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SINGLE SIGNATURE BOOK

December Brings FREE ONLINE Bookmaking Workshops!!!

December 9, 2021 By Debra Disman

Celebrate the holidays and welcome the New Year by making your own handmade books!

Please see the fliers below, each holds sign-up information, or all the phone number listed!

You  can also email me, Los Angeles City Department of Cultural Affairs Artist in Residence Debra Disman, at debra@artifactorystudio.com,  for further information!

We hope to “see” you there!

 

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Panorama City Branch Library Artist-in-Residence CULMINATION EVENT

November 17, 2021 By Debra Disman

 

Get ready for 2022 with your own handmade Vision Journal in this fun online event which culminates my Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs artist residency at the Panorama City Branch Library!
Take-home kits of materials to use during the online program (plus fun library swag) are available at the library Reference Desk, while supplies last.
This program was made possible in part by a grant from the Department of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles.

For ADA accommodations, call (213) 228-7430 at least 72 hours prior to the event.

Para ajustes razonables según la ley de ADA, llama al (213) 228-7430 al menos 72 horas antes del evento.

Date(s):

Tuesday, December 28, 2021

Time:

4:00 pm to 5:30 pm

Location:

Online – Panorama City Branch Library

Audience:

Kids, Teens, Adults

Category:

Arts, Crafts & Hobbies

Series:

Winter Celebrations

Language:

English

RSVP:

Register via Zoom.

Description:

Get ready for 2022 by creating your own handmade Vision Journal in our final workshop with artist-in-residence Debra Disman.
Take-home kits of materials to use during the online program (plus fun library swag) are available at the library Reference Desk, while supplies last.
This program was made possible in part by a grant from the Department of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles.

For ADA accommodations, call (213) 228-7430 at least 72 hours prior to the event.

Para ajustes razonables según la ley de ADA, llama al (213) 228-7430 al menos 72 horas antes del evento.

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NEW WORK in 2021: Red Notebook (“Here’s To The Red, White and Blue”)

November 15, 2021 By Debra Disman

I was happy to finally be able to have Elon Schoenholz Photography in to photographs works completed/created during 2021, which continues to race by.

Part of an ensemble, suite, or installation of works entitled, “Here’s To The Red, White and Blue”, Red Notebook is structured as a “traditional” codex, with covers that open and pages that turn.  Moderately, “red” (hence the “red” element of the “Red, White and Blue” theme-meme-trope?) it contains a great deal of black as well.
In the immortal words of  Mark Rothko, “There is only one thing I fear in life, my friend;  One day, the black will swallow the red.”

Made from a repurposed placemat, hemp cord, linen thread, canvas, and lace, it is 8.5″ high, 12.5″ when opened in full, and 6.5″ at greatest depth and opens left to right, from cover through pages to cover, bound together through a single signature.


The red and back play off each other in all their associations


Sewing, stitching, gluing, knotting, coiling, massing


Amassing, accumulation, the RED in


Up next.

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Making Journals at the Granada Hills Branch Library

March 21, 2020 By Debra Disman

 

It was a pleasure to lead a “journal-making” workshop/program at the Granada Hills Branch Library as part of my Artist Residency there, supported by the wonderful Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.

Who knew creating a journal, traditionally a place to record daily thoughts, ideas, activities, fears, concerns, dreams and wishes would be so salient?


Families joined together to learn how to fold a “signature” (gathering of folded pages),


glue cover and spine boards to white-prepped canvas to create the book structure and “house” the pages,


then sew the signature  into the book through the spine using durable, earthy  hemp cord.


Having exerted this labor to create their book structure,  participants had the glorious pleasure of developing and embellishing their journals with decorative papers, washi tape, markers, beads, and other collage materials. The canvas book covering, functioning as a book cloth is a wonderful surface for painting, stamping, printmaking, stenciling and any other wet or dry media.

May journaling help all and any through this very difficult time we are in.
Journal on!

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Make a Gift Book at the Granada Hills Public Library!

November 20, 2019 By Debra Disman

Give the gift of books, that you make yourself!
Make a Gift Book at the Granada Hills Public Library!

For the Holiday Season, come join Artist-in-Residence Debra Disman and make a fabulous gift book. This program is made possible in part by a grant from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.

 

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“Make A Photo Album”

September 19, 2019 By Debra Disman

Join the fun and create a unique photo album in which to honor family and friends in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month!!

Learn single signature binding, the pamphlet stitch, and how to create pockets for treasured items as well as how to use all kinds of beautiful and festive materials!

Free, all materials included, open to the public, all are welcome!

This workshop is part of my Department of Cultural Affairs Artist Residency at the Sunland-Tujunga Public Library, 2019-2020 and is made possible in part by a grant form the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.

 

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