Event Info
This in-person workshop takes place at CBA on Tuesdays, March 26–April 23, 2024 from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm.
- Tuesday, March 26, 6:00-9:00pm
- Tuesday, April 2, 6:00-9:00pm
- Tuesday, April 9, 6:00-9:00pm
- Tuesday, April 16, 6:00-9:00pm
- Tuesday, April 23, 6:00-9:00pm
Please Note: Registration for this workshop closes on March 19th, at 11:59 pm.
About the Workshop:
This in-person workshop is taught by CBA instructor María Verónica San Martín.
Eventually many book collectors will acquire an item that is unique, beautiful, perhaps fragile, and requires long-term protection. Luckily, custom slipcases or clamshell boxes can be custom built to provide a perfect package for those precious books.
In this workshop, participants will learn how to construct a slipcase with an embossed designed area and a clamshell box with a title made of gilding with the hot stamp machines. You will walk away with knowledge regarding both physical construction as well as decorative capabilities of these casings. This workshop is structured for students with some prior bookbinding experience.
Fun Fact: Slipcases and Clamboxes can both be used to hold more than just a singular edition. They are often used to house and organize a collection of books or objects.
Required Materials:
All materials will be provided by CBA at no additional charge to the students.
About Maria Veronica San Martin
María Verónica San Martín is a Chilean, New York-based multidisciplinary artist and educator who explores the impacts of history, memory, and trauma through archives, artist books, installation, sculpture, and performance art. She was a fellow at the Whitney Museum’s Independent Study Program, holds an MA from The Corcoran School of Art and Design, George Washington University, Washington DC and a Graphic Design BA from Universidad Finis terrae, Chile. San Martin has been an artist-in-residence at Center for Book Arts, Art OMI, Interlude, all in the New York area and at Proyecto ACE in Argentina. She has exhibited nationally and internationally, including the Immigrant Artist Biennial in New York and public art at Rockefeller Center. Her work is held in more than 60 collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; the Museum of Memory and Human Rights, Santiago, Chile; and the Centre Pompidou, Paris, France. She was recently awarded the Sustainable Arts grant, and has received two New York Foundation for the Arts and three Chilean Nacional grants. María is currently working on a commission for NMWA’s Holding Ground: Artists’ Books for the National Museum of Women in the Arts project while preparing her third solo exhibition in New York at Lipani Gallery, Fordham University for September 2023 and her first solo exhibition in Canada at The Goethe-Institute for October 2023. She teaches at Parsons, The New School, NY; the Center for Book Arts, NY; Penland School of Craft, NC; The University of Miami, OH, and is part of the education program of Booklyn Art as well as an artist and board member.
All images courtesy of the instructor.
Class size is limited to ensure an optimal participant to instructor ratio. Register now before spots fill up! Registration for this workshop closes on March 19th at 11:59pm. The price of this class is $525 plus a $25 materials fee.
