Event Info
This in-person workshop takes place at CBA on February 17 – 18, 2024 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.
- Saturday, February 17, 10:00am – 4:00pm
- Sunday, February 18 10:00am – 4:00pm
Please Note: Registration for this workshop closes on February 10th, at 11:59 pm.
About the Workshop:
This in-person workshop is taught by CBA instructor Ana Cordeiro.
Divided in two sessions of one weekend each, this class involves a variety of paper decoration techniques and materials. The two sections complement one another, but may also be taken independently. For those who register for both sessions of this class, you will receive a 10% discount on your total registration.
In this session, participants will learn the itajime technique of folding and dyeing paper, resulting in stunning geometric and visual patterns. You’ll also learn the art of suminagashi, or water-based paper marbling. Additionally, you’ll learn techniques including rice paste lamination and encaustic/shellac translucence. Create a variety of decorative papers to use in your next bookbinding project!
Required Materials:
- Materials will be provided by CBA at no additional cost to the student.
- Optional: gampi paper or other thin Japanese paper
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.
