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Northwest Book Arts and Related Classes and Events
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JUNE AND BEYOND. . .
Hardcover book binding with Mary Barkley
Learn to make a classic hardcover book. This class will teach you to make and stitch signatures, build a text block, create a case, and bind them all into a finished book. Whether you are a beginner or have experience with paper and binding, you will learn everything you need to know to make a book suitable for use as a journal, a volume of poetry, or sketches.
Saturday, June 1, 10 am - 4pm. Seggebrush Studio,
Snohomish, WA. Class fee is
$140.00 per person. Materials fee $30.00
Tieton Summer Solstice: Arts Unbound
June 21, 2008: Save the date for Arts Unbound, a not-to-be-missed summer weekend celebration of art, art books, and book arts at Mighty Tieton in the burgeoning Yakima Valley arts community. More info here.
Letterpress Printed Book with Lisa Hasegawa
Love books and type? Come for a letterpress play day to create a sturdy yet simple letterpress printed pamphlet book. You’ll learn the basics of hand-setting metal type, operating a platen letterpress, as well as a few simple bookbinding techniques while collaborating with your classmates on text and imagery to create a small edition consisting of each participant’s work.
Saturday, June 28, 10 am - 6 pm, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Course Fee: $100. www.pratt.org
Book Arts for Teachers and Parents with Patricia Edmonds
This is a class for Moms who want to get ahead of the “I’m bored” stage of summer break and a chance for teachers to learn basic book binding techniques that can be incorporated in the classroom. We will explore non-traditional books such as the Jacob’s ladder as well as traditional forms such as concertina book structures.
Saturday, June 28, 9:30 am - 5:00 pm, Cost: $50 + $15 materials fee. Contact Green Heron Book Arts, The Accidental BookMaker,
1928 21st Avenue,
Forest Grove, OR 97116,
503-357-7263,
bookkits@aol.com,
www.greenheronbookkits.com
Sunprint, Blueprint, Cyanotype with Patricia Grass
Sunprint, Blueprint, Cyanotype--whatever you call this photographic process, it’s fun, amazing, addictive. Here in the Northwest the sun can be unpredictable; while we will experiment with whatever sun we have, we will also use an artificial light source to ensure the quality of our prints. Each person will have the chance to make several different prints. Images for the prints can be made from a variety of sources--photographs, drawings, direct drawing on acetate, collage, black paper cut-outs, even actual objects such as leaves, shells, pasta -- whatever! A printing plate is generated and it can be used over and over again. After a day of experimenting each student will do one page of a group book on the theme of, “One Summer Day...” One editioned prints on this theme from each student will be bound together in a concertina structure book--one book for each student. The book will be printed on watercolor paper and covered with fabric we have made using the blueprint method.
Saturday & Sunday, July 12 & 13, 9:30 am - 5:00 pm, Cost: $100 + $50 materials fee. Contact Green Heron Book Arts, The Accidental BookMaker,
1928 21st Avenue,
Forest Grove, OR 97116,
503-357-7263,
bookkits@aol.com, www.greenheronbookkits.com
Print A Book On The Gocco with Patricia Grass
Yes, it can be done. Our book will be miniature size-- about 2" x 3". We will use the computer to do page layout emphasizing how to organize the pages so that page 2 actually prints on the back of page 1 and how to print two pages on one Gocco screen. We use Ready, Set, Go, a relatively inexpensive page layout program for both the Mac and Windows. We have three Mac’s and one PC for use in the classroom. If you have your own portable computer please bring it. We could just print the book on a computer printer but the silk screen process of the Gocco adds another dimension to the printing. Each person will computer generate a section layout on the computer and print the section on the Gocco. Each section will consist of 8 pages and can include text and image. All the sections will be combined and bound in a miniature book with a sewn on cover. Students will receive more information about the subject of the book before class.
Friday, Saturday, & Sunday, July 18. 19, & 20, 9:30 am - 5:00 pm, Cost: $120 + $40 materials fee. Contact Green Heron Book Arts, The Accidental BookMaker,
1928 21st Avenue,
Forest Grove, OR 97116,
503-357-7263,
bookkits@aol.com, www.greenheronbookkits.com
Springback Book with Patricia Grass
According to Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books, the spring back is, “A technique invented by John and Joseph Williams, in about 1799. The spring-back consists of a strip of binder's board that, when curved, will fit around the spine. A cloth liner is then glued to the interior of the curve, overlapping the edges by inches on either side. These overlaps are glued to the levers. The purpose of the spring-back is to cause the book to lie flat so as to facilitate its being written in. It acts as a spring, and its pressure on the sides of the book near the spine causes the book to snap open and shut.” There are many precise steps to constructing this book so it is not recommended for the beginner. But with a little book making experience you should be able to do it. We will do suminagashi marbling to make paper for the cover and decorated the text block edges. The spine will be covered with leather.
Saturday & Sunday, July 26 & 27, 9:30 am - 5:00 pm, Cost: $100 + $30 materials fee. Contact Green Heron Book Arts, The Accidental BookMaker,
1928 21st Avenue,
Forest Grove, OR 97116,
503-357-7263,
bookkits@aol.com, www.greenheronbookkits.com
Full Leather Binding with Gold Foil Tooling with Patricia Grass
This is a traditional hard cover book sewn on tapes, rounded and backed, and covered with leather. The front cover will be tooled using gold and other colored foils and hand tools. The book is about 4" x 5". It is a good introduction to working with leather. We will practice tooling on placards before working on your book. You need not have your own tools as you can use the tools in the studio.
Friday, Saturday, & Sunday, August 1, 2, & 3, 9:30 am - 5:00 pm, Cost: $100 + $40 materials fee. Contact Green Heron Book Arts, The Accidental BookMaker,
1928 21st Avenue,
Forest Grove, OR 97116,
503-357-7263,
bookkits@aol.com, www.greenheronbookkits.com
Artist's Books: Ideas, Actions and Transformations with Julie Chen
The latest installment in Julie Chen's popular "bookbrain" series focusing on content studies for artists' books, this workshop will feature innovative ways to jump start the creative process. Projects have been designed to help students break out of their normal thought processes and working routines and develop new ways for responding to ongoing personal themes, in-the-moment flashes of inspiration and approaches to tried and true bookmaking media. Students will also have the opportunity to have in-depth discussion about both philosophical and practical issues concerning the design and production of artists' books.
August 10-11 (Sun/Mon), Eugene, Oregon, Fee: $275 (includes materials fee). Contact: Sandy Tilcock,
lone goose press,
541-465-9079 or
lonegoose1@comcast.net
Summer Box Bonanza with Patricia Grass
Once again we will be obsessive about making boxes. This summer the emphasis will be on boxes to hold our memories of summer travels. We will make two boxes. One box has a lid that hinges and stands up. It will be made in a size to accommodate 4" x 6" photos and a photo can be featured in the frame on the lid. The second box is called a Journey box (see photo below). It’s very strong and can travel anywhere. It has an upper compartment for a journal and photo storage and a lower drawer for other ephemera collected on the journey.
Friday, Saturday, & Sunday, August 22, 23, & 24, 9:30 am - 5:00 pm, Cost: $120 + $40 materials fee. Contact Green Heron Book Arts, The Accidental BookMaker,
1928 21st Avenue,
Forest Grove, OR 97116,
503-357-7263,
bookkits@aol.com, www.greenheronbookkits.com
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O N G O I N G . . .
Letterpress Classes at SVC
The School of Visual Concepts has letterpress classes every quarter taught
by Amy Redmond, Jenny Wilkson and more. Check their website for details on
current offerings.
School of Visual Concepts, 500 Aurora Avenue North,
Seattle. Click
here for more info (scroll to the bottom of the page for letterpress
listings.)
Letterpress Classes at Pratt
Pratt Fine Arts Center has letterpress classes every quarter taught by
the SCBA's own Lisa Hasegawa. Check their website for details on current
offerings.
Pratt Fine Arts Center, 1902 South Main Street,
Seattle. www.pratt.org (look
under Printmaking classes for current letterpress offerings.)
Write On Calligraphers
Write
On Calligraphers , a non-profit organization since 1978, is
a group of Northwest artists who share a love of letters and the
paper arts. Regular meetings offer special presentations of interest
to calligraphers and paper arts enthusiasts. Meetings take place
at the Frances Anderson Center in Edmonds, WA. Meetings are open
to the public at no charge.
Second Tuesday of each month, 7:00 pm, Frances
Anderson Center (700 Main Street, Edmonds, Washington), call (425) 771-0230
for more info
Belltown Book Artists (Seattle)
Please join us at a gathering of Seattle area book artists. It is an
opportunity to meet other book artists, to show off your work and get feedback
on recent projects completed or those in progress. It can also be a chance
to visit studios of various book artists. There are no minutes, agendas or
dues. All who work with books or in book arts are invited.
Fourth (or last) Tuesday of each month, 6:30pm,
Uptown Espresso Café, 2504 4th Avenue, Seattle (in Belltown).
There is usually plenty of street parking. For further information feel
free to contact Lillian Dabney (206) 937-9756 or at lilsletters@hotmail.com.
Second Wednesday Book Arts Gathering (Portland)
A gathering of Portland area book artists, always on the second Wednesday
of each month. All who work with books or in the book arts
are invited. No minutes, no agenda, no dues.
Second Wednesday of each month, locations vary. More
info at www.laurarussell.net.
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O P P O R T U N I T I E S . . .
Second National San Diego Book Arts Juried Show
The show is open to artists who live or work within the United States. All structures of artist’s book, unique or limited edition, are eligible, as long as the size when displayed is under 30 inches in each dimension. The entry fee is $15 for SDBA members, and $25 for non-members. Erika Torri, Executive Director of the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library in La Jolla, will be the juror. The Athenaeum hosts a juried book arts show every other year, and under Erika’s direction has built a world-class collection of artists' books.
September 20–October 31, 2008,
University of California San Diego, Geisel Library
Deadline for entries: June 15, 2008The prospectus and entry form are available here:
http://www.sandiegobookarts.org/PDFs/2008ProspectusEntry.pdf
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