little wonky row houses bound into a quirky accordion book.

Selene Fisher: Ekphrastic Postcards in a Blizzard (Book)

This class combines mixed-media collage, creative writing, an origami-inspired case, and a collaborative interchange with classmates.