Book Ornament Class - Two Hands Paperie

Sunday, November 10th, 1:00-4:00 PM This small folded "book" is full of fun! It pops open into a star. It springs out into a chain. It looks far more complicated than it is, and offers tremendous creative possibilities for personalizing it with text, poetry, photographs, and collage. Book artist Kristen Law will teach you the simple folds for creating both the Explosion Book and a small origami box to hold it. Only about two inches square, these little books make delightful gifts for all celebrations. They can also be hung in a window or on a tree as a unique ornament.     Click on the link below for more info or to register for the class! http://www.twohandspaperie.com/Explosion_Book_With_Origami_Presentation_Box_p/class_explbk.htm

WORKSHOP - Collaborative Artist Book Intensive: Letterpress and Coptic Binding Technique

I'll be team-teaching a class with Julia Seko, offered through the Boulder Book Arts League

October 24, 26 & Nov 2, 2013

Visit  http://www.bookartsleague.org/classes-and-workshops/ to sign up!

In this workshop we’ll work together to create a limited edition artist book/ journal on the theme of creative process. Instructors Kristen Law and Julia Seko will guide participants in creating open-ended sections decorated with hand set letterpress text and using media of their own choice. Each participant will then bind their own book using a decorative link stitch, practicing the coptic binding technique. In this way, the class will create a small edition of books chronicling the workshop experience and also leaving blank pages for use as journalling, generating other ideas, or for future collaboration.

       WHEN: Class meets 3 days as follows:

• Thursday Oct 24 from 6 – 9 pm
• Saturday Oct 26 from 10 am – 4 pm
• Saturday Nov 2 from 10 am – 4 pm

CLASS FEE: $150 BAL members/$160 non-members, $15 materials fee
PARTICIPANTS: Minimum 4, maximum 7
LOCATION: Ewing Farm

Spring Classes at Two Hands!

Here we find another round of class offerings at the wonderful Two Hands Paperie! In addition to the classes, be sure to check out all the FREE events they put on, including the very neat 

Visiting Artist Series.

I'm teaching two classes this session - Japanese Stab Album, and Coptic Bookbinding. These two techniques are my top favorite. Needless to say, I'm amped for some spring bookmaking!

The Japanese Stab Album class is THIS SATURDAY! The time has been changed to 2-5pm. Here's a few pics from the last class:

The Coptic Bookbinding class is a two-session class and the dates are April 27th, and May 4th.

The full list of spring classes and events at Two Hands can be found here:

http://www.twohandspaperie.com/blog/classes-events/

Happy Spring!

A Very Hacker Christmas

One of my favorite things about bookmaking is: the definition of a "book" is broad, and the scope of possibilities and creativity really is limitless. 

One of my favorite things about teaching bookmaking is: continually observing how each individual incorporates book technique into their creative lifestyle. 

Bookmaking is a perfect combination of craft and technology, thought process and materials - creating a structure with a purpose. We all approach the task of engineering and construction a bit differently, and I find bookmaking is an art which appeals to many personality types from varied academic backgrounds with diverse experiences and interests.

Imagine my pleasure when bookmaking was incorporated into a local hackerspace event!

(If you haven't  heard the term before, you may want to familiarize yourself with it now)

Solid State Depot, the Boulder hackerspace, has been doing its thing for a few years now, and they often hold classes, workshops and events (check out boulderhackerspace.com/ to see what's going on).

Just before Christmas, they had a DIY Skill-Share Present-Making Extravaganza. I bet you can guess what one of the skills was... bookmaking! I helped my hacker-friend Joel create a simple lesson plan for the evening - efficient for time and materials, it conveyed the technique and allowed for creativity. The binding method was Japanese Stab Binding, and fun was had by all!