Debra Disman

Artist

Los Angeles County Public Library System

Friday Bookmakers Inspiration! We Stand (Sit?!) Together, Making Books! (9)

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I  have been honored to work with a wonderful group of “older adults” at the Craft Contemporary Museum in Los Angeles, offering a series of workshops teaching bookmaking techniques, and providing a forum for creativity, imagination, sharing and story.

The remainder of our series, “Crafting Our Stories By Hand”, supported by the Aroha Philanthropies, has had to be postponed due Covid-19.

Therefore, I have started an email newsletter to keep our community going, offering tips, images and sharing the work these makers are doing at home while “sheltering in place”.

Sharing these newsletters as a blog post makes their contents available for any and all. It inspiring to see what these makers have done and are doing during these crazy times.

Special thanks to the incomparable Andres Payan, for his support of the older adults makers program and facilitation of our ZOOM gatherings, as well as his devotion to the community in his role of Curator of Public Engagement at Craft Contemporary.  Thank you for this opportunity! 

And now, on to more Good Stuff!

Two books made by Sandra this week! 

Sandra shared again during our ZOOM gathering about using THE ART OF THE FOLD book
by Hedi Kyle and her daughter Ulla Warchol!

 Sandra says: “First one is a blizzard book (for business cards).”

She adds, “Second one is a panorama book.”

Here are Vicki’s new books, gorgeous!
And, Vicki is on INSTAGRAM, sharing her collage works: check it out, 
and consider starting an Instagram account of your own, as Sandra is!

Here is a book by Vicki  for her granddaughter, sharing about vocabulary describing groups of different birds!
 
The next has pockets for treasures! Business cards?

Finally, these little gems:


For all those who are photographing their works,  I want to suggest that you use a more neutral background, in contrast to the colors in your work.
You can see above, it is harder to see the red books against a red background.
Try using white, or even gray. Possibly black if you have a lot of color in a work, and not a lot of black.
Try using just one color for the background.


Dear Bookmakers, Makers,  Readers, All,

If you are able, and so inclined, use the comments section to share something book-related, or anything of interest you wish. Check out all the other “Friday Bookmakers Inspiration! We Stand (Sit?!) Together, Making Books!” blog posts, right here.
Stay Safe, Stay Strong, Stay Well, Stay Sane,
STAY CREATIVE!
And as Sandra says,
“Craft on!”

In hope and gratitude,
debra

Friday Bookmakers Inspiration! We Stand (Sit?!) Together, Making Books! (8)

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I have been honored to work with a wonderful group of “older adults” at the Craft Contemporary Museum in Los Angeles, offering a series of workshops teaching bookmaking techniques, and providing a forum for creativity, imagination, sharing and story.

The remainder of our series, “Crafting Our Stories By Hand”, supported by the Aroha Philanthropies, has had to be postponed due Covid-19.

Therefore, I have started an email newsletter to keep our community going, offering tips, images and sharing the work these makers are doing at home while “sheltering in place”.

Sharing these newsletters as a blog post makes their contents available for any and all. It inspiring to see what these makers have done and are doing during these crazy times.

And now, on to one of our very productive student/artist/bookmakers SANDRA!
She says….“I purchased this book online — it presents projects that mostly use folding vs. sewing.”

This is a book by book artist Hedi Kyle, who invented the fun flag book structure we did in our class, and her daughter Ulla Warchol.
I happen to know this book can be found through the Los Angeles County Library System!

Sandra created two fabulous books this week, apparently inspired by her exploration of “The Art of the Fold“!
She says, “So for my eye chart book I tried their interlocking loop book. A relative of the flag book but using one piece of paper to create the loops (not separate flags).”
  
So creative…the use of the eye charts and images of the eyes themselves!
Sandra continues, “For my second book I returned to your flag book project using cut-up postcards as the flags. Still love this structure!” 

Such a great use for new postcards, giving them new life, and purpose!Well that is it for this week dear Bookmakers, Makers,  Readers, All.
If you are able, and so inclined, use the comments section to share something book-related, or anything of interest you wish. Check out all the other “Friday Bookmakers Inspiration! We Stand (Sit?!) Together, Making Books!” blog posts, right here.

Stay Safe, Stay Strong, Stay Well, Stay Sane,
STAY CREATIVE!
And as Sandra says,
“Craft on!”

In hope and gratitude, 
debra