by Elissa | Mar 5, 2015 | B.A.G. Meetings, bookbinding, Call to artists, Exhibitions, MailB.A.G., Vermont, Workshops
Next Meeting: Wednesday, March 11, 2015, 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
We meet at the Unitarian Universalist Society Church located at 152 Pearl Street in Burlington, VT. We will be in the Sophia Fahs Community Room, a large room located in the basement. Click here for more information on directions/parking.
Program: Collage Inspiration: Postcard-a-Day with Marcia Vogler
Join us in March for a creative, hands-on session with Marcia Vogler, who will share her techniques and inspiration for Postcard a Day – a daily practice of collage and written word that has helped her stay in touch with both herself and ailing friends.
Using painted papers, magazine tears, used calendar pages, or simply paper scraps, we will create simple collages – abstract or representational – that can be made quickly into mail art to be shared with others. Marcia has sent an original postcard to friends receiving chemotherapy and/ or radiation treatments almost every day since August 2011. She continues because it has become an important part of her day. Examples of her work can be found here and here.
Come for a fun, creative evening, and leave with art that will make someone else’s day special!
Please bring:
- Glue stick
- X-Acto knife
- Scissors
- Cutting mat
- Collage materials you would like to work with
- Markers, colored pencils, etc.
- Paints, inks, and rubber stamps and anything else you would like to use to embellish your card(s)
February Meeting Reflections
The cold and snowy winter weather did not deter our hardy group from coming out for the February meeting. We started with some sharing time, allowing participants to get to know each other and express their intention for the meeting. We then moved on to creative time, where people pulled out projects and ideas, and worked happily in each others’ company.
Whether we actually got something done, or just enjoyed the spirit of the meeting, the time passed quickly. New relationships were formed, and new projects formulated. Look for more information on an upcoming collaborative project!
Studio Support and Workshop Time is a new format for our meeting, and we would be interested to know what comments you may have.
You can view images from the meeting on the B.A.G. blog.
B.A.G. News
*** Call for Entries: Book Works, book-related works by the Book Arts Guild of Vermont!
Entries are due on March 20th! If you are not bringing your entry to the March 11 meeting, please make sure to make arrangements with Marcia to receive your entry!
The theme for our annual exhibit, entitled Book Works, is an intentionally broad one, and can include any work that is related to book arts. We encourage all members and friends to participate, especially those who have not exhibited previously. Work can include new or time honored techniques, book-related pieces and sculpture, and generally any work that can be ‘read’. Start working on your pieces now!
If you have been working on a folded book sculpture based on Marilyn’s workshop and intend to submit it to the show, please let Marcia know. We would like to group these together as an example of what can be gained from attending our meetings.
The exhibit will take place at the SEABA Center Gallery at 404 Pine Street in Burlington during the month of April. The opening will be on First Friday Art Walk, April 3rd, and we will have a gallery talk on April 8th that will serve as our April meeting. We are thrilled to have a South End location for the show, and excited to have the opportunity to increase awareness of the book arts.
Entries will be due on March 20th, but may be brought to the March 11th meeting. Entries are free for BAG members, and $10.00 each ($25.00 for 3) for non-members. The gallery takes a 30% commission on sales. Click here to download the entry form.
Book Arts News
*** The annual Book Arts Bazaar will be held on Sunday, April 12th from 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. at the Wishcamper Center on the University of Southern Maine’s Portland Campus. This festival with book artists, papermakers, bookbinders, printmakers, educators, and writers is dedicated to all things related to the book. The event is sponsored by USM’s Kate Cheney Chappell ’83 Center for Book Arts.
Book arts related vendors may register for a table before March 15th. Please download this PDF for more information and the registration form.
You may also contact Rebecca Goodale at goodale@maine.edu or (207) 228-8014 for more information.
*** Bookstock is looking for book artist vendors for their literary festival during July 24 – 26. Last year’s vendors were made up primarily of authors and publishers but they’re interested in adding more book artists this year. The festival is held in Woodstock, VT.
For more information, please contact Mitzi Wilson at Mitziw@hotmail.com or (802) 356-9957.
Book Arts Classes
The New England Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers is sponsoring a workshop with Jim Croft to be held at the North Bennet Street School in Boston, MA. The workshop, Wooden Boards and Cloth Spine – Long Stitch Binding, takes place on March 14 – 15, from 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
A textile spine is strong, flexible and doesn’t care how many holes you punch into it. Using wood for covers results in a quickly made, durable book. To make it, you need only a bone folder, thread, needle, and maybe an awl. The book can be made with a rounded spine that has a natural shoulder, if desired.
Students will begin the class making their own case by splitting and shaping their boards. As the case dries, students will be treated to a bonus demonstration on shaping bone tools with the opportunity to start their own tool. The workshop will progress through the sewing structure to complete their bindings.
Registration is available online. For more information or if you have any questions, please email negbwprograms@gmail.com.
*** The Center for Contemporary Printmaking is also offering Experimental Bookbinding with Roni Gross on March 25 – 27 from 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Participants will experiment with letterpress printing using nontraditional techniques like pressure printing and monotypes. Participants will also learn to create flag books and concertina bindings using the prints made on the lettterpress. No previous experience necessary.
For more information or to register, please visit the CCP website.
by Elissa | Feb 5, 2015 | B.A.G. Meetings, bookbinding, Call to artists, Exhibitions, MailB.A.G., Vermont, Workshops
Next Meeting: Wednesday, February 11, 2015, 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
We meet at the Unitarian Universalist Society Church located at 152 Pearl Street in Burlington, VT. We will be in the Sophia Fahs Community Room, a large room located in the basement. Click here for more information on directions/parking.
Program: Studio Support and Workshop Time
Do you have a box or folder of projects from earlier meetings – ones that you’d like to finish or explore further, but haven’t quite found the time? Perhaps a technique you learned sparked an idea for a new piece of work, but you’d like some assistance on how to begin or advice on applying the technique.
Studio Support and Workshop Time is two hours that you give yourself, in the company of fellow book- and paper-arts lovers, to learn, share and create in a supportive and encouraging environment.
The meeting will begin with some group time, both for sharing – something you’ve made, a great resource or tool you’ve found, a source of inspiration – and for asking questions or puzzling out challenges you may be having with a project or particular technique.
The remainder of the time will be devoted to creative work. Bring along a project or model from a previous meeting that you’d like to continue working on or develop further, or bring a piece of your own to simply continue working on in the company of others.
Not sure of what to bring? No worries! Every Studio Support and Workshop Time session will have resources or materials for a project. This session, we will offer the opportunity to continue exploring the exciting possibilities of folded-page book sculptures as presented by Marilyn Gillis in January. We still have a stack of hard cover books donated last month for everyone to use, or you can bring few old paperbacks (preferably an inch or more in thickness) to use.
Even if you missed the meeting last month, come try it out – the technique is fairly simple and easy to learn, and as we discovered from the beautiful pieces Marilyn brought in to share with us last month, the possibilities are endless!
Folded book sculptures don’t requires special tools, but a pencil, bone folder, ruler, X-Acto knife and small cutting mat might come in handy. You might also want to bring supplies for decorating your sculpture, such as glue (glue sticks, Aleene’s Fast Tack), decorative paper, ribbon, “fancy-cut” scissors, ink pads or markers, feathers, dried or silk flowers, etc.
January Meeting Reflections
At the January meeting, Marilyn treated us to a wonderful presentation of her folded sculptural pieces created from repurposed books. She led us through her work by explaining her creative process as well as the various techniques she used to create each piece. After demonstrating some simple folding processes, she let us loose to work on our own books.
As simple as Marilyn made it look and sound, we found that there is more to it than just starting to fold. It requires planning and inspiration to create pieces like hers. Thanks, Marilyn, for a great meeting, and thanks to everyone who ventured out on such a cold evening!
We want to encourage everyone to keep folding and working on the book you started at the meeting, or on a new piece. Our plan is to create an exhibit of members’ folded books at the Spring Show at SEABA as an example of what goes on at our meetings. Hopefully, this will encourage and inspire new participants, and expand our membership.
You can view images from the meeting on the B.A.G. blog.
B.A.G. News
*** Announcing our Spring 2015 exhibit: Book Works, book-related works by the Book Arts Guild of Vermont!
The theme for our annual exhibit, entitled Book Works, is an intentionally broad one, and can include any work that is related to book arts. We encourage all members and friends to participate, especially those who have not exhibited previously. Work can include new or time honored techniques, book-related pieces and sculpture, and generally any work that can be ‘read’. Start working on your pieces now! If you have ideas but just can’t get yourself going, or if you are stuck on a problem and need advice, bring them/ it to the monthly meeting and let’s help each other out.
The exhibit will take place at the SEABA Center Gallery at 404 Pine Street in Burlington during the month of April. The opening will be on First Friday Art Walk, April 3rd, and we will have a gallery talk on April 8th that will serve as our April meeting. We are thrilled to have a South End location for the show, and excited to have the opportunity to increase awareness of the book arts.
Entries will be due on March 20th, but may be brought to the March 11th meeting. Entries are free for BAG members, and $10.00 each ($25.00 for 3) for non-members. The gallery takes a 30% commission on sales. Click here to download the entry form.
Book Arts News
*** Bookstock is looking for book artist vendors for their literary festival during July 24 – 26. Last year’s vendors were made up primarily of authors and publishers but they’re interested in adding more book artists this year. The festival is held in Woodstock, VT.
For more information, please contact Mitzi Wilson at Mitziw@hotmail.com or (802) 356-9957.
Book Arts Classes
*** The Center for Contemporary Printmaking is offering Unique Artist’s Books with Eckhard Froeschlin, a visiting instructor based in Scheer, Germany on March 2 – 5 from 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Using prints in a book reminds us that the back side exists, as the print becomes a page and part of a three-dimensional and movable object. In this four-day workshop, participants will make books using prints and text to communicate their ideas. Etchings, woodcuts and other types of fine prints, should be prepared for this workshop, merging handwritten texts with poetry, or with block texts (carved into a printing plate), or even with handset type. The aim of this workshop is to create a small edition of artist books.
For more information or to register, please visit the CCP website.
*** The Center for Contemporary Printmaking is also offering Experimental Bookbinding with Roni Gross on March 25 – 27 from 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Participants will experiment with letterpress printing using nontraditional techniques like pressure printing and monotypes. Participants will also learn to create flag books and concertina bindings using the prints made on the lettterpress. No previous experience necessary.
For more information or to register, please visit the CCP website.
by Elissa | Apr 16, 2012 | B.A.G. Meetings, bookbinding, Call to artists, Exhibitions, MailB.A.G., Member News, Vermont, Workshops
Next Meeting: Wednesday, April 18, 2012, 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
We meet at the Unitarian Universalist Society Church located at 152 Pearl Street in Burlington, VT. We will be in the Sophia Fahs Community Room, a large room located in the basement.
Click here for more information on directions/parking.
Program: Book Conservation and Repair with Deborah Howe
Please join us at our April meeting when Deborah Howe, the collections conservator at Dartmouth College Library, provides us with a rare in-depth look at the repair and handling of precious, ancient manuscripts. Through a slide presentation, Deborah will talk about a conservation treatment done on a 15th century manuscript called the Brut Chronicle, which was purchased by Dartmouth.
As it was received, the manuscript came in a tacket binding which was deteriorating and therefore was no longer protecting the manuscript. The treatment involved investigation and decision making on many levels, and Deborah’s talk will explore the actual treatment, what transpires to make choices about the treatment, and how those choices fit within the context of an academic institution.
This presentation will offer an exciting an opportunity to learn quite a bit about a very important subject!
Deborah Howe is the Collections Conservator at Dartmouth College Library. Previously she headed the conservation lab at Northwestern University Library for over 10 years. She has taught classes at Columbia Center for Paper and Book, the Newberry Library and currently teaches bookbinding classes at the Book Arts Workshop at Dartmouth. She is a long standing member of the Guild of Book Workers and on the board of directors of the Morgan Conservatory in Cleveland, Ohio.
Reflections on March’s Meeting
Our March Book Arts Guild meeting was attended by a group of fun loving creative book arts enthusiasts. Jill Abilock orchestrated our Build-a-Book Round Robin workshop. First Jill introduced us to a multitude of book designs. When we were beginning to get overwhelmed with the infinite possibilities of book structures, Jill let us loose. We worked in a rotating manner with materials and “in process” book designs that were passed to us.
At the end of the evening our original materials were passed back to us as a “book”! The books were all unique in their design and materials. We delighted over the how the collaborative process made books beyond our own individual imaginations. What a great way to get our creative juices flowing. Thanks Jill!
You can view images from the meeting on the B.A.G. blog.
B.A.G. News
"There Will Be" by Ann Joppe-Mercure
*** Our 2012 spring exhibit, Shaping Pages: An Exhibit of Artist Books & Fine Bindings is on display now through April 28th at the S.P.A.C.E Gallery in Burlington.
You can view images from the exhibit on the B.A.G. website. Be sure to check out our review in Seven Days.
*** Save the date! We are pleased to announce that book artist Daniel Kelm will be coming to Vermont to offer a Wire-Edge Binding workshop, a two-day workshop from 7/28/12 – 7/29/12. We know that this workshop will be amazing, so start saving up now!
Cost, location and other information about the workshop will be coming soon. For more information, please contact Jill Abilock.
*** B.A.G.’s Chair, Elizabeth Rideout, recently wrote an article for Dartmouth’s Preservation Services blog – Toning Book Cloth and Basic Color Mixing. A common use for this type of technique is to use a color-matched piece of muslin to replace a broken spine or hinge. Check out the blog post for tips and great visuals!
*** B.A.G. members Carolyn Shattuck, Meta Strick, Ken Leslie, Marianna Holzer, Elizabeth Rideout, Jill Abilock, and Elissa Campbell are opening their studios as part of the state-wide Open Studio Weekend sponsored by the Vermont Crafts Council. If you want to visit fellow book artists on May 26 – 27 (Memorial Day weekend), you can find them in the following locations:
- Carolyn: Rutland, studio #88
- Jill: Shelburne, studio #130
- Elizabeth: Shelburne, studio #130
- Marianna: Hinesburg, studio #135
- Meta: Fairfield, studio #172
- Ken: Hardwick, studio #186
- Elissa: Montpelier, studio #211
You can find maps and directions to studios on the VT Crafts Council website. You can also download a pdf of the 2012 Spring Vermont Open Studio Tour Guide. Please note that this is a really big file – 13.5 MB.
Book Arts News
*** The exhibition Paste Papers of the Pioneer Valley is running now through the end of May at the Mortimer Rare Book Room at Smith College. A reception will be held on Thursday, April 26 from 4:00 p.m. – 6: 00 p.m. Carol Blinn will be giving a paste paper-making demo at which you’ll be able to make your own paste papers.
For more information, please visit the Rare Book Room’s website.
*** Unbound: Speculations on the Future of the Book, a symposium exploring the future potential of the book, will take place on May 3 – 4, 2012 at the Bartos Theater at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, MA.
The symposium showcases practices by writers and artists in and outside of MIT, putting them in conversation with scholars and thinkers from across the disciplines who are framing discourse about this technology’s possible futures, promises, and challenges.
Keynote speakers include James Reid-Cunningham (Associate Director for Digital Programs and Preservation of the Boston Athenaeum, also a bookbinder and book artist) and Bob Stein (founder and president of the Institute for the Future of the Book.
The event is free and you can register online. For more information, please contact Amaranth Borsuk or Gretchen Henderson.
*** ArtisTree Gallery and Pentangle Arts Council, in conjunction with the Bookstock Festival, are looking for submissions for their upcoming exhibit, Unbound Vol II: Art using the book as a material/format. The show will be juried by Daniel E. Kelm, founder of the Garage Annex School for Book Arts in Easthampton, MA.
The broad theme of UNBOUND Vol II encompasses all of the possibilities of what we may think or may not think a “book” is. Is it story? An entry to another world? An exploration? What does it indicate? This 2nd annual juried show looks to explore these ideas of “the book” and all the ways artists use its format as a stepping off point or as a material to explore new ideas.
The exhibit is open to all 2D and 3D, installation, and assemblage artists working in New England and New York. Submissions must be postmarked by mail or Emailed by June 9, 2012. For more information, please visit the ArtisTree Gallery’s website.
Book Arts Classes
*** Susan Bonthron is teaching a Tunnel Book class on May 19th from 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. All materials are included except those you may want to incorporate in your tunnel book, such as photographs, postcards, etc. The tunnel is a book with content, so I do urge you to think about what you want to commemorate/play with/include in it.
The fee for the class is $90.00 and includes lunch. For more information, please contact Susan via Email.
*** The North Bennet Street School is offering a Bookbinding Intensive with Stacie Dolin from June 25 – July 27, 2012. The five-week program meets Monday – Friday from 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
This class is designed for individuals interested in an intensive, hands-on bookbinding experience and is suitable for book artists and novice binders wishing to learn or enhance fundamental bookbinding skills. Explore a variety of book structures and binding techniques and the process for determining what materials and structures to use for a given project.
Field trips and other specific topics are part of the curriculum and will be based on student interests. The tuition includes a materials fee for paper, board, and other basic supplies; students are expected to provide some materials and all hand tools.
For more information or to register, please visit the NBBS’s website.
*** The North Bennet Street School is also offering a Springback Bookbinding workshop with Amy Lapidow from June 8 – 10, 2012. The workshop meets from 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
The spring-back binding is a structure originally developed in Britain for ledger books or anything that needed writing across the gutter. This flat spine is achieved using a rigid spine and lever system to snap the book open. In this class we will make a more portable version of this historic structure. This is an advanced beginner class.
For more information or to register, please visit the NBBS’s website.
by Elissa | Mar 17, 2012 | B.A.G. Meetings, bookbinding, Call to artists, Exhibitions, MailB.A.G., Vermont
Next Meeting: Wednesday, March 21, 2012, 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
We meet at the Unitarian Universalist Society Church located at 152 Pearl Street in Burlington, VT. We will be in the Sophia Fahs Community Room, a large room located in the basement.
Click here for more information on directions/parking.
Program: Build-a-Book Round Robin with Jill Abilock
For our March meeting, come join the fun and the magic of our first-ever Build-a-Book Round Robin, where you bring in some basic materials and go home with a unique, artistic journal that reflects the combined talents and imagination of several people.
In a traditional Art Journal Round Robin, a group of participants each start a book with a theme. The books gets passed around – usually by mail over the course of several weeks – to the other participants, who typically add a page of artwork reflecting the book’s theme.
Designed to be completed in one evening, our Build-a-Book Round Robin will focus on creating, modifying and embellishing basic book structures, using a combination of pamphlet-stitch sewing and/or accordion folds. There will be more than a dozen models of books for inspiration, as well as a short tutorial on the pamphlet stitch and accordion folding.
At the start, you will hand your envelope to the person sitting to your left, who will choose a design and begin making a book with your materials (adding embellishments of their own, if they choose). After 20 minutes, they will place everything in the original envelope and pass it along to the person on their left. This will continue two or three more times (as time permits). At the end of the evening, the book and any remaining materials are packed up and returned to the original person.
Remember, many hands make unique books!
Please bring the following to the meeting:
Tools:
- Bone folder
- Scissors
- X-Acto Knife
- Ruler
- Cutting Mat
- Glue
- Awl or needle tool
- Needles (bookbinding or crewel)
Materials:
- Linen (waxed or unwaxed) or embroidery thread
- A few sheets of 12″ x 12″ (scrapbook paper size) decorative cardstock for the cover and/or spine of your book
- Several sheets of text-weight paper for pages. Light-weight paper from a large (at least 9″ x 12″) drawing or sketch pad is preferable to copier paper, although copier paper is acceptable if no other is available.
- Large folder or Tyvek envelope labeled with your name.
Optional supplies for decoration/embellishment:
- Decorative punches
- Stamps
- Pens
- Colored pencils, crayons, water colors
- Decorative paper
- Large-hole beads
- Other Fun stuff!
Reflections on February’s Meeting
February’s meeting was full of delights. We were delighted with our new meeting place at the Unitarian Church. It was full of light and easily accommodated our growing numbers. Many of us also appreciated the free parking.
We were greeted at the door with a welcome table for members to pick up their name tags and for monthly meeting book artists to make a name tag and contribute $5 towards the rental of the space.
Our talented B.A.G. member Elissa Campbell was our presenter for the evening. Elissa presented us with a superb hands-on workshop where we each made four examples of book structures invented by Hedi Kyle. We were delighted with our samples and had much fun folding and laughing with our neighbors as we worked. Elissa is our own “book arts wonder “and we are grateful to her for sharing her expertise and energy.
You can view images from the meeting on the B.A.G. blog.
B.A.G. News
*** The opening reception for our 2012 spring exhibit, Shaping Pages: An Exhibit of Artist Books & Fine Bindings will be on April 6, 2012, 5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. The exhibit is being hosted by the S.P.A.C.E Gallery in Burlington and will run during the months of April and May, 2012. Our exhibit will be part of the First Friday Art Walk.
We’ll have a potluck o’ snacks, so it would be fabulous if you could bring some finger food. We look forward to seeing you there!
*** Save the date! We are pleased to announce that book artist Daniel Kelm will be coming to Vermont to offer a Wire-Edge Binding workshop, a two-day workshop from 7/28/12 – 7/29/12. We know that this workshop will be amazing, so start saving up now!
Cost, location and other information about the workshop will be coming soon. For more information, please contact Jill Abilock.
Book Arts News
*** ArtisTree Gallery and Pentangle Arts Council, in conjunction with the Bookstock Festival, are looking for submissions for their upcoming exhibit, Unbound Vol II: Art using the book as a material/format. The show will be juried by Daniel E. Kelm, founder of the Garage Annex School for Book Arts in Easthampton, MA.
The broad theme of UNBOUND Vol II encompasses all of the possibilities of what we may think or may not think a “book” is. Is it story? An entry to another world? An exploration? What does it indicate? This 2nd annual juried show looks to explore these ideas of “the book” and all the ways artists use its format as a stepping off point or as a material to explore new ideas.
The exhibit is open to all 2D and 3D, installation, and assemblage artists working in New England and New York. Submissions must be postmarked by mail or Emailed by June 9, 2012. For more information, please visit the ArtisTree Gallery’s website.
*** The South End Arts and Business Association is looking for submissions for their upcoming mail and stamp art exhibit, We Deliver! Art must be postmarked by April 27, 2012. The opening reception will be on May 4, 2012 and the exhibit will run through the month of May.
For more information, please visit the SEABA website for the official call to artists.
*** The exhibit Close to Home: Artists Who Make Books is running now through March 25th at the Bancroft Gallery at the South Shore Art Center in Cohasset, MA. Artists include Kathleen Austin, Dianne Smith Dolan, Rebecca Goodale, Connie Hershey, Barbara Hunter, Dorothy Simpson Krause, Margo Lemieux, Elizabeth Rotchford Long, Peter Madden, Esther Maschio, Sharon McCartney, Annie Silverman, and Mary Taylor.
You can watch a video of the exhibit on the Patriot Ledger website.
*** The first annual Vermont Small Press & Comic Fair will take place on March 24th from 11:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. at the Winooski Welcome Center & Gallery in downtown Winooski. The fair features DIY zine makers, illustrators, comic artists, book artists, graphic novelists, and independent publishers of every type.
A limited number of tables are available for vendors and you can register online. For more information, please visit the event’s website.
Book Arts Classes
*** Susan Kapuscinski Gaylord is giving a workshop, A Gathering of Gifts: Fan Books, at the Center for Creative Wholeness in Newbury, MA on Saturday, April 14th from 10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Welcome in the spring with this simple book that unfolds like a fan. As a gift to the earth, the books will be made from recycled materials. For more information, please visit the CCW website.
Susan is also teaching a Homes for Poems Bookmaking Workshop at the Newburyport Literary Festival on Saturday, April 29th at 9:30 a.m. Using a stick, string or ribbon, and recycled paper, each burgeoning artist will craft a small book perfect for haiku or other small poems. Collage papers, markers, and printed haiku from the Japanese masters will be supplied. This workshop is geared for families but open to all.
*** Peter Madden is teaching The Art of the Book from March 23 – 25 at the South Shore Art Center in Cohasset, MA . This intensive workshop is designed for those with a good amount of basic bookbinding skills already in hand. You’ll work on as many multi-signature, advanced structures as time allows. In between each, you’ll take some time to look at examples of rich, contemporary artists’ books. For more information, please visit the SSAC website.
*** Sarah Smith is teaching a series of book arts workshops for the Continuing Education program at Simmons College’s Graduate School of Library and Information Science.
- Bookmaking for the Beginner 1: Whether you’re interested in making books as art, making blank journals, or just curious about bookbinding, this course will help you understand the basic principles of a book’s construction and function. You will construct models of these basic binding structures: one sheet fold-up (the flutter book or ox-plow), other simple folded structures, accordion, single section pamphlet, two section pamphlet and chain link stitch, and multi-section. The class meets on April 7, 2012, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
- Bookmaking for the Beginner 2: For those interested in expanding on what they learned in the prerequisite Bookmaking 1 workshop, this workshop explores more multi-section books and sewing techniques. Structures included will be supported sewings, such as long stitch and sewing on tapes; exposed sewings, such as the Coptic binding and the Secret Belgian Binding. Some basic pop-ups structures may also be covered. The class meets May 19, 2012, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Registration for these workshops is available online. For more information, please visit the Simmons College GSDLIS website.
