Making Artist Books: A Workshop
In-Person Wednesday 1:10 pm – 2:50 pm
July 9, 16, 23, 30 August 6
Are you curious how artist books are made? We explore folded books, decorated journals and altered books. We construct a variety of books, using folding, cutting and gluing. The following books are used for reference, and may be available in libraries: Origami Card Craft, The Art of Origami Books, Trash Origami: 25 Paper Folding Projects… and In Falten Gelegt.
Materials:
- Any book about making books
- Scissors, paste, glue, markers, paint
- Paper—regular paper (any color, 8½” x 11”) , old gelli prints, junk mail, envelopes, magazines
- X-Acto knife and protective surface (or magazine or smooth cardboard)
- Delicate ribbon
- Tape—masking tape and/or washi tape
- Paper folding tool or improvised tool for making sharp folds
Syllabus:
- Week 1 – Trash Origami: 25 Paper Folding Projects Reusing Everyday Materials, by Rona Gurkewitz
- Week 2 – A book with a paper fan that holds the pages (In Falten Gelegt)
- Week 3 – Signature Card made with square paper (Origami Card Craft)
- Week 4 – Accordion Card
- Week 5 – Leporello—Accordion book
Louise Flax earned a PhD in Art Education. She has taught art and photography in Norwalk Public Schools for 38 years. She loves making and teaching art.