RMC - GBW

Markmaking and the

Drum Leaf Binding
Two-day workshop with Laura Wait
April 30-May 1, 2016  
9:30a-4p each day at Ewing Farm*

Handwriting and marks will be developed to use as content and image in your artist books. Day one \will be devoted to making marks, expanding and abstracting your use of handwriting, and discovering the uses of repetitive meditative mark making using all kinds of tools. These are methods I use in my own work and finding a place to start on the page. We will work primarily in black and white. Please bring a list of 10 related words.
On day two we will bind the pages together in a drum leaf binding, an excellent structure for artists, which can be made without the use of expensive equipment. This binding is made of a series of single, one-sided pages. Covers will be made with materials made in class in order to include them as an integral part of the process. This will include decorating your own bookcloth for the spine. Our ultimate goal will be the creation of a unique work
of art in book form. Limited to 10 registrants. This class is open to all levels of experience. Bring lunch! To see more about Laura and her work, visit laurawait.com

Registration fee:
$195/BAL and GBW members
$225/general
price includes $25 materials fee (BFK Rives paper, mark making tools of all sorts, a selection of water soluble pencils, inks, and crayons, as well as all bookbinding materials)

Questions? Vivian Jean vjean@mac.com  
Register: http://bookartsleague.org/classes-2/
Bring to class:
- 12-18” metal ruler
- small glue brush for PVA
- scalpel or Olfa
- small closed container of PVA
- scissors
- bone and/or teflon folder
- apron
- self-healing cutting mat (12 x 18)
- small bottle of black sumi ink or FW acrylic ink (white also useful).

optional:
- pens and brushes - small weights
- dividers
- metal triangle

*915 N 95th St., Lafayette CO 80026. For a map, see http://bookartsleague.org/contact/

This workshop is sponsored jointly by the Book Arts League and the Rocky Mtn. 
chapter of the Guild of Book Workers.