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For more information visit our Workshops Schedule page.
April 4 & 5
...in the NEW Darkroom!
April 16 - 18
April 20 - 22
...in the NEW Paper Studio!
April 27 - 30
and May 1
(NEW class offering)
May 6, 13, 20, 27
and June 3
(NEW class offering)
May 14 - 17
May 22 & 23
(NEW class offering)
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Clear your pallet and your calendar to join us for an April foolish banquet of inspired, delectable edible books. Receive a free ticket if you are making a edible books for the event. Youth and Adult prize categories!
• Submit your Idea / Forms due March 20
(click to download submission form)
• Edible Books delivery dates / times:
March 30 -31, 8 AM – 4 PM (non-refrigerated books)
April 1, 8 AM - noon (pieces requiring refrigeration)
Main Event: download ics file to your calendar for this event
• April 1, at Asheville BookWorks, 6-9 pm,
tickets available now and/or at the door, $5
For more information on the Edible Book Festival, visit our Happenings page.
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On Friday, March 27, 2009 from 7-9 p.m. Larry Lou Foster and Frank Brannon will give a FREE presentation about their collaboration on the limited edition fine press book, ‘The Paste Papers of Larry Lou Foster.” Larry Lou will bring her paper dolls, boxes, books, and portfolios too. Please join us for whiskey and good conversation!
Larry Lou Foster is a modern master of the traditional paste paper art form. Saturday and Sunday, March 28 and 29, Larry Lou will be teach “Paste Paper: Historical and Contemporary Surface Design.”
Ms. Foster will demonstrate traditional combed and pulled patterns as well as contemporary variations of the same, making "block printed" papers, using 'pattern jigs' for editions and finishing papers. Explanations of patterns, techniques, tools and materials will be covered. Ms. Foster encourages creative thinking about edition work as well as 'one-of-a-kind.’' |
We now have a fully equipped papermaking studio with a two-pound Reina beater, paper moulds, and paper presses. The papermaking studio will serve as a handmade paper mill specializing in commission paper for printmaking, letterpress & calligraphy. If you are interested in learning how to make paper you are invited to register for these upcoming classes instructed by Frank Brannon:
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May 28 - 30 and August 6 - 8
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April 20 - 22
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BookWorks recently finished the construction of a large darkroom with plenty of counter space, a light-tight drying rack for screens, and an exposure unit. The screen printing studio includes a new wash-out station for screens. As you begin this year’s seasonal spring clearing (storage units, garage, basement and closets) consider Asheville BookWorks, we are seeking donations of B & W enlargers and darkroom equipment for alternative photo processes as well as traditional photography. Limited studio rental in exchange for donations is available upon request.
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You are invited to participate in a global pinhole extravaganza on April 26th from noon to 5 PM. As part of Worldwide Pinhole Photography day, photographer Lynnette Miller will help people expose their photographic paper and process it on-site! If you have a pinhole camera, bring it with you. Photographs will be scanned and uploaded to the official site, www.pinholeday.org.
A five dollar donation covers materials, processing, scanning, and uploading of your pinhole photograph to the Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day website. All ages welcome and children must be accompanied by an adult.
What is Worldwide Pinhole Photography day?
This is an international event created to promote and celebrate the art of pinhole photography. On this unique day, we encourage people throughout the world to take some time off from the increasingly technological world we live in and to participate in the simple act of making a pinhole photograph.
Pinhole photography allows you to make a photograph that requires only a light-tight container (box, can,...) with a tiny hole in one side (as a camera) and any photo-sensitive surface in it. You can adapt an existing camera, or make the camera yourself.
Why Asheville BookWorks?
A recently constructed darkroom and renovated studio space for photography, screen printing and alternative print processes is complete. On April 4 & 5 from 10:00 am - 5:00 pm, Lynette Miller will teach a special workshop on Pinhole Photography at BookWorks in preparation of Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day celebrations:
April 4 & 5
Instructor: Lynette Miller
$185 + material fee $10
The workshop is open to anyone interested in photography. Participants will build several cameras during this workshop with differing shapes and focal lengths. The cameras will be used to create photographs during the class. Miller will cover historical and contemporary uses of pinhole photography; constructing a working camera; exploring exposure times; darkroom processing; and creating negatives. In this fast world, most of us carry a cell phone camera in our pockets daily. Pinhole photography is basic yet intentional, persuading us to slow our pace, use our senses and observe our surroundings.
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