Exploring Miniature Books with Peter Thomas

Date: Wednesday and Thursday, October 10 & 11
Time: 10 am – 4 pm (with a break for lunch)
Location: 2100 Building, 2100 24th Ave. S. (in Rainier Valley), Seattle, WA [map]
Cost: $140 + $40 materials fee

This two day workshop will explore the exciting world of miniature and artists' books. Participants will learn basic bookarts techniques while making four miniature books with innovative book structures developed by Peter and Donna Thomas. There will be handouts, with directions for how to make each book structure. These directions are taken from the Thomas's book More Making Books By Hand published by Quarry/Rockport Publishers.

Day 1
A. The Nested Accordion Pop-up Book, a three inch accordion book where one accordion weaves in and out of the other.
B. The Dowel Hinge Spine Accordion Book, or the Woven Spine Book, as we have lately started calling it, is a three inch accordion book where the accordion fold text page weaves through dowels and attaches to the covers of the book to create a piano hinge-like spine.

Day 2
A. The Scrolling Book. In this book the scrolling page takes the place of the text block in a case bound miniature book.
B. The Dowel Spine Portfolio. This project will demonstrate non-adhesive binding techniques while creating a portfolio to hold business card sized ephemera.

Advanced students may have time to put text and imagery in their books. They will want to come prepared with a short 4–10 word quotes and imagery to collage. Pre-cut materials will be provided for all projects, but students may want to bring their own papers to substitute. This will be fun and informative workshop and students will go home with four completed books.
 
Instructor Biography: Peter Thomas was born in 1954 in Los Angeles, California. He attended the University of California at Santa Cruz where he studied the book arts with William Everson at UCSC’s Lime Kiln Press. Since 1976 Peter and Donna Thomas have worked collaboratively and individually, making paper, letterpress printing and book binding, to create books. Under the previous imprint of The Good Book Press, and the current imprint, Peter and Donna Thomas: Santa Cruz, their books have been shown in individual and group exhibitions in the USA and abroad, and have been purchased for collections around the world. More information is available at their website.

Please contact Lillian Dabney at (206) 937-9756 or lillian@seattlebookarts.org for more information. To register for this class, please click the link below and pay using a credit card, debit card, or PayPal account. You may also print and mail in a registration form with your payment.

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