Linda Lembke
November 13-14, Saturday-Sunday
Tuition: $250 Materials: $45
Enrollment limited to twelve.
This workshop is full. if you'd like to be added to the waiting list. (Please be sure to include the name of the workshop.)
t’s hard to imagine a material more crucial to the book artist than paper.
In this workshop, we will examine the physical properties of paper and play with its creative possibilities. Our workshop activities will be designed to develop a deeper understanding and appreciation of paper, and to build awareness of its working properties and its potential in bookmaking.
On the first day, we will look carefully at a wide variety of contemporary Western papers—handmade and machine-made papers, European and North American papers, art papers and printing papers—in order to understand how each serves the artist and the bookmaker.
Each participant will leave with a collection of 4” x 4” samples of Western papers, accompanied by a printed guide to their use and a glossary of paper terms.
We will also experiment with techniques for tearing, cutting, folding, scoring, embossing, slotting, weaving, and other paper alterations, while building a collection for future reference.
On the second day we will play with the creative possibilities of paper without the use of other art materials. Using an accordion book format with framed pages and hard covers, we will create individual sample books, each becoming a small gallery of paper techniques intended to serve as inspiration for other bookmaking applications.
There are no prerequisites for this workshop.
About one month before the workshop, registrants will receive a tool list, directions to the studio, and any other pertinent logistical information via email. Workshop hours are usually from 9:30 until about 5:00. Please do not buy an airplane ticket or make any other non-refundable payment before checking with us to be sure the workshop for which you have registered has sufficient enrollment.