Topics include brushes, pigments, and other tools of the trade, and basic principles of design and composition. Limited enrollment each semester. An artist's book is a gathering of leaves that move sequentially through time and space. This studio emphasizes the integration of structure, image, and text in traditional and non-traditional book forms. Alternative and low-tech methods of generating images and ideas are demonstrated and discussed.
Students develop their own methods of image making and add text to produce finished books.
The history and theory of book construction are taught in this seminar. In addition, books that students create are used as journals and sketchbooks to record observations or write poetry. If one is a painter, sculptor, or designer, learning to draw strengthens other visual skills. If one is a traveler, drawing provides the perfect tool to record adventures. The fall semester studio, intended for beginners and those with intermediate ability, examines the problems of drawing objects in proper proportion and demonstrates easy ways of showing perspective.