[Cross-posted, please forgive duplication]
Artists' Book Conference, Los Angeles
May 21-May 24, 2005
Three special workshops will take place on Sunday, May 22 at Otis
College of Art & Design. Be sure to sign up today because space is
limited!
For more information visit www.arlis-sc.org and navigate to the
"Program" page, or go directly to
http://arlis-sc.libraries.claremont.edu/ABCLA/ABCworkshops.html
Workshop 1. Experience Artists’ Books Project Workshop
Participants will have a three-hour whirlwind tour of the design and
execution of an artists’ book. Each participant will make a part of
one book with a common theme of play. Simple techniques for creating
imagery through pop-ups, cut-aways, and add-ons will be demonstrated.
A quick exercise in developing a text will be given. The sequencing of
an idea throughout a book's pages will be discussed. Participants will
make the leap to creating their own part of the book. Finally the
parts will be playfully assembled into a magnum opus which will be
photographed for posterity and then given to one of the participants
in a lottery.
Instructor:
Kitty Maryatt has been teaching book arts at Scripps College in
Claremont since 1986 and has published 37 collaborative letterpress
editions with students at the Scripps College Press. Maryatt received
her MFA from UCLA, is principal owner of Two Hands Press in Woodland
Hills, California, and loves to help clients with bookish needs.
Workshop 2. Basic Conservation for Artists' Books (One morning
session, one afternoon session)
This hands-on workshop is intended to give librarians, collectors, and
others basic preservation and conservation methods for working with
artists' books. Artists' books are often constructed out of delicate,
even volatile materials, which require special handling. This workshop
will focus on housing, minor mending, and decision-making for problems
that arise in caring for a collection that includes artists' books.
Instructor:
Kristen St. John manages UCLA Library's recently completed
Conservation Lab. St. John worked as a conservator for Special
Collections and University Archives for the Rutgers University
Libraries, as well as in conservation and preservation at the
University of Texas at Austin and the Library of Congress. St. John
earned her bachelor's degree from Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland,
and her master's degree in Information Science from the University of
Texas at Austin.
Workshop 3. Sewing Through the Fold
Participants will sew a book in signatures over tapes which will be
laced into a painted paper cover with an overcover reinforcement. The
structure of this book reflects the long history of Western
bookbinding in which books were sewn over alum-tawed pigskin thongs,
laced into wood covers, and then covered with leather. Discussions
will center on why we sew books through the fold, what variations in
support structures exist, how we can stabilize the spine, and what
materials are appropriate for a cover. Participants will gain insight
into how the binding structure is the reflection of the content of an
artist’s book.
Instructor:
Kitty Maryatt has been teaching book arts at Scripps College in
Claremont since 1986 and has published 37 collaborative letterpress
editions with students at the Scripps College Press. Maryatt received
her MFA from UCLA, is principal owner of Two Hands Press in Woodland
Hills, California, and loves to help clients with bookish needs.
To register go to
http://arlis-sc.libraries.claremont.edu/ABCLA/ABCregistration.html
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