Number of Days: 1 Day
Skill Level: All levels
Material fee: $15
Maximum Number of Student: 15
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! Join paper engineer Shawn Sheehy in building A SATISFACTION of movable mechanisms that demonstrate a wide range of movement possibilities. All you need is a simple set of hand tools and an interest in engaging with paper mechanics. And to dial up the satisfaction quotient, you’ll bind your collection into a tidy sample book. All skill levels welcome. (Would you like to explore further applications for these structures? Take the “Movable Magic” workshop as well!) See the structure in motion: https://youtu.be/ecvn8m9SCo0
Materials/equipment to be provided by students:
xacto knife with extra blades
bone folder
awl
binding needle
microspatula
tweezers
scissors
ruler
cutting mat
pencil
japanese screw punch (optional)
Materials Provided by Instructor:
Per person:
12 sheets white cardstock
6 sheets of color 8.5” x 11” 80 lb cover stock
1 sheet 10 3/4” x 6 1/4” 140 lb cover stock
24” 18/3 unwaxed linen thread (or other heavy thread)
glue cup w/ lid
13 pp printed patterns
Per group:
8 oz pva
one roll low-tack painter’s tape
two rolls 1/4” 415 tape
Prerequisites:
Instructor Bio:
Shawn Sheehy has been teaching in the book arts since
2001. His broadsides and artist book editions have been
collected by such prestigious institutions as Stanford,
Carnegie Mellon, University of Chicago, Library of
Congress, UCLA, and Harvard. Sheehy’s trade pop-up
book Welcome to the Neighborwood (a mass-market
version of his artist book) was released in 2015, winning
numerous awards. The mass-market version of his
artist book Beyond the Sixth Extinction was released
through Candlewick in October 2018. He holds an MFA
in the Book Arts from Columbia College Chicago.
Website: shawnsheehy.com
