All Past Workshops
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** CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19 **
In celebration of the one-year anniversary of publishing the how-to guide Bookforms: A Complete Guide to Designing and Crafting Hand-Bound Books, The Center for Book Arts was scheduled to host a workshop series with the four bookbinders! The class was set to take place 5 consecutive Tuesday evenings. from April 21-May 19, 2020, 6pm-9pm! The Center for Book Arts released Bookforms in 2019, a comprehensive publication of bookmaking methods authored by Ana Paula Cordiero, Celine Lombardi, Beth Sheehan, and Sarah Smith. This Spring, the Center will host a five-week class with lessons from all four authors, learning a new structure from the book each night. April 21: Celine Lombardi will teach a session on pamphlets/accordion books. April 28: Ana Cordeiro will build on what they have learned on their first week to produce a herring bone sewing, prepare the endsheets, and complete the binding with a soft-leather cover. At the end of this busy evening we will have books ready for an optional last step of the project: sewing the endbands, which will be demonstrated on the final day of the series. May 5: Sarah Smith will teach a non-adhesive binding structure. May 12: Beth Sheehan will teach students how to cut, fold, and collage pages to create their own tunnel book. Discussion will focus on techniques for creating depth, the interaction between layers, creating a sturdy structure, and having fun! May 19: All four artists will get together, talk about these structures and help students finish up their projects. |
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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 . |
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Blizzard Book is a one-day workshop taught at the Center for Book Arts in New York. Blizzard Book is a book structure created by Hedi Kyle. The book is reminiscent of origami, created only with folds. It is a quick and fun structure with removable pages and plenty of possibilities! Students learned to fold the Blizzard book’s spine, create pages, and make hard-covers for the book.
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Sculptural Books was a one-day workshop taught at Frontline Arts Studio in Branchburg, NJ on March 2, 2019. Students learned fun, movable book structures including flag books, tunnel books, and modified accordions! No prior experience is required for these easy-to-learn books, but with unlimited variations possible, even experts would enjoy making them. Students came away with a variety of unique and interactive book structures that they can make over and over again at home.
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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.
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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. |
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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.
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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.
Also taught as a one-day workshop at the Center for Book Arts in New York on multiple occasions. |
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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.
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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.
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Art of the Book: Workshops was a class where I taught students to make a flat-back case binding with hand-sewn headbands and a hardcover Coptic stitch book. This set of workshops was taught in Margaret Morton's Art of the Book class at Cooper Union in New York, NY from 2015-2017.
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Drum Leaf and Perfect Binding is a workshop I taught to Margaret Morton's 2D Design students at Cooper Union in New York, NY from 2015-2017.
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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.
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Clamshell Boxes was taught as a one day intensive at Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, MD for Gail Deery's students in 2014. Students learned the basics of making clamshell boxes. Discussion focused on proper materials, adhesives, measuring, and benefits of boxes.
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Tips for Teaching Online was taught as a one day virtual workshop through Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, MD for Gail Deery's Printmaking students in 2020. Discussion focused on equipment to assist in producing videos and hosting online workshops, tips and guidelines for approaching organizations to propose workshops, creating class descriptions, best practices, and rights on intellectual property.
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Simple Boxes was taught as a one day intensive that I taught at Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, MD for Gail Deery's students in 2016. Students learned the basics of making single-tray boxes. Discussion focused on proper materials, adhesives, measuring, and benefits of boxes.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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Decorative Paper Techniques at IS ProjectsSuminagashi 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.
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Online Workshops
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Trace Monotypes: Printing Without a Press! was a two-hour online workshop I taught twice through the Center for Book Arts. In this short workshop, students learn about appropriate tools, methods, and tricks for printing at home! Trace monotypes can add a beautiful and ethereal look to your prints and have unlimited possibilities! Students learn about the variety of mark making, layering, and textures possible as well as learning about some common problems and their solutions.
Discussion focuses on ink types and modifications, the proper amount of ink and tricks for layout and registration, proper papers and tools to obtain desired affect, printing techniques, possibilities for variation and experimentation, and cleaning up in a home studio. |
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Zines at Home! was a two-hour online workshop I taught through the Center for Book Arts.
In this two-hour workshop, students learn a variety of one-page book structures, we will discuss variations on the accordion book, and see examples of simple image-making techniques including pochoir that can be done anywhere! |
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Relief Printing Anywhere is a two-session workshop. The first class focuses on materials to create the relief blocks from, image transferring techniques, tools for carving, proper carving techniques, and sharpening your carving tools. The second class focuses on proper printing techniques, registering multiple blocks, and reduction woodcuts.
Students learn the basics of relief printing at home. We discuss ways to create relief blocks from materials around your house (potatoes, erasers, styrofoam) as well as more professional materials like wood and linoleum. We also cover a few tricks for printing including registering multiple colors and spoon-printing. |
Previously Assisted
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Artists' Books at Penland School of CraftsAssisted 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.
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Papermaking at Penland School of CraftsAssisted 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.
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Papermaking at Dieu DonnéAssisted 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. |
