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This is a project and process based course that uses old books as the foundation for art projects and tools.
We will:
- Take part old books
- Use them to make new books
- As foundations for print, paint and collage
- Work small and big
- Learn some basic binding techniques
- Embrace the book as a tool
This class includes 18 projects based on the parts of the books covers, pages, spines and other stuff.
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I have made altered books before and yet I was most pleased to learn to use all of the Book, from spine, covers and pages separately for new projects. Marilyn D.
This really took my books & me in some great new directions! In particular, loved the accordion cover project, the tab bound book structure, and that little rubbing magic at the end. Thanks once again for a great class! Emily A.
I especially enjoyed the Facebook community. It has such wonderful potential to provide the camaraderie of a regular classroom. Everything was so well-planned and easy to access and follow. And it was really interesting to me that there were “students” from around the world and from my home state. Thanks for a terrific course! Linda E.
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Lesson 1 – Begin with a structure that will show off your new skills. Take apart a few books and save the parts. Then convert the covers into a Unbound Book. The focus of this project will be, monochromatic collage of pages, inspired scribbles and accent with threads, words or spine materials
Lesson 2 – Focus on Pages – For today’s activity let’s think about pages as papers that we can change into stencils, stamps and collage elements. Explore pattern and monotype page
Lesson 3 – Reassembled page project- let’s begin a large scale piece that honors the rectilinear page. Find the most aged and worn pages for this project. some coffee and tea and white paint.
Lesson 4 – Today’s project is using an interesting cover to create a tape sewn binding journal. This is an elegant and easy way to use old book covers to create a new journal for writing or sketching.
Lesson 5 – Book as photograph In this lesson we will use the book as the subject of photography. Manipulate the pages to see the book in a new abstract light. You can do this with natural light and a camera phone.
Cut, scrunch, shape, spiral and squeeze soft cover books into intricate lines images to photograph.
Lesson 6 – Turn surprising scraps into 4″ x 4″ collage. Use raised elements as rubbings. Collage a journal cover with value scale in mind.
Lesson 7 – Book cloth collage. Embrace the qualities of the book cloth and show it off in several collage options.
- Includes 30 short videos and 18 different projects
- Continued access to the course materials for several years
- Ability to download videos for forever personal use
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