Artist
Learn how to create a long or short book that utilizes repeated folded forms based that flattens into a single square. Add covers and a tie/ribbon, and embellish with all manner of materials. Also called an Exploding Book, this structure is perfect for treasured words: poems, love notes, fortunes and more.
Accordion Fold Book + Pockets with Debra Disman
Learn how to make an accordion fold or concertina book with pockets to create a literally unfolding story. Add beach photos, stories, dreams, memories, lists, recipes or letters – your epistolary novel awaits! You will also learn how to create a spine and tie for your book, so that any secrets it holds will be safe.
I formally began Studio Residency at the Camera Obscura Art Lab
in Santa Monica Wednesday January 10th. I share the sunlit space, located within the beautiful Mid-century building overlooking Palisades Park, Santa Monica Beach and the blue Pacific with textile artist and fellow Studio Artist-in-Residence Huong Nguyen.
“About the Art Lab and Camera Obscura
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The huge studio windows look out on palms, walkways and a huge assortment of passers by, strollers, park wanderers and beach combers. The Studio is a magical place to work.
Sixth and Seventh Workshops, February 17/24, 2018: Working on “The Big Beach Book“, participants stenciled, stamped, drew and painted on its multitude of people-sized ever evolving surfaces surfaces….
A young woman who came to the Beach with her family took brushes and acrylic paints, and created this “goddess of the sea” (?!?) covering the top half of one of The Big Beach Book pages….finishing it off with proud signature. others then stepped in and added the sailboat, and fishes swimming below. Who knows how this page will develop over the coming weeks…
A trio of friends worked together on the Book’s front cover, using stencils to outline the shapes of the fish, which they then painted in brilliantly. They were invited to return this coming Saturday to further develop their artwork, and they said they would. Fingers crossed…
A recent arrival to LA visited the the Art Lab with her companion, and elegantly painted a panel of the Book’s accordion spine with stencils and hand-painted arrows…a lovely addition and gift.
Feel the love….
I formally began Studio Residency at the Camera Obscura Art Lab
in Santa Monica Wednesday January 10th. I share the sunlit space, located within the beautiful Mid-century building overlooking Palisades Park, Santa Monica Beach and the blue Pacific with textile artist and fellow Studio Artist-in-Residence Huong Nguyen.
“About the Art Lab and Camera Obscura
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The huge studio windows look out on palms, walkways and a huge assortment of passers by, strollers, park wanderers and beach combers. The Studio is a magical place to work.
Fifth Workshop, February 10, 2018: “Simple Sewn Booklets” AKA: Single Signature Books
Signatures are gatherings of folded pages, which when stitched together, can become the text block (area where text is added). In this process, we sewed together a single signature using the very useful pamphlet stitch.
We attached the covers to the signature, so that the stitched spine was exposed.
Participants could design and embellish their covers before gluing them directly to the signatures, or attach the covers, then develop them. Some “covered the covers”,, learning folding and cutting techniques and creating covered corners.
They made creative use of cord, lace, decorative papers…beads and more,
including repurposed jeans, specifically, the denim pockets!
The components of the book were prepared for participants to use, covers and signatures cut into squares, sewing holes punched. Yest still, the makers used every moment of the 2.5 hour workshop to create and develop their books.
Human ingenuity, devotion and love of the handmade never cease to amaze me…I am blessed to witness this regularly in my practice.
Gratitudes…
Book Cover Embellishments with Debra Disman
Join us for public workshops in bookmaking and more at the Camera Obscura Art Lab at 1450 Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica!
These workshops are being offered as part of my Studio Residency at the Art Lab, January 13-April 14, 2018. I will be creating and teaching in the beautiful Mid-century building that houses the Art Lab, overlooking Santa Monica Beach and the blue Pacific.
I am developing a gigantic group-created book – the Big Beach Book – during my residency, and you are invited to learn bookmaking skills while taking part!
Add to the cover of the Big Book with repurposed beach items such as plastic pieces, board and flip flops chunks, sand, small shells and other items that can be found in vicinity of the Art Lab. A variety of attachment methods will be taught, which you can use to embellish books, boxes, and other items.
Altered Pages with Debra Disman
Join us for public workshops in bookmaking and more at the Camera Obscura Art Lab at 1450 Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica!
These workshops are being offered as part of my Studio Residency at the Art Lab, January 13-April 14, 2018. I will be creating and teaching in the beautiful Mid-century building that houses the Art Lab, overlooking Santa Monica Beach and the blue Pacific.
I am developing a gigantic group-created book – the Big Beach Book – during my residency, and you are invited to learn bookmaking skills while taking part!
Create and alter collaged book pages for the Big Book using various print media, highlighting text and image through cutting, drawing, pasting, folding and black-out processes. Come away with a repertoire of alteration techniques you can use on your next rescued book.
