It was fantastic to teach a workshop on Tunnel Books for families, at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The Tunnel Book is comprised of two accordion spines, or “sides”, connected by a “backdrop” and “cross pieces” or frames attached to the accordion folds working from the back fold and … [Read more...] about Tunnel Vision
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“Making Books Together” at LACMA!
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!
“Wave of Materials” by Zhu Jinshi at LACMA
Extraordinary work by Chinese artist Zhu Jinshi at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. A must-see. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAYPvuwoDk4 See more when The Allure of Matter exhibition opens at LACMA later this summer … [Read more...] about “Wave of Materials” by Zhu Jinshi at LACMA
LACMA LOVE: The Art of the Book 3: The Flag Book
We started off our Family Bookmaking Workshop series at The Los Angeles County Museum of Art with the Accordion Fold Book, then moved onto “The Folded Fan” book (my own nomenclature) which also employed the accordion/concertina fold to great effect. We completed our series with The Flag Book, a … [Read more...] about LACMA LOVE: The Art of the Book 3: The Flag Book
LACMA LOVE: The Art of the Book 2: The Folded Fan Book
We started off our Family Bookmaking Workshop series at The Los Angeles County Museum of Art with the Accordion Fold Book, then moved onto "The Folded Fan" book (my own nomenclature) which also employed the accordion/concertina fold to great effect. We visited the B. Gerald Cantor Sculpture … [Read more...] about LACMA LOVE: The Art of the Book 2: The Folded Fan Book
LACMA LOVE: The Art of the Book 1: The Accordion Book
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