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“Unfolding Possibilities”: Bookmaking at the Los Angeles Country Museum of Art on Saturday Dec 13, 2025 from 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Not 5PM)

November 30, 2025 By Debra Disman

Saturday Dec 13, 2025          10:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Not 5PM)

Adult Art Class: Unfolding Possibilities—Bookmaking

Make your own handmade book using techniques that utilize folding, gluing, and sewing as you learn how to create an accordion-fold structure with pockets and to sew single signatures (gathering of pages) into the folds using a pamphlet stitch. You’ll find inspiration in the galleries to create your own unfolding possibilities! Taught by Debra Disman.

  • Sat, Dec 13, 2025

  • 10 am – 1 pm PT

  • LACMA

  • Ages 16+

  • ​$80; Members $70

  • Pre-registration is required for all classes.

    For additional art class information, please contact artclasses@lacma.org.

    For ticketing support, contact ticketoffice@lacma.org.

This program takes place outdoors on LACMA’s campus on Saturday, December 13. Parking validation and supplies are provided. Please note parking validations are only valid for the Pritzker Parking Garage on 6th Street.

Full refunds will only be granted if the art class is canceled by LACMA. Please notify us immediately if a student is unable to attend so that another student on our waiting list can attend class. A refund equal to half of tuition paid will be granted for cancellations made three weeks before class start date. No refunds for cancellations made less than three weeks prior to class start date.

 

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Double Flower Fold Book with Debra Disman

March 16, 2018 By 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.

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Accordion Fold Book + Pockets with Debra Disman

March 14, 2018 By 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.

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