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We will discuss Chris Burden’s METROPOLIS in reference to books that move, fold and unfold!!!
We will discuss Chris Burden’s METROPOLIS in reference to books that move, fold and unfold!!!
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As part of my Artist Residency at the Granada Hills Branch Library supported by the wonderful Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, we welcomed a new year and new decade with a calendar-making program!
Participants sewed together their calendar pages between front and back cover, and proceeded to embellish their creations with zeal!
Some ambitious participants covered their covers in decorative papers before binding!
inside and
outside cover designs.
We were blessed with a great group of teens that both assisted and participated in the making process.
Mother and Daughter work together creating their calendars step by step.
When the calendars were bound, participants were encouraged to add content to the reverse of each page and add highlight each month’s special dates.
Nothing could surpass the glorious adornment of the front covers (made of watercolor paper), a celebration of materials in a riot of color, pattern and texture.
Some of our wonderful and industrious teen helpers from the Library Teen Council took it upon themselves to sort through all the binding cords and arrange them by color. WOW. Not even I have ever had the patience to do that! Thank you!
The caring and devoted Children’s librarian Stephanie encourages a happy family to share their calendars with the camera and be proud!
So were we all.
Happy 2020!
As part of my Artist Residency at the Granada Hills Branch Library supported by the wonderful Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, I led a “gift bookmaking” program for the community.
As we found out, all that glitters may not be gold, but shiny stuff can be really fun to work with and inspire us to add a jewel-like quality to our handmade books.
Adults and children and teens/tweens alike enjoyed cutting out shapes from shiny, glittery adhesive-backed sheets!
The primary colors of red, yellow and blue never get old, especially when there is a glittery twist!
A very talented young maker created a “jewel”-studded book!
And he is a radiant Jewel himself…look at that 1000 watt smile!
A young reader tried his hand a t bookmaking, cheered on my his Mom.
Here are his younger brother’s very seasonal works.
The fruits of their labor.
Participants made their way through the inevitable tangle of colorful ribbon to choose and use pieces to enhance their works.
Ribbon of wonders, just like the participants and their bookish creations!
A workshop designed for teens turned into a family and community affair, at the Granada Hills Branch Library.
As part of my Artist Residency at the Library, supported by the wonderful Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, we held a Flag Bookmaking program with a Manga comics theme. In addition to teens, families and makers of all ages attended, creating wild and wonderful “Manga” Flag Books!
Father and son work closely together, collaborating on a radiant red book.
This brilliant young maker was amused to realize that he was using the same colors in his very cool book as he was wearing!
Sister and brother work side by side. Getting along…in the moment of making.
This wonderful woman has a attended numerous workshops, and is becoming quite the bookmaker!
Three unrelated generations of makers, working together in an atmosphere of collective creativity.
A mother with her two daughters takes advantage of Library offerings.
Makers’ hands.
A measured smile from a teen assistant and maker…using color to tell as story in her book.
Using the popularity of Manga and the arresting structure of the flag book as a means of engagement, participants worked together as a community on their individual projects, learning, enjoying and sharing all at the same time.
Does it get any better than that?