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Accordion Book

“Making Books Together” at LACMA!

April 13, 2019

Join us to create fun, personal, handmade books! Learn glued, folded, and rolled book-making techniques, as well as how to use color, texture, pattern, design, and composition to make your books unique. Families can create books together, work on individual projects, or both! Led by artist Debra … [Read more...] about “Making Books Together” at LACMA!

Tagged With: Accordion Book, ARTIST'S BOOKS, Bookmaking, Family Art Classes, Flag Book, Folded Books, Folded Fan Book, Handmade Books, Intergenerational Artmaking, LACMA, LACMA Family Class, Los Angeles, los Angeles County Museum of Art, Museum Art Classes, One-of-a-kind Books, Paper Marbling, Scroill, TUNNEL BOOK, Unique Books

Accordion Fold Book Workshop For Seniors

September 15, 2018

  Part of my Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs Artist Residency at the Granada Hills Branch - Los Angeles Public Library. Thanks to librarian Jeffrey Jensen, Senior Librarian Pamela Rhodes, and the LA DCA. Make an accordion fold book from images of the Latino community's … [Read more...] about Accordion Fold Book Workshop For Seniors

Tagged With: Accordion Book, Accordion Book with Pockets, ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, ARTIST'S BOOKS, Bookmaking Workshop for Seniors, Books made by Hand, Community Artmaking, Concertina Book, Department of Cultural Affairs of the City of Los Angeles, Granada Hills Library, Handmade Books, Jeffrey Jensen, Librarian, Library program, Library Workshop, Los Angeles Public Library, Seniors

LACMA LOVE: The Art of the Book 1: The Accordion Book

August 3, 2018

We started off our Family Bookmaking Workshop series at The Los Angeles County Museum of Art  with Accordion Fold/Concertina Fold Books, a basic yet complex structure, as regards to the amount of surfaces makers had to work on and develop. We visited Chris Burden's master work, "Metropolis II", … [Read more...] about LACMA LOVE: The Art of the Book 1: The Accordion Book

Filed Under: Artists' Books, Student Work, Teaching Artist Tagged With: Accordion Book, ARTIST'S BOOKS, Bookmaking, Chris Burden, Community Arts, Concertina fold, Concertina Fold Book, Family Art Classes, Family Artmaking Workshops, Family Bookmaking, Folded Fan Book, Handmade Books, LACMA, LACMA Education Department, LACMA Family Class, Metroplis II, Muesuem art classes, Museum Arts Program, THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART

“Reading Takes You Anywhere!”(2)

July 23, 2018

Here is the inaugural workshop at the Granada Hills Branch Library of the LAPL, kicking off my artist residency there:  “We Write the Book“, supported by the Department of Cultural Affairs of the City of Los Angeles. For the Summer Reading Theme:  “Reading Takes You Anywhere!”  participants … [Read more...] about “Reading Takes You Anywhere!”(2)

Filed Under: Artist in Residence, Artists' Books, Student Work, Teaching Artist Tagged With: Accordion Book, Accordion Book with Pockets, Accordion Fold Book, ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, Artist Residency The Granada Hills Library, ARTIST'S BOOKS, Community Artmaking, Concertina Fold Book, DCA, Department of Cultural Affairs of the City of LA, Family Bookmaking, Handmade Books, Sewn pages, Signatures, THE LOS ANGELES PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM, Travel Journal, Washi Tape

“Reading Takes You Anywhere!”(1)

July 15, 2018

Inaugural workshop at the Granada Hills Branch Library of the LAPL, kicking off my artist residency there:  "We Write the Book", supported by the Department of Cultural Affairs of the City of Los Angeles. For the Summer Reading Theme:  "Reading Takes You Anywhere!"  participants created a Travel … [Read more...] about “Reading Takes You Anywhere!”(1)

Filed Under: Artist in Residence, Artists' Books, Student Work, Teaching Artist Tagged With: Accordion Book, Accordion Book with Pockets, Accordion Fold Book, ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, Artist Residency The Granada Hills Library, ARTIST'S BOOKS, Concertina Fold Book, DCA, Department of Cultural Affairs of the City of LA, Handmade Books, Sewn pages, Signatures, THE LOS ANGELES PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM, Travel Journal, Washi Tape

“Make Your Own Travel Journal at the Granada Hills Public Library!”

July 14, 2018

"Make Your Own Travel Journal at the Granada Hills Public Library!" Learn to create an accordion fold book with pockets to hold your travel treasures! Tickets, notes, keepsakes, photographs and memories, this book will be something you will want to keep forever to remember your travel adventures … [Read more...] about “Make Your Own Travel Journal at the Granada Hills Public Library!”

Tagged With: "Reading Takes You Everywhere", Accordion Book, Accordion Book with Pockets, ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, ARTIST'S BOOKS, Books made by Hand, Community Artmaking, Concertina Book, Department of Cultural Affairs of the City of Los Angeles, Granada Hills Library, Handmade Books, Los Angeles Public Library, Travel Journal

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