Make a Book to Celebrate Women Artists with Debra Disman
Artist Debra Disman will teach you how to make a flip book celebrating women artists. This program is part of Women’s Heritage Month.
Handmade Books
Envelope Book with Debra Disman
Envelope Book with Debra Disman
Use folding and sewing methods to create a book that can be sent in the mail! Write a note to a stranger and add it to the Big Beach Book onsite, or take home to write your next letter. You can create accordion folded pages that pop out to surprise the recipient, or sew in signature pages that can be turned.
Creating Sculptural Books with Debra Disman
Creating Sculptural Books with Debra Disman
Create a book that stands on its own as a piece of sculpture, and pushes the very idea of ‘the book’ into new territory. Using new, found, natural and recycled materials you will put together a book that can be cut, built onto, stitched, textured, painted, covered and otherwise transformed into your private universe!
Double Flower Fold Book with Debra Disman
Double Flower Fold Book with Debra Disman
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
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.
Book Cover Embellishments with Debra Disman
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.