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This course explores the media of book arts. Students will learn the fundamentals of bench skills to construct a variety of books, beginning with basic structures and progressing to more complex bindings. Students will use the book as a platform to explore meaning, narrative and personal content using a range of mixed media and processes.
The 1st part of the semester will be dedicated to creating hand decorated papers using a variety of low-tech art processes, including but not limited to: relief stamping, mark-making, sink paper, bubble printing, marbling, paste paper, batik paper, eco dyeing, rust printing, monotype.
The 2nd part of the semester will be dedicated to learning bench skills to create a variety of book structures, including but not limited to: instant books, folded books, sewn bindings, accordion books, stab bindings, pop-ups and 3D structures.
For the remainder of the semester each student will: produce at least one personal artist book, give a class presentation on a living book artist, participate in a mini book exchange and have a final critique/review with the Instructor.