Previously Taught

Bookbinding Classes
Bookbinding 1 is an introduction to bookbinding at the Center for Book Arts in New York, NY. Taught as a weeklong intensive where students learn several basic book structures, develop hand skills and become familiar with binding tools and techniques. Discussion focuses on proper materials and on best practices for folding, cutting, adhesives, paper types, tool selection, and sewing methods. No experience required.
​ 
Students learn to instant books, accordions, pamphlets, Japanese stab stitch, drumleaf, Coptic stitch, hardcover pamphlets, a flat-back case binding, and either a rounded spine case binding or a drumleaf German case binding.

Course also taught as two separate, three-day workshops: 1A Softcover Books and 1B Hardcover Books .
Zines Zines Zines! ​is a one-day workshop taught at the Center for Book Arts in New York, NY. Students learned a few basic book structures including instant books (aka the zine fold), accordions, and pamphlets. Students also learn some quick printing techniques such as trace monotypes. Discussion focuses around the democratic multiple, the history of zines, problem solving for structure and printing, and how zines fit into the larger world of artist books. During the class, students are encouraged to create an edition of one of their zines to exchange at the end of the day.
Drop Spine Binding was a two-day workshop I taught at IS Projects in Fort Lauderdale, FL in January 2018.

This Drop Spine Drumleaf book is a simple glued structure that lays incredibly flat and eliminates the need to print on the front and back of a sheet of paper. In this two-day workshop, students learned the properties of book materials, how to bind pages together, and how to create the wonderful hard-covers that drop out of the way to allow a flat open surface. Discussion focused on variations of the binding, advantages to this binding, and problem solving. It's an ideal structure for photographers, printmakers, zinesters, or anyone that just wants to make a beautiful book.
Autobiographical Zines was a one-day workshop taught at Inky Editions in Hudson, NY in October of 2017. Students learned some basic book structures including instant books (aka the zine fold), accordions, and pamphlets. Students also learned simple stamp carving and trace monotypes as printing options. Discussion focused on creating personal narrative within zines, the history of zines, and problem solving.
Coptic Stitch Books ​was a one-day workshop for Simone Kearney's students at Parsons the New School in New York, NY in 2017. Students learned the basics of bookbinding by making a coptic stitch book.
Accordion Books ​was a one-day workshop for Jo Yarrington's students at Fairfield University in Fairfield, CT in 2017. Students learned to make a variety of accordion books including standard accordions, tunnel books, and flag books.
Drumleaf for Artists, Photographers, and Makers ​was a one-day intensive at the Center for Book Arts in New York, NY in 2017. Students learned the basics of bookbinding by making a drumleaf book with a German case.
Taught bookbinding to Margaret Morton's students at Cooper Union in New York, NY from 2015-2017.

In Art of the Book students learn to make a flat-back case binding with hand-sewn headbands and a hardcover Coptic stitch book.

In 2D Design, students learn to make drumleaf and perfect bound books.
Movable Books & Pop-Ups: Mechanisms of Meaning was co-taught with art therapist, Kara Rothschild in 2014 and 2016 at the Expressive Therapies Summit in New York, NY. Participants learned to make simple accordion books, tunnel books, flag books and pop-ups with discussion focusing on clinical applications for bookmaking in various populations.
Two boxmaking workshops at Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, MD for Gail Deery's students:
​
Simple Boxes was taught as a one day intensive in 2016. Students learned the basics of making single-tray boxes. Discussion focused on proper materials, adhesives, measuring, and benefits of boxes.

Clamshell Boxes was taught as a one day intensive in 2014. Students learned the basics of making clamshell boxes. Discussion focused on proper materials, adhesives, measuring, and benefits of boxes.

Printing Classes
Pressure Printing ​was a one-day intensive at the Newark Print Shop in Newark, NJ in 2017. Students learned the basics of creating pressure printing plates, setting up the Vandercooks, and proper clean-up. Discussion focused on appropriate plate-making materials and printing papers, problem solving on the press, and color theory.
Decorative Papers on Press was a two-day intensive at the Center for Book Arts in New York, NY in 2016 and 2017. Students learn the basics of printing on the Vandercooks, setting type for patterns, pressure printing, printing linocuts and woodcuts using the presses, and binding simple books utilizing the papers made. Discussion focused on repeatable patterning, color theory, proper materials, and a brief history of endpapers.
Pressure Printing ​was a one-day intensive at the Morgan Conservatory in Cleveland, OH in Fall of 2016. Students learned the basics of creating pressure printing plates, setting up the Vandercooks, checking and changing packing, and proper clean-up. Discussion focused on appropriate plate-making materials and printing papers, problem solving on the press, and color theory.
Broadsides ​was a two-day workshop at the Morgan Conservatory in Cleveland, OH in Winter of 2018.
This workshop explored the creation and printing of broadsides, showcasing a variety of techniques, including handset type, monotyping on the letterpress, pressure printing, and pochoir. Students brought haikus or a short poem (ideally less than 50 words) for use in the prints. I showed examples of contemporary broadsides, discussion focused on the relationship between text and image, the history of broadsides, and best practices for printing and editioning.

Papermaking and Decorative Technique Classes
Embedding and Encasements ​was a one-day intensive at the Morgan Conservatory in Cleveland, OH in Summer of 2017. Students learned the basics of pulling paper and how to embed materials within the sheets. Discussion focused on proper sheet formation, various paper fibers, additives and adhesives, fiber removal, and appropriate materials to encase.

Decorative Paper Techniques at IS Projects

Suminagashi Marbling and Paste Paper ​was a one day workshop at IS Projects in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Students learned the decorative paper techniques of Suminagashi marbling and paste paper. Both old traditions have a history intertwined with books but can be beautiful on their own as well.

Previously Assisted

Artists' Books at Penland School of Crafts

Assisted Esther K. Smith during her class Instant Artists' Books​ taught at Penland School of Crafts in Penland, NC during the Summer of 2016. During the two weeks, students learned about a wide variety of quick artist book structures and discussion focused on problem solving, printing methods, and the purpose of structure.

Papermaking at Penland School of Crafts

Assisted Cynthia Nourse-Thompson during her class Within the Sheet: Contemporary Watermarks​ taught at Penland School of Crafts in Penland, NC during the Summer of 2015. In this class, students learned the basics of papermaking as well as a wide variety of methods for creating watermarks. Students learned supplementary papermaking processes during the two weeks in order to create an edition of paper pieces.

Papermaking at Dieu Donné

Assisted with multiple classes at Dieu Donné from 2012-2016. Instructors included: Amy Jacobs, Lisa Switalski, and Akemi Martin for the following workshops.
​
​Introduction to Contemporary Papermaking where students learn the basics of papermaking including sheet formation, the properties of various fibers, and pulp-painting techniques.

Casting with Molds and Laminate Casting where students learn to make three-dimensional paper pieces using plaster molds, rubber molds, wire frames, and objects to cast around.

Pulp Painting, Stenciling, and Pigmenting where students learn more in-depth techniques for pulp-painting, line-bleed, creating proper stencils, using found items as stencils, and pigmenting of cotton and abaca fibers.

Watermarking where students learn the basics of creating watermarked sheets of paper including multiple contemporary techniques for creating watermark matrices.

Embedding and Blowout where students learn the basics of embedding between sheets of paper as well as blow-out techniques using found objects and handmade stencils.