BOOKWORKS NEWSLETTER - August 2006
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| Welcome to the August 2006 edition of the BookWorks Newsletter, our monthly on-line publication that features classes and events taking place at Asheville BookWorks. In addition to our newsletter, we hope you'll take a look at our MAY-SEPTEMBER 2006 CLASS CATALOG, featuring workshops taught by Gretchen Winger, Brandon Mise, Meighan Mise, Laurie Corral and many more. We invite you to stop by our studio at 428 1/2 Haywood Road and grab your own letterpress printed copy of the catalog. You can also browse the May-September 2006 Class Catalog on-line by clicking on the Workshops link above. If you'd like to receive the catalog via mail, feel free to give us a call at (828) 255-8444, or send us your information via e-mail to info@ashevillebookworks.com. We're also happy to provide bundles of catalogs for you to distribute to anyone who might be interested in taking a class. Just let us know. We hope to see you this month at BookWorks! |
THE ART OF THE BOOK
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In this new section of the BookWorks Newsletter, we focus one-by-one on the variety of techniques and concepts engaged in the creation of artist books. From bookbinding to printmaking to typesetting to papermaking to letterpress printing to book planning, we will take an in-depth look at these processes, with an aim toward sharing their uses and versatility as methods for making rich, innovative book works.
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Featured Technique:
Printing on the Etching Press
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BookWorks has added a new Etching Press to the studio! Our newest addition is a 30" x 40" Takach table top mounted etching press, complete with a 7 1/2" diameter upper pressure drum, support / work bench, swivel casters, etching blankets, a registration grid and protective bed cover. How, you may ask, can you take advantage of this wonderful new tool? Well, the answer to that question is extensive.
The Etching Press can be used with a variety of printmaking techniques, from relief to intaglio to monotype and beyond. With the new Takach press at BookWorks, the future is wide open for using metal, linoleum, woodblock, photopolymer, plexiglass, collagraph (the list goes on) to create beautiful books and fine art prints. For more information about the plethora of printmaking options made possible by the Etching Press, see the Glossary of Printmaking Terms, Tools, and Process on the Center for Contemporary Printmaking website (http://www.contemprints.org/Explore_Glossary.cfm). About Prints on the Pace Prints website (http://www.paceprints.com/printshop/printshop.asp) is another one-stop, comprehensive resource. You can also visit The Washington Printmakers Gallery website (http://www.washingtonprintmakers.com/media.html) for a beautifully illustrated and extensive introduction to Printmaking Techniques. For an extensive list of additional Printmaking Resources on-line, visit artshow.com at http://www.artshow.com/resources/printmaking.html.
In addition, we invite you to join us for our Printing on the Etching Press workshop on the weekend of August 11-13, which will be taught by our Director, Laurie Corral. During this three-day class, we will make plates and print on the new press using solar plates, un-mounted linoleum and plexiglass. Careful press operation and good maintenance habits will be emphasized. Successful completion of this class makes the Etching Press available to students during Open Studio Hours. We hope you'll join us for this wonderful opportunity and help us inaugurate the Takach!
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CLASSES
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EVENTS
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Featured Instructors:
Thandi Rosenbaum & Shannon Brock
Thandi Rosenbaum
Thandi Rosenbaum is a working artist and craftsperson. Her interest in found objects and ‘trashy’ material leads her to produce multi-media works that defy genre. She works with glass, metal, wood, plastic and paper to create interior architecture, furniture, mosiacs and books, all with a focus on the creative use and re-use of materials. Founder of the Trashy Girlz Collective, she is now Curator at The Farm in Portland, OR. Classes taught by Thandi at BookWorks include:
 Metal Altered Books by Thandi Rosenbaum
Heavy Metal Books
August 22 - 24
Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday
10:00 am - 4:00 pm (1-hour lunch break)
This class will focus on the use of metal and metalworking techniques with the book form. We will explore structural elements of the artist book by deconstructing and reconstructing old books. Using rivots, grommets, nails, hinges and handles, we will play with alternative binding techniques and structures. More complex techniques of metal stamping, ‘rust working’ and soldering will also be explored for their book and box making potential. Studens will then design and construct their own projects.
$165 + materials fee
Shannon Brock
Shannon Brock is a paper maker and artist who currently serves as the Art Director at Carriage House Paper in Brooklyn, NY. She received her BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute in 1995. She has taught papermaking at Parsons School of Design in NY and Pyramid Atlantic in Riverdale, MD. Her work has been exhibited nationally. Classes taught by Shannon at BookWorks include:
Basic Papermaking & More
August 26 & 27
Saturday & Sunday
10:00 am - 4:00 pm (1-hour lunch break)
This two-day workshop covers traditional and contemporary techniques of Western papermaking including pulp preparation, sheet forming, use of additives, pressing and drying. On the first day, participants will learn the basics and explore the possibilities of lamination, embedding and collage. The second day will be dedicated to creating decorative and one-of-a-kind papers using formation aid, coagulant, water picks and contact paper. We will also discuss papermaking at home and in the classroom.
$175 + materials fee
Pulp Painting by Shannon Brock
Pulp Painting: Beyond the Squeeze Bottle
September 2 & 3
Saturday & Sunday
10:00 am - 4:00 pm (1-hour lunch break)
This two-day workshop will explore image making in hand papermaking. Using multiple moulds and vats of pigmented pulp, along with contact paper, dental syringes, paintbrushes and squeeze bottles, participants will develop images by layering and overlapping thin veils of pulp. Basic sheet forming and pigmenting will be reviewed.
$175 + materials fee
Open Studio Hours
Monday evenings (except the first Monday of each month)
6:00 - 9:00 pm
BookWorks is now offering a regular schedule of Open Studio Hours for any student who attends a BookWorks class. Open Studio takes place every Monday evening, except the first Monday of each month, from 6:00 to 9:00 pm. BookWorks Director Laurie Corral is on-hand during Open Studio to discuss projects and assist with equipment. Equipment available to students during Open Studio includes:
Jacques Board Shear
Guillotine Cutter
Standing Press
Backing Presses
Book Presses
Gold Stamping Tools
Foil Stamper
Drill Press
Corner Rounder
The fee for Open Studio is $18 per three-hour session.
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Family Album
An Exhibition of Paper Art by Shannon Brock
Not Home For The Holidays by Shannon Brock
Exhibition Opening
August 24
Thursday evening
6:00 - 9:00 pm
Family Album is a exhibition of paper art by Shannon Brock that focuses on her experiences while growing up on a small farm in eastern Missouri.
Shannon explains, "Family has always been an extremely important part of my life. My family members' relationships with one another, the people we became, the choices we made and our expectations of each other, provide me with much of my subject matter".
"As a small child, we had a front yard full of dandelions. They were flowers to me when I was young, but as a teenager it was embarrassing to know that what we had was really a yard full of weeds. Now, as an adult living in New York City for the past 11 years, I can see those dandelions as flowers again. They are now a source of reassurance and a sense of home."
Using images from the rural and economically depressed surroundings of her youth, Shannon captures the beauty of people and places, their failures and their triumphs. Family Album is an exhibition showcasing Shannon's work, providing a dedicated space for her explorations of family, identity and origin.
But I Have A Good Reason by Shannon Brock
Shannon Brock has been the Artistic Director and production papermaker at Carriage House Paper in Brooklyn, NY since 1996. She began making paper sculptures in 1991 at the Kansas City Art Institute where, in 1995, she received her BFA in Fiber. Shannon teaches workshops in pulp painting, pulp spraying and sculptural papermaking year-round at various studios along the East Coast, including Carriage House Paper, Pyramid Atlantic, The Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Seastone Papers, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Women's Studio Workshop, Parsons School of Design and Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper. She also served as an Adjunct Professor at Montclair State University in 2003.
Shannon's works on paper have been exhibited throughout the United States. In addition, she participated in the portfolios, Watermarks in Handmade Paper: Modern and Historic and The Art of Pulp Painting published by Hand Papermaking, Inc. Her pulp painting, Poor Kids Have Lawns of Dandelions will be featured in the new book, Papermaking for Printmakers by Elspeth Lamb and published by A & C Black in England.
BookWorks is thrilled to host Shannon for her Family Album exhibition, which will run at the Gallery through mid-September. She will also teach two workshops at BookWorks in the paper arts. See the CLASSES section of this newsletter for more information about her classes, Basic Papermaking & More and Pulp Painting: Beyond the Squeeze Bottle.
BookOpolis 2006
Second Annual Exhibition
Artist's Book featured at BookOpolis 2005 by Jennifer Brook
Open Call for Artist's Books
September 18 - 22
Monday - Friday
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Calling all book artists! We invite you to bring your work to Asheville BookWorks during the week of September 18-22 for inclusion in the Second Annual BookOpolis 2006 Exhibition. The call is open for this non-juried exhibition, and we invite book artists of all levels to participate. Our purpose with this exhibition is to showcase the incredible amount and variety of bookmaking that is currently going on in the Asheville area and beyond.
All books will be on display for the entirety of BookOpolis 2006, at both the September 29th Exhibition Opening and at the September 30th Family Activity Day. Books will be available for pick-up during the following week of October 2-6. All books must be retrieved by October 6th, which is the final deadline for pick-up. To participate, simply bring your books by the studio any time between the hours of 10:00 am and 4:00 pm on the week of September 18-22. There will be a receiving table waiting for you, complete with intake forms and a safe place for you to leave your work. If you have any questions, please give either Laurie or Bridget a call at 828-255-8444 or send us an e-mail at info@ashevillebookworks.com. We look forward to seeing you at BookWorks!
Exhibition Opening
September 29
Friday evening
6:00 - 9:00 pm
Family Activity Day
September 30
Saturday
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
More details regarding the BookOpolis 2006 Exhibition Opening and Family Activity Day will be available within our September 2006 edition of the BookWorks Newsletter. So, mark your calendars and keep checking our site as September approaches!
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