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Accodion Fold

Flag Books for Flag Day at the Manhattan Beach Library!

June 16, 2025 By Debra Disman

It was a great pleasure to lead a Flag Bookmaking program  on Flag Day at the Manhattan Beach Library!


Due to a fabulous donation of designer wallpaper samples,


I was able to offer a mix of exotic materials to the participants to work with!
And they employed them…


in all kinds of different ways, making use of their colors, textures, patterns and imagery


to enhance  and enrich their books!

Different makers used the same pattern…

in different ways!


A wide variety of pre-cut “flag pages” were available and used creatively.


Maker Stacy Wong shared her completed Flag Book, which she further developed after the program!


A truly colorfully creative time was had by ALL!

 

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The Merry Month of May: Butterflies!

April 19, 2024 By Debra Disman

Take Flight this Spring!

Join us and learn how to create a “butterfly Book” in honor of the Rituals and Rites of Spring!

Add ribbons to honor May Day, and make your book festive!

Part of my Artist Residency support by the wonderful Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs:
“We Write The Book”.

All materials included!

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Latinx Heritage Celebrated

October 12, 2018 By Debra Disman

In our recent program at the Granada Hills Branch Library of the LAPL,   participants created accordion fold (also known as “concertina”…continuing with the musical instrument metaphor-) books.

In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, they added images of Latinx art and architecture, including murals, street art, works shown in museums, and storefronts.

Participants spanned young children to seniors, with everyone becoming immediately absorbed in creating their books, and developing them with varied fascinating and colorful images of works created by an integral population of Los Angeles past, present and future.

The Virgin of Guadalupe was an inspiration.

Mother and son work together.

Participants transformed images by adding to and subtracting from them, and putting them together in new ways.

The focus of all ages…

Makers often choose to work with colors that reflect the colors they are wearing!

Pink, never gets old.

This workshop was part of my Artist in Residency project: “We Write the Book“, supported by the Department of Cultural Affairs of the City of Los Angeles.  Gratitudes!

 

Filed Under: Artist in Residence, Artists' Books, Student Work, Teaching Artist Tagged With: Accodion Fold, Accordion Fold, ACCORDION FOLD BOOKS, ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, Artist Residency, ARTIST'S BOOKS, Bookmaking Workshops, Books made by Hand, Community Artmaking, Concertina fold, Concertina Fold Books, Granada Hills Public Library, Handmade Books, Hispanic heritage Month, Latina, Latino, Latinx, Library Programs, National Hispanic Heritage Month, Public programs, The Los ANgeles Department of Cultural Affairs, THE LOS ANGELES PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM

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