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Unfolding the Possibilities: Bookmaking with Self-Compassion 2

June 2, 2021 By Debra Disman

I was honored to have led “Bookmaking with Self-Compassion” on
Saturday, May 15, 2021, a workshop which invited participants to:

“Make an artist book celebrating their own creative growth”.

This program was presented through 18th Street Art Center’s Arts Learning Lab, with support from the County of Los Angeles Department of Mental Health‘s campaign We Rise LA. WE RISE encourages wellbeing and healing through art, connection, community engagement and creative expression and takes/took place during May: Mental Health Awareness Month.  It is part of artist Sara Daleiden’s artist project  RECOVERY JUSTICE: BEING WELL. 

Participants discovered how to create the beautiful, fun and versatile Flower Fold book into which they could add wishes, hopes, prayers and dreams. This post celebrates our MATERIALS!

Participants received “art kits” containing origami papers, ribbon, railroad board, stickers, markers, and glue sticks.

The beautiful origami papers were folded into smaller shapes containing “hidden” folds…

then glued together to create a longer book that could be folded up into a square, unfolded into a sculptural shape,

or hung as a chain!

“Found” words and images were added to the “pages”, as well as stickers drawing, collage and more…

and a whole now expressive artwork was created!

Filed Under: ARTISTS, Artists' Books, BOOKS, Presentations, Student Work, Teaching Artist, Work Tagged With: 18th Street Arts Center, 18th@Home, Art in the time of pandemic, Arts Learning Lab, ARTS LEARNING LAB @ HOME, ARTS LEARNING LAB @ HOME: CREATIVE SELF-COMPASSION, Bookmaking materials, Bookmaking Samples, Books made by Hand, Community Arts Workshop, Flower Fold Book, Handmade Books, LA Country Department of Mental Health Services, Online Arts Workshop, Online Bookmaking Workshop, Self Care, self-compassion, Time of Pandemic, We Rise, Why We Rise

Unfolding the Possibilities: Bookmaking with Self-Compassion 1

May 28, 2021 By Debra Disman

I was honored to have led “Bookmaking with Self-Compassion” on
Saturday, May 15, 2021, a workshop which invited participants to:

“Make an artist book celebrating their own creative growth”.

This program was presented through 18th Street Art Center’s Arts Learning Lab, with support from the County of Los Angeles Department of Mental Health‘s campaign We Rise LA. WE RISE encourages wellbeing and healing through art, connection, community engagement and creative expression and takes/took place during May: Mental Health Awareness Month.  It is part of artist Sara Daleiden’s artist project  RECOVERY JUSTICE: BEING WELL. 

Participants discovered how to create the beautiful, fun and versatile Flower Fold book into which they could add wishes, hopes, prayers and dreams.

These works could become a chain to hang in their homes,

give as a gift,

or remain  an individual document of self-expression

exploring what the pandemic has meant to  them,

while learning new skills and creating a unique expression of renewal and rebirth during the spring season.

Makers used origami Papers,  glue sticks, railroad board, cardstock, ribbon,  stickers and items
they found in their immediate environment to create their books.

The results were stunning…beautiful, expressive, evocative, and telling of the past year.

It is a joy to share these self-compassionate bookworks….

These works shall remain powerful and poignant

of a never to be forgotten experience, that lingers and informs our present moment.

Kudos to filmmaker and videographer Jeny Amaya for her stellar documentation.

Filed Under: Artist in Residence, ARTISTS, Artists' Books, BOOKS, Student Work, Teaching Artist Tagged With: 18th Street Arts Center, 18th@Home, Art in the time of pandemic, Arts Learning Lab, ARTS LEARNING LAB @ HOME, ARTS LEARNING LAB @ HOME: CREATIVE SELF-COMPASSION, Books made by Hand, Community Arts Workshop, Flower Fold Book, Handmade Books, LA Country Department of Mental Health Services, Online Arts Workshop, Online Bookmaking Workshop, Self Care, self-compassion, Time of Pandemic, We Rise, Why We Rise

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