Fiber Arts as Book Arts: Fiber Book Forms
Event Info
Course Code: 24FPM100V
This virtual workshop takes place on Zoom on Sunday, September 26th, from 6:00PM to 8:00PM ET.
- Thursday, September 26, 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Please Note: Registration for this workshop closes on September 19th, at 11:59 pm. This workshop is part 3 in a four part series which also covers natural dyeing, embroidery, and kitchen printing.
About the Workshop:
This virtual workshop is taught by CBA instructor Iviva Olenick.
Participants in this workshop will learn how to use textile-specific materials to make several sample book covers and structures. Students will also make these sample book forms before experimenting on their own using these new materials and techniques.
This workshop will include an introduction to heavyweight and lightweight stabilizers (also called interfacing), a discussion of different kinds of fabrics (synthetic versus natural; protein fibers versus plant fibers; knit versus woven or non woven) and pros and cons to working with these. Participants in this workshop will use fusible interfacing to create a book cover, and will add embroidered works or images to this cover. You’ll also learn how to add inside pages to a fabric book and how to embroider on these pages using light-weight interfacing.
If you’ve participated in the first session of this workshop series, you’ll use your naturally dyed fabric in your book, incorporating it in multiple ways, and you’ll discuss how to experiment with embroidery, bookmaking, and dyeing techniques to produce your next book project. Follow up this fiber book forms workshop with part 4 of the series!
Required Materials:
- Plain cotton muslin fabric
- Embroidery needles & thread
- Embroidery hoop
- Scissors
- Fusible interfacing
- Quilt batting
- Thimble (optional)
About Iviva Olenick
Iviva Olenick is a Brooklyn-based artist developing textiles from seed to fiber and dye and using textiles as texts. Her work has been exhibited all over the United States, including the Philadelphia Museum of Art; Museum of Design Atlanta; the Hunterdon Museum, NJ; Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art & Storytelling, NYC; the Center for Book Arts, NYC; the Old Stone House, Brooklyn; Wyckoff House Museum, Brooklyn.
Olenick is a faculty member of SVA’s MFA Art Practice program where she teaches Fibers. In addition, she gives artist talks and designs intensive textile-based workshops for museums and universities.
All images courtesy of the instructor.
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