Event Info
Course Code: 24FPE102V
This three-week, online workshop takes place on Zoom on Mondays, October 21st – November 4th, from 1:00pm – 3:30pm ET
- Monday, October 21, 1:00pm–3:30pm ET
- Monday, October 28, 1:00pm–3:30pm ET
- Monday, November 4, 1:00pm–3:30pm ET
Please Note: Registration for this workshop closes on October 14 at 11:59 pm.
About the Workshop:
This virtual class at Center for Book Arts is taught by instructor Paula Krieg.
Edge-release structures are a world of simple, smart folding that go from flat to sculptural with a single opening motion, existing in a space somewhere between pop-ups and architecture. This introduction to edge-release begins with generic templates shared by Paul Jackson. We will then move into understanding the logic underpinning various kinds of cut and fold methods, with the intent to experiment with cut-outs, add-ons, hinging and ways of creating unique variations of within the parameters of each structure.
The optical confusion of edge-release folds is where their charms reside. Fronts, backs, and interior spaces intermingle. The possibilities for adding content, and personalizing in unusual ways is literally limitless and can be dramatic and theatrical. These forms are invite interaction which can be small enough to slide into an envelope or large enough to dance through.
Class size is limited to ensure an optimal student-to-teacher ratio. Register now before the remaining spots fill up!
Required Materials:
- Students should have card weight paper, letter size paper for learning models.
- Bone folder
- Adhesives, such as PVA, glue stick, or double-sided tape
- Ball point pen with no ink left in it
- Cutting tools, such as scissors, X-acto knife, or Craft Knife
- Self-healing mat
- Metal-edged ruler
- Access to a printer for printing up PDFs (you will be getting lots of these)
About Paula Krieg
Paula Krieg (she/her) has been a paper enthusiast for as long as she can remember, taking particular delight in 3D paper transformations.
For thirty years she collaborated with teachers to design projects for the classroom, pioneering methods of accessible ways to teach book arts. Since 2009 she has been writing about playful bookbinding and paper works on her Bookzoompa blog. Krieg regularly shows work in Bridges Math/Art exhibitions.
She has taught workshops at the Center for Book Arts, Museum of Mathematics, Cooper Hewitt Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Dieu Donne.
She has presented at various conferences, including MOVES 2019: Math Unfolded: The Mathematical Art of Origami.
Her work has been featured in Jean-Charles Trebbi’s L’art du Livre Origami, Helen Hiebert’s books, Paper Illuminated and The Art of Paper Craft, Lark Books’s Making Books and Journals, and Diane Mauer-Mathison’s The Art and Craft of Handmade Cards.
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 October 14th at 11:59pm. The price of this class is $175. This class will be recorded and the recording will be viewable for up to 30 days after the class. 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.
