Book Arts
Guild Calendar of Local Events
Sept 11-
Oct 30 ART OF THE BOOK: AN ART BOOKS PRESS EXHIBITION
The Art of
the Book consists of 18 artists exploring traditional
techniques like
letterpress, offset printing, to constructions,
sculpture and zines, &
raises the question, "What defines a book
as art?" Some of the 18 artists
included in the show are: Claire Bolton, Don
Myhre, Kimber Fisher,
Catherine Michaels, Emily Martin, and Julie
Chen.
http://www.artbookspress.com/ 4703 Ballard Avenue
NW, Seattle, WA 98107
206 285 2665
Sept 13-Nov 15 CALLIGRAPHY:THE
INFLUENCE OF IRELAND Marilyn Zornado (10
Sessions) Mon 6:30-9:30pm While listening to
traditional Irish music,
beginning and continuing students will study
the lively Irish half-uncial
letterforms. Students will study from historical
models including the Book
of Kells and learn to decorate manuscript pages
with elaborate Celtic
knotwork. $340 Oregon College of Art and Craft.
8245 SW Barnes Road,
Portland, OR 97225 503.297.5544 or 800.390.0632.
http://www.ocac.edu/
Sept 14-Nov 16 BOXES
AND PORTFOLIOS Marilyn Zornado (10 Sessions)
Tues 6:30-9:30pm Boxes and portfolios are sturdy
and attractive containers for
single images, books or objects. While learning
their construction,
students will also focus on the traditional
and innovative uses of paper,
cloth, board and adhesive. $340 Oregon College
of Art and Craft. 8245 SW
Barnes Road, Portland, OR 97225 503.297.5544
or 800.390.0632.
http://www.ocac.edu/
Sept 15-Nov 17 INTRODUCTION
TO HAND PAPERMAKING Helen Hiebert (10
Sessions) Wed 6:00-9:00pm A variety of papermaking
techniques will be
experimented with including watermarking, laminating,
embedding, coloring,
surface treatment, plant fibers and working
three-dimensionally with paper
pulp. $340 Oregon College of Art and Craft.
8245 SW Barnes Road,
Portland, OR 97225 503.297.5544 or 800.390.0632.
http://www.ocac.edu/
Sept 15-Nov 17 LINES,
LETTERS AND LUMINOSITY, PART I Rebecca Wild
(10
Sessions) Wed 11:30am-2:30pm This class is designed
for all artists and
lovers of letters and words who wish to investigate
new applications for their letterforms. Through
the use of luminous materials, students will
create pieces rich in texture, line and "color"
by using black and white
and all the values that lie between. The cache
of tools will include
graphite, ink, broad edge pens, brushes, pencils,
and various resist
material. $340 Oregon College of Art and Craft.
8245 SW Barnes Road,
Portland, OR 97225 503.297.5544 or 800.390.0632.
http://www.ocac.edu/
Sept 15-Nov 17 DESIGNING
& ILLUSTRATING CHILDREN'S BOOKS Fran Lee.
(10
Sessions) Wed 6:30-9:30pm This course will cover
the creative processes of
designing and illustrating children's books.
Some of the forms discussed
and explored in imaginative exercises will be
pop-up books, flap books,
picture books, board books, and activity books.
$340 Oregon College of Art
and Craft. 8245 SW Barnes Road, Portland, OR
97225 503.297.5544 or
800.390.0632. http://www.ocac.edu/
Sept 16-Nov 18 BEGINNING
LETTERPRESS Diane Jacobs.(10 Sessions) Thurs
6:30-9:30pm This course offers a thorough introduction
to letterpress printing. Learn to hand-set metal
type and print good impressions off two
Vandercook proofing presses. As a class, students
will collaborate on a
variety of projects from broadsides to books.$340
Oregon College of Art
and Craft. 8245 SW Barnes Road, Portland, OR
97225 503.297.5544 or
800.390.0632. http://www.ocac.edu/
Sept 17-Nov 19 INTRODUCTION
TO LEATHER BINDING Rory Sparks.(10 Sessions)
Fri 9am-12pm This highly-structured, step-by-step
course offers a thorough
introduction to working with leather for bookbinding.
Students will
complete an English-style quarter leather sewn
on raised cords. Decorative
papers will be made in class to use as covering
and/or endpapers and to
give the book a personal touch. Hand-sewn endbands,
simple gold tooling
and stamping will further embellish the books.
$340 Oregon College of Art
and Craft. 8245 SW Barnes Road, Portland, OR
97225 503.297.5544 or
800.390.0632. http://www.ocac.edu/
Sept 25-26 SIMPLE JAPANESE
PAPERMAKING Jill Vartenigian. Sat & Sun,
10am-5pm This weekend workshop will introduce
you to the techniques of
making simple Japanese style paper using kozo
fiber. Learn how to cook and
prepare the kozo for sheet making, and make
your own sheets of paper to
take home. Most of the workshop will focus on
the process of sheet
formation. Time will be set aside to discuss
adding imagery while forming
your sheets, printing on the formed sheets,
and setting up your own home
studio. $120 Pratt Fine Arts Center, 1902 South
Main Street, Seattle, WA
98144. (206) 328-2200.pratt@pratt.org
September 30 & Monthly
BELLTOWN BOOK ARTISTS --have an opportunity
to meet
other book artists and calligraphers, to show
off your work and get
feedback on recent projects completed or in
progress. It can also be a
chance to visit studios of various book artists
and calligraphers. There
are no minutes, agendas or dues. All who work
with books or in book arts
are invited. Meets on the fourth (or last) Tuesday
of the month The next
meeting will be on Thursday 30 September 2004
6:30pm, at the Uptown
Espresso Café, 2504 4th Avenue,in Belltown,
plenty of street parking.
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