Paper Decoration Intensive: Part 2
Event Info
Course Code: 24FPT102I
This in-person workshop takes place at CBA on Saturday & Sunday, September 21–22, 2024 from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm.
- Saturday, September 21, 11:00am–5:00pm
- Sunday, September 22, 11:00am–5:00pm
Please Note: Registration for this workshop closes on September 7th, at 11:59 pm. Part one of this course takes place September 14th and 15th from 11AM-5PM.
About the Workshop:
This in-person workshop is taught by Ana Cordeiro.
Divided in two sections, this class involves a variety of paper decoration techniques and materials from East and West. The two sections complement one another, but may also be taken independently. Section one covers: itajime (folding & dyeing), suminagashi (water-based marbling), rice paste lamination, and encaustic/shellac translucence. Section two covers: paste papers, litho-crayon rubbing effects, gampi layering, and hot-stamping with metal type and ornaments.
Participants will have the opportunity to create and produce a variety of decorated papers suitable for book covers, pages, and end sheets. All levels are welcome to expand their paper decorating skills!
Required Materials:
All materials provided by CBA.
About Ana Cordeiro
Ana Paula Cordeiro makes books by hand, photographs with film, prints from lead type, and writes either sparingly or profusely on unbound folios, which she then proceeds to bind into volumes. In 2018 she co-organized the multi-media installation Introspective Collective. In 2019 she contributed to a book publication about bookmaking called Bookforms. And in 2020 she was awarded a grant from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation and an Honorable Mention at the International Human Rights Arts Festival Creators of Justice Award for her essay Citizen.
This fall, she had an interview published by The Interior Beauty Salon. Originally from Brazil, she is based in New York and does all her work at The Center for Book Arts communal shop. Her artist books are collected privately and institutionally.
Class size is limited to 12 participants to ensure an optimal participant to Instructor ratio. Register now before spots fill up! Registration for this workshop closes on September 7 at 11:59pm. Tuition for this course is $420 + a $70 materials fee. If you cannot comfortably pay tuition but are interested in taking this class, please consider filling out our financial assistance application here. We will notify you if you are selected to receive a scholarship before the start date of the class. To view more information about our current scholarship opportunities, please visit this link.
