Fiber Arts as Book Arts: Fiber Book Forms
Event Info
Course Code: 25STX102V
This virtual workshop takes place on Zoom on Sunday, February 13th, from 6:00PM to 8:00PM ET.
- Thursday, February 13th, 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Please Note: Registration for this workshop closes on January 30th, at 11:59 pm. This workshop is the final installment 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 (lightweight and heavyweight fusible stabilizers, fabric and paper with embroidery and/or natural dyes and prints) to make several types of book covers and structures. After demonstrations of how to use these materials, participants will follow along, making sample book covers with heavyweight interfacing, embroidering on the top layer of paper or fabric covering the interfacing, and adding inside pages. The instructor will also demonstrate how to embroider on book pages while making sure the front and the back of the page are legible. This workshop emphasizes experimentation and cross-disciplinary approaches to book arts through applying skills and materials from the three previous sessions, including naturally dyed fabrics from session 1, embroidered paper and fabric from session 2, and plant-printed and stamped paper and fabric from session 3.
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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