Number of Days: 1 Day
Skill Level: All levels
Material fee: $25
Maximum Number of Student: 15
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 to
assemble the structure without access to a nipping press. Various approaches to
covering the boards will be demonstrated as well as using a small die-cutting
machine to create inlays for board coverings.
Materials/equipment to be provided by students:
Metal
ruler
Cutting
mat
Snap-off blade knife/Xacto knife
Scissors
Bone/Teflon folder
Glue
stick
PVA
and glue brush
Medium size binder clips (30)
4” Bar clamps (2)
Optional materials: personal collection of text-weight decorative
papers
Materials Provided by Instructor:
A variety text-weight decorative paper
Davey board squares (3.5” x 3.5”) 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” bar clamps
Prerequisites:
Instructor Bio:
Elsi Vassdal Ellis is an alchemist, storyteller and taught design production and book arts at Western Washington University for 40 years. Her narratives are distilled from current affairs, common experiences, memories and
materials to emerge in book form. As EVE Press she
has produced 175 editions (offset, letterpress, inkjet, printmaking) and 145
unique books since 1983 in a well-equipped studio. Her work is permanently housed in over 150 collections including the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, Yale University Library, and
The Wiener Library for the Study of Holocaust and Genocide.
Website: Instagram: @vassdalellis
