Thursday, June 7, 2012

OCAC in Central Oregon

This summer, OCAC is offering two workshops at Atelier 6000, an environmentally friendly printmaking studio in Bend, Oregon. This is a unique opportunity to experience OCAC workshops in the beautiful high desert of Central Oregon.

First in June is Binding Sampler with Instructor Roberta Lavadour. Learn six different book sewing patterns in two days as you create a single book structure. This class offers an extremely efficient way to learn a broad range of binding styles to add to your bookbinding repertoire. Sewing patterns will include: packed sewing over linen cords, French sewing on tapes, long-stitch, herringbone on split thongs, and an unsupported chain stitch. We will cover a set of boards that will be connected to the text block with vellum straps. Your finished book will serve as an historic model, a sewing pattern resource, and as functional sketchbook/journal.

Prerequisite: Beginners with good basic hand skills are welcome.

Location:  Atelier 6000, Bend, OR
Dates: 6/09 - 6/10/2012
Days:  Saturday/Sunday
Time:  9:00am-4:00pm
Tuition: $280
Studio Fee:$ 15

Then in August is Pressure Printing with Instructor Clare Carpenter. Pressure printing, also called stratography, is a unique method of printing using the Vandercook proof press. The printmaking plate can be made up of a variety of low-relief materials including collaged paper, string, glue, tape, and vinyl stickers. Photographs can be reproduced abstractly by collaging elements of several photocopies together. The resulting prints are often atmospheric, multi-tonal and wonderfully expressive.

This is a very low-tech printing process that encourages playfulness. This technique is appropriate for experienced letterpress printers as well as total beginners, since it offers both an introduction to the mechanics of the letterpress, while also opening up the possibility of using the Vandercook in a more experimental way. Because the plates are relatively easy to produce, this process offers a taste of "instant gratification" rarely achievable with letterpress.

Take time to throroughly explore and experiment with the many possibilities presented in this five day workshop by gifting yourself five afternoons of independent work time at Atelier 6000 with the further guidance and support of Atelier 6000's staff of professional printmakers. For $75 workshop participants will receive additional access to the Vandercook Press and the atelier's 2700 sq. ft. of creative space from noon to 5pm for the entire duration of the workshop.

Prerequisite: None.

Location:  Atelier 6000, Bend, OR
Start Date:  08/13/2012
End Date:  08/17/2012
Days:  Monday-Friday
Time:  9:00am-12:00pm
Tuition: $225
Studio Fee: $35

Summer Classes and Workshops at OCAC

This summer Book Arts is offering a really wonderful selection of classes and workshops. Visit www.ocac.edu for more information, or go directly to OCAC's quick and simple online registration to sign up.

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