Most book arts workshops focus on technique and content is often left until last. From womb to tomb we inhabit a variety of dwellings. Some of these spaces are more compelling than others. We use simple writing and brainstorming exercises to develop ideas and forms for books on the topic of home in its broadest definition. Our goal is to generate content for future book projects.
Participants can create one or more mockups for a future project by the end of the workshop.
Explore a handmade paper-making process with a most unusual fiber base. Through lecture and demonstration we learn how to create unique and beautiful papers without chemicals or the need for cooking fibers or pulp. Only mushrooms are used in this environmentally friendly class that returns safe water to the soil. The results are supple textured surfaces ready for use in various art applications. A resident of Mendocino for over 30 years and founding member of the Art Center, Ms. Rice first discovered that mushrooms would yield dyes for protein fibers in the early 1970s.