Learn to create this kinetic, multi-faceted book and add your words and images to it!
FLAG BOOKMAKING
Poetry Flag Bookmaking at the Granada Hills Library!
This Leap Year, celebrate Poetry Month at the Granada Hills Library by making the fun and fabulous flag book structure, and adding poetry to its pages.
Complete your book with your own rhymes, poems or lyrics, dive into the words of your favorite poets, and discover new ones on the shelves of the Library.
Welcome the warmth of Spring with this joyous activity!
“Create Your Own Flag Book”
“Join us for a bookmaking program led by Department of Cultural Affairs Artist in Residence Debra Disman. Learn to make the fun and fantastic flag book that opens in different ways to show the words and pictures you put inside. As you open the book the flags move and create a pattern! All materials included.”
For Ages 10-18.
This event is part of my artist residency through the Department of Cultural Affairs for the City of Los Angeles..
Join us, and see the Library has to offer!
Hanging in Hawthorne
I was honored to conduct a bookmaking program for children and families at the
Hawthorne Library
We made flag books.
Numerous families joined us, and a grand time was had by all…
What will this maker say, with their work, letters, design?
Mothers, grandmothers, friends, and daughters.
Lovely lady line-up!
Sons and Brothers
Families and friends worked together.
Proud maker.
Mother and Daughter.
The devotion and commitment of these families of makers, in their family, friendships and making was just stunning.
Making Books, Making Community at the Brentwood Art Center!
Teaching community workshop in June on Flag Books and Found Text at the Brentwood Art Center was pure joy!
“Fun with Flag (pages)” was had by all.
Adults and children alike created marvelous flag book creations and had a blast in the process!
Participants learned to fold an accordion spine, add covers, and attach the flag pages on alternating sides of the spine to create a pattern that changed as the book was opened.
After the flag book was “built” (books and buildings have a lot in common…but that is a subject for another post…)
the real (well, that depends on your definition) fun began…filling, embellishing and developing the book!
Participants used images and text from magazines,
expressing their interests, thoughts, and ideas…
choosing what they wanted to express
with the materials at hand.
Some chose to draw by hand.
Some laid forth their content using repeated elements, like a graphic designer.
Others asked questions.
And some put it all together thematically.
All in all, a most remarkable experience.
Bravo!
“Stagecraft with Tunnel Books” at the Compton Library
Learn to create the amazing “Tunnel Book”, create your own theatre, and learn that “all the world’s a stage”!
Join us for this special Summer Reading program and discover the artist, stage set designer, illustrator, and dramatist within.
All materials included.