Event Info
This two-day, in-person workshop takes place at CBA from Wednesday – Thursday, November 15 and 16, 2023 from 6:00 pm–9:00 pm.
- Wednesday, November 15, 6:00pm–9:00pm
- Thursday, November 16, 6:00pm–9:00pm
Please Note: Registration for this workshop closes on November 8th, 2023 at 11:59 pm.
About the Workshop:
This two-day workshop taught by Chang Yuchen will cover 3-hole pamphlet, 5 hole pamphlet with enclosed cover and pamphlet with multiple signatures. Through learning this intro-level binding style and a few variations, participants will be gradually guided towards creative and playful improvisation. Examples of artists’ books using related techniques will be shown to demonstrate the versatile utilities of this simple yet elegant binding style.
Although not mandatory, students are welcomed to bring their art that they wish to translate into book form. Students will take home 4 pamphlets by the end of the class.
Day 1 will cover 3-hole pamphlet, 5 hole pamphlet and pamphlet with enclosed cover. In learning this intro-level binding style and a few variations, participants will practice techniques of working with needle and thread upon paper. Examples of artists’ books using related techniques will be shown to demonstrate the versatile utilities of this simple yet elegant binding.
Day 2 will explore abundant variations drawn from a rudimentary binding technique. Participants will be guided toward creative and playful improvisation. Examples of artists’ books using related binding styles will be shown to demonstrate how a simple structure can be customized for a specific project, and integrated with a specific concept.
Required Materials:
- Bone folder *
- X-acto knife or snap-off blade knife *
- Pencil
- Bookbinding awl *
- 2 binder clips
*Materials with an asterisk next to them are available for purchase at Center for Book Arts.
All other materials will be provided by the Center for Book Arts.
About Chang Yuchen
Chang Yuchen works in an interdisciplinary manner – writing as weaving, drawing as translation, teaching as hospitality, commerce as social experiment (see Use Value) and publishing as a dandelion spreading its seeds. By constantly entering and exiting each medium, she strolls against the category of things, the labor division among people.
Yuchen was a recipient of Kahn Mason SIP Fellowship, Poetry Project Curatorial Fellowship, Huayu Youth Award Grand Jury Prize, Ruth and Harold Chenven Foundation Grant and Lumiarts Fellowship. She has shown/performed her work at UCCA, Para Site, Taikwun Contemporary, Abrons Art Center, Artists Space, Assembly Room, etc. She was an artist in residence at NARS x Governors Island Satellite Residency, MASS MoCA, Museum of Art and Design, Textile Art Center, among others. Yuchen has written for publications including Randian, Heichi Magazine, Press and Fold, Art in Print and more.
All images courtesy of the instructor.
The registration fee for this class is $210 tuition plus a $25 materials fee. Looking forward to seeing you soon at Center for Book Arts! 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.
