Codex C: Creating a 6th Century Coptic Binding
Five Coptic codices were found near Sakkara in Egypt around 1924. Of the five books, Codex C was bound in remnants of maroon-red goatskin over papyrus boards; fragments also survive of an elaborate fore-edge wrapping band with a bone slip, and there is evidence it once carried a bookmark.
This workshop will allow you to create a full-size model of Codex C. We will make papyrus boards, fold and trim paper as a substitute for the original parchment text, sew the textblock, create simple endbands, line the spine with coarse linen, create the full leather binding, and make the wrapping band and bookmark. We will shape a spatulate bone slip from a length of cow bone. For those that wish, ink decoration can be added to the text edges. Then a plaquette of leather on board with interlace tooling and ink decoration will be added to the covers and spine of Codex C to fashion a distinctive binding. The Codex will be finished by attaching the wrapping band, bone slip, and bookmark. Participants will have the option to leave one side of their binding "open" so the back of the textblock, the sewing, endbanding, and linen lining can be seen. Time permitting other Coptic structures may be explored.
Prerequisite: Basic binding skills are required to make this model including some experience with sewing a text block.
Instructor: Julia Miller
Location: Calligraphy Classroom
Dates: 7/23 - 7/27/2012
Days: Monday-Friday
Time: 9:00am-4:00pm
Tuition: $405
Studio Fee: $45
All That is Gold: Gilding on Paper, Wood and Glass
This two-day workshop is for artists and designers who want to know more about the properties and the application of gold on a variety of surfaces and sizes. This course is highly suitable for calligraphers and bookbinders, though any creative arts-worker can join the class. Applications of both traditional and modern gilding will be explored including working on paper wood & glass. Learn to tool into gold and work gold on watercolor washes. The project work will be delicate and small, but will open up many possibilities for incorporating the luster of gold into your creative work.
Prerequisite: Students should have confidence in drawing with graphite pencils, using pen and ink and/or painting with fine brushes.
Instructor: Gemma Black
Location: Printmaking and Calligraphy Classrooms
Dates: 6/21 - 6/22/2012
Days: Thursday/Friday
Time: 9:00am-4:00pm
Tuition: $330
Studio Fee: $20
The Letterpress Artist: Simple Books on the Vandercook
In this course we explore methods of producing artist books on the Vandercook Press. We begin by learning simple book structures and investigating how structure can influence or enhance the content of books. Students experiment with pressure printing, hand inking, blind stamping and linoleum cuts. We will combine these techniques with hand-set type to create simple, editioned book projects. Learning new techniques and experimenting in an open and fun environment is a great way to get substantial ideas brewing for new projects. While we'll be focused primarily on producing books for this class, students are encouraged to bring larger projects of their own for discussion as a group.
Prerequisite: Some printing and/or binding experience is preferred.
Instructor: Sarah Bryant
Location: Printmaking and Calligraphy Classrooms
Dates 7/30 - 8/03/2012
Days: Monday-Friday
Time: 9:00am-4:00pm
Tuition: $380
Studio Fee: $35
Beyond Illustration: Creating a Chapbook with Text and Image
For years, writers of all stripes have been creating powerful books in which they combine their words—be they fiction, poetry, memoir, or a combination of all three—with images. More than mere illustration, in these works the visual and the textual are in frequent, sometimes confounding, conversation with each other. In this class we’ll look at contemporary examples of authors who bring visual elements into their texts, including WG Sebald, Claudia Rankine, and Anne Carson. Students will produce writing in a genre of their choice, and workshop this writing in group critiques; in addition, students will cull or create images to partner with their words. For a final project, students will create chapbooks comprised of their own writing and found or created images.
Prerequisite: None.
Instructor: Sara Jaffe
Location: Book Arts Classroom
Dates 07/12 - 8/02/2012
Days: Thursday
Time: 6:30pm-9:30pm
Tuition: $165 Studio Fee: $15
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