Bookmaking Workshop (In-Person) with Kimberly Chiaris 10/28
Bookmaking Workshop (In-Person) with Kimberly Chiaris
Hand Made Folded Books Level One for Photographic Artists with Kimberly Chiaris
This workshop will present three book structures for those who want to incorporate visual imagery into handmade books. The book form will be an extension of the imagery you make or vice versa, but the emphasis will be on creating books. The class will practice making variations of Accordion/Concertina mock-ups and then complete three books - a Reverse Pop-up Accordion, a Dos à Dos, and a Pocket Accordion Book. Students are encouraged to have sample prints to bind in the workshop.
Objective
Learn basic book-making structures that pair well with creative imagery and make three book structures. You will take home the three books that you make.
In this course, you will learn:
About bookbinding materials
How to use bookbinding tools
About folding techniques, paper choices, adhesives
How to create three (3) book structures ideal for visual imagery, prints, and photographs
What participants should bring:
The books you make will be more meaningful if you bring some of your own photographic images, collage imagery, writing, drawings, printmaking, or anything else you might like to incorporate, but it is not required. Everything else will be provided.
Saturday, October 28 from 12-3 PM MT
$65 for Members, find the promo code here.
$75 for Non-members
In-person at Art Lab (239 Linden Street, Fort Collins, CO 80524)
Minimum six people, maximum ten people.
Kimberly Chiaris received her BFA in Photography from the Kansas City Art Institute. Her interest lies mainly in personal storytelling through handmade processes. She blends historical imagery with contemporary imagery to create a visual conversation that transcends time and speaks into the future. Her practices often involve digital composites combined with analog and alternative processes that include elements of mixed media. Her focus is mainly on themes about origin and identity and how trace memory, emotions, time, and culture shape and shift our understanding of history. She has recently exhibited in FotoFest, Southeast Museum of Photography at Daytona Beach College, Griffin Museum of Photography, SE Center for Photography, PhotoPlace Gallery, L.A. Photo Curator, Art Intersection, The Hand Magazine, and Candela Books and Gallery.