Event Info
Course Code: 24FPE103V
This one-day, virtual workshop takes place on Zoom on Wednesday, October 9, from 1:00 pm—4:00 pm.
- Wednesday, October 9, 1:00pm—4:00pm
Please Note: Registration for this workshop closes on October 2, at 11:59pm.
About the Workshop:
This virtual class taught by instructor Maria G. Pisano will go over different methods of print and mark making in order to create a flexagon book, which will spring to life with your very own designs!
How does one print without a press and still create images for one’s own artistic practices? This class will explore various ways of image making via the use of hand cut stencils, natural and found objects, designing and creating one’s own stamps, and more. Subsequently, using a variety of methods, hand print them and create your very own Flexagon book; a wonderful structure that spring to life when opened.
The numerous image-making possibilities inherent in these methods can all be created in your home studio or apartment, be it used for a unique piece or for editioned work. Class discussion will center on the versatility and multi-use of these unique methods and designs.
This workshop is designed for teachers, writers, artists and anyone who loves to create a richer and expansive vocabulary for their work.
Required Materials:
- 20 squares of text weight paper (two different colors)
- 25 sheets of white Xerox paper
- 2 sheets of any color cover weight paper
- ribbon
- small scissors
- pencil
- eraser
- exacto or snap-blade knife
- double-sided tape or glue stick
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bone folder
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self-healing mat
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1 file folder
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stamp pads
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Assorted color art sticks/ magic markers/ colored pencils
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Found textures around your home/studio –Examples: fruit packaging nets, corks, fresh and dried leaves, the edges of a perforated notebook, a metal or plastic triangle with shapes cut into it, etc.
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Lots of waste paper to use as backing not to get your work surface dirty
About Maria G. Pisano
Maria G. Pisano (she/her) is a book artist, printmaker, curator and educator. Memory Press works are represented in The Library of Congress, 9-11 Memorial Museum, National Library of Medicine, Columbia University, NY Public Library and many more. Currently her book Caudex Folium is in the exhibit “Towers Rising“, at the 9-11 Memorial Museum in NYC, and in 2022 her work was in “And Yet We Rise: A Retrospect of the Days and Times Surrounding 9/11″ at the American Consulate in London. She has curated a number exhibits including Book as Witness: The Artist’s Response at CBA in NYC and Crossroads: Book Artists’ Impassioned Responses to Immigration, Human Rights and Our Environment, at the Hunterdon Museum of Art, NJ. Ms. Pisano contributes to book arts publications and has presented lectures at the Library of Congress, College Book Arts Association and the Art Libraries Society of North America. Her article “Mark To Impress” was published in California Society of Printmakers and The Blue Notebook in the UK. She continuously gives workshops nationally and internationally, at her studio, libraries and institutions such as Bridwell Library, TX, CBBAG and Center for Book Arts in NYC.
All images courtesy of the instructor.
In order to best serve our community near and far, many of our online classes are pay-what-you-can. The amount you choose to pay goes directly toward our instructors and toward creating scholarship opportunities for the future. This class will be recorded and the recording will be viewable for up to 30 days after the class.
