Create handmade books using techniques including accordion fold, concertina spine, pop ups and more. Use over 500 fonts of metal and wood type on the Vandercook Press. Develop personal narratives as you push your technical skill.
In this course you will design in two-dimensions and three-dimensions, and learn how to transform flat paper into moving sculpture. Three different categories of pop-ups will be introduced: those that become dimensional while in motion, those that become dimensional when open fully, and constructions that combine multiple parts. These paper … Read more
Start Date
06/02
Meeting Day
Wednesdays
End Date
06/23
Faculty
Stephanie Mahan Stigliano
Time
7pm–9pm
Credits
0
The Journal is a place where visual practices of creating images, shaping letter, arranging words and space all unite in one creative act. It can be a tool of self knowledge, a tool to handle emotions, to link the past to the future or to make yourself a better human. Through a … Read more
Start Date
06/03
Meeting Day
Thursday, Friday, Saturday
End Date
06/05
Faculty
Susan Newbold
Time
10am–1pm
Credits
0
In this workshop students learn to build handmade books from pages to cover, experimenting with a variety of book structures. No experience is required; we will start off with simpler structures and work up to ones that are more complex. Students will learn about books based on the fold, starting … Read more
Start Date
06/22
Meeting Day
Tuesdays and Thursdays
End Date
07/08
Faculty
Alice Stanne
Time
6pm–8pm
Credits
0
