A studio art and craft background is helpful, but this workshop will accommodate all levels of ability. To develop sound working methods and practices. To develop skills in a range of traditional and experimental binding structures. To develop personalized design ideas along with good craft practices. Students will learn to construct a number of blank books in a variety of formats.
Students work at their own pace in an atmosphere of sharing ideas, information and skills.
A mid-week field trip is planned to the rare and artist book collections at both the Cincinnati Art Museum and the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County. Gabrielle Fox, book artist and author of The Essential Guide to Making Handmade Books , will stop by earlier in the week to talk about her book and other topics relating to book arts. Introduction to the workshop, its materials, tools and bookbinding terminology will be covered. Discussion of Pre-Assignment will focus on intent, exploration, discovery and execution of the altered book and on other related findings. Work will then continue toward the resolution of the altered book, how or where this study may lead, as well as exploring other avenues of creative activity where the book format becomes the vehicle of artistic expression.