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BOOK STRUCTURE

PAPERWORKS 2022

August 13, 2022 By Debra Disman

I am thrilled to participate in
PAPERWORKS 2022
an international, juried exhibition featuring  artists creating work on, with, or about paper,
presented by the  B.J. Spokes Gallery

August 1 – August 31 2022 online

I am showing:  

“Throes of the Body”

 

Juror: Kiko Aebi is a Curatorial Assistant in the Department of Drawings and Prints at The Museum of Modern Art, a position which she has held since 2019. In this role, she has provided exhibition and acquisition support on various projects. Most recently, she worked with Senior Curator Jodi Hauptman and Associate Curator Samantha Friedman on Cézanne Drawing (2021) and contributed texts to the associated exhibition catalogue. She is the recipient of a Fulbright Research Grant and holds an M.A. in Contemporary Art History from Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam and a B.A. in Art History and Environmental Studies from Amherst College.

Works by the winners of the international Paperworks 2022 competition will be on display on the Gallery website from August 1 – 31, 2022. There will be a Zoom reception on Saturday, August 13th. Meet and chat with the artists online and meet juror Kiko Aebi, Museum of Modern Art, NY.

Join us for the ZOOM RECEPTION for Paperworks!
Saturday, August 13th, 7 pm EST / 4PM PST!
Meet the artists! Meet the juror! Ask Questions!
Register with this link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIoc-iuqzsoGNdKqDWGnJeAKSIa8RuCl204

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: "Profusion", B.J. Spokes Gallery, BOOK STRUCTURE, Form of the Book, Group Exhibition, International Exhibition, International Group Exhibition, Kiko Aebi, Paperworks 2022, Works using paper

EXHIBITIONISTA: PAPERWORKS 2022 at B.J. Spokes Gallery

June 11, 2022 By Debra Disman

Paperworks 2022 is an international, juried exhibition at B.J. Spokes Gallery featuring  artists creating work on, with, or about paper.

I am showing:  

“Throes of the Body”

Juror: Kiko Aebi is a Curatorial Assistant in the Department of Drawings and Prints at The Museum of Modern Art, a position which she has held since 2019. In this role, she has provided exhibition and acquisition support on various projects. Most recently, she worked with Senior Curator Jodi Hauptman and Associate Curator Samantha Friedman on Cézanne Drawing (2021) and contributed texts to the associated exhibition catalogue. She is the recipient of a Fulbright Research Grant and holds an M.A. in Contemporary Art History from Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam and a B.A. in Art History and Environmental Studies from Amherst College.

Works by the winners of the international Paperworks 2022 competition will be on display on the Gallery website from August 1 – 31, 2022. There will be a Zoom reception on Saturday, August 13th. Meet and chat with the artists online and meet juror Kiko Aebi, Museum of Modern Art, NY.

Join us for the ZOOM RECEPTION for Paperworks: Saturday, August 13th, 7 pm. Meet the artists! Meet the juror! Ask Questions! Register with the link below.

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIoc-iuqzsoGNdKqDWGnJeAKSIa8RuCl204

 

Tagged With: B.J. Spokes Gallery, BOOK STRUCTURE, Form of the Book, Group Exhibition, International Exhibition, International Group Exhibition, Kiko Aebi, Paperworks 2022, Works using paper

Imagination, Experimentation and Play!

April 14, 2021 By Debra Disman

Free your imagination, experiment, and….PLAY!

Join us for this art and bookmaking online workshop, source your own materials, and create your own exploratory masterpiece! Details in the flier below. 

Presented by The California Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers, part of the national  Guild of Book Workers, this workshop is a point of departure for anyone at any skill level who has a desire to explore the world of book arts in a safe, supportive and fun online environment.

Please contact me through the site contact form with any questions.
Hope to see you there!!!!

 

Filed Under: ARTISTS, Artists' Books, BOOKS, Presentations, Teaching Artist, Work Tagged With: ARTIST'S BOOKS, Book as Sculpture, Book Form, BOOK STRUCTURE, BOOKMAKING WORKSHOP, Conceptual Book, Creativity, Experimentation, Exploration Book Arts, Folded Fan Book, Guild of Book Workers, Handmade Books, Imagination, Online Artmaking Workshop, Online Bookmaking Workshop, Play, Sculptural Books, The California Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers, The Guild of Book Workers

Folded Fan Sculptural Artists’ Book: A Vehicle for Imagination, Experimentation, and Play

April 6, 2021 By Debra Disman

The California Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers presents:

A workshop led by Debra Disman
Saturday, June 5, 2021
1:00 – 4:00 pm, Pacific Time
Presented live via Zoom

The “Folded Fan Book,” Debra Disman’s personal name for this fun and versatile book structure, is comprised of
an accordion spine, two covers, and full size pages which “fan out” when the book is opened.
This structure can be treated as a traditional codex or built into a sculptural form limited only by the
ingenuity, creativity, and innovation of the maker.

Students will gather their own materials based on the supplies list provided and determine the size and content of their books,
inspired by examples of different ways this structure can be developed, reimagined, and used.

We will spend the first part of the workshop creating the basic structure, then take off into unexplored territory
where students can utilize their chosen materials to transform their books into personal explorations of their own histories
or potential futures. Will YOUR BOOK become a container of memory, visualization of an intention, a container of dreams, an excavated artifact?
Whatever participants choose to create, this book can become a vehicle for imagination, experimentation, and play.

Materials: Participants will supply and source tools and materials. The use of existing materials in your living/work space is encouraged.
A list of supplies will
be sent one month before the workshop. The Zoom link will be sent the week of the workshop.

Skill Level: Open to all levels of experience

Registration: $50.00 USD for GBW members,
$60.00 USD for non-members.
Please register by May 15, 2021. The workshop will not be recorded.
There is a cancellation fee of 10% of the registration fee up to 30 days before the workshop. No refunds are given for
cancellations made within 30 days prior to the workshop. Registrations may not be shared and are non-transferable.

Please direct questions to
california@guildofbookworkers.org.

Debra Disman is a Los Angeles-based artist working
primarily in the form of the book, both as a solo
practitioner and in the public sphere of community
engagement. She creates work and projects which
push the boundaries of the book into new forms and
materials. Her work is shown in museums, galleries,
universities, and libraries across the U.S.
debradisman.com
Instagram

Tagged With: ARTIST'S BOOKS, Book as Sculpture, Book Form, BOOK STRUCTURE, BOOKMAKING WORKSHOP, Conceptual Book, Creativity, Experimentation, Folded Fan Book, Guild of Book Workers, Handmade Books, Imagination, Online Artmaking Workshop, Online Bookmaking Workshop, Play, Sculptural Books, The California Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers

“Against the ruin of the world, there is only one defense….”

November 6, 2020 By Debra Disman

“Against the ruin of the world, there is only one defense: the creative act“. —Kenneth Rexroth

https://debradisman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Springboard_2020_Pres_2.mp4

 

Remain defended.

 

Filed Under: ARTISTS, Artists' Books, BOOKS, Presentations, Work Tagged With: Artist Book, ARTIST'S BOOKS, BOOK STRUCTURE, Conceptual, Conceptual Books, Contemporary Art, Form of the Book, Sculptural Books, Sculpture, Sharing Work, The Book As Art

Working It: Processing the Untitled

April 5, 2019 By Debra Disman

Documenting a bit of process, and hopefully progress.
Much harder than posting about teaching artistry, and the work of my wondrous students..

I will try my hand at it, and hopefully find my way, a way.

Time, as usual, is an issue.
Focused meditative time, is needed, and after home and studio, there just isn’t much to spare.

But, nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Pushing into new materials….layering on gossamer cheesecloth onto a structure, because of its weave of threads, needed to coat the whole surface with acid-free PVA/glue,  and place the cheesecloth on it, cut around it and trim the excess when surface dried…surprisingly quickly, with the sun and a light breeze coming in through the window.

The light-filled space at 18th Street is perfect for this work, this effort, these discoveries, this journey.


Multiple surfaces, the nature of many book structures comprised of covers, spine and pages compels working one surface at a time, letting it dry and then moving to the next one.


Cheesecloth layered over raw canvas, layered over book board. The cheesecloth is unruly stuff…more like threads kept in place loosely, by the cross weave.


The two pieces of board, AKA, covers, are hinged together with long strands of jute cord, raw jute, so raw it has a fragrance. Strand are threaded through corresponding holes made with the awl in both covers, which move by sliding left and right over the cords. Simple, yet amazingly effective.

The juxtaposition of the materials in layering, adjacency and flow, as regard to interlocking color, differentiated textures and various states of unravel, fascinates me….how does the light get in and travel through, or not, how does the dimensionality affect how we see and respond to the work, sensorily, emotionally, viscerally, how do the materials work together in some kind of harmony, yet buttress up against each other with force at the same time?

Need to push on, need to keep exploring, finding more questions with just the tiniest intimation of any answer in them.

Think I will keep on going.

 

Filed Under: Artists' Books, New Work, Work Tagged With: 18th Street Arts Center, ARTIST'S BOOKS, Awl, BOOK STRUCTURE, Dimensionality, Jute, Process, Sculpture, Structure, Studio, Studio Work

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