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The Flag Book: A Travel Quest 2022

Photos courtesy of the artist, Maria G. Pisano for The Flag Book: A Travel Quest.

Event Info

This one-day, online workshop takes place on Zoom on Friday, December 9, from 1-3pm.

Friday, December 9, 1-3pm ET

Please Note: Registration for this workshop closes on December 2, at 11:59pm.

About the Workshop:

Join CBA Instructor Maria G. Pisano in this online workshop to explore the flag book; a living, moving, interactive entity.

Originally created by Heidi Kyle, the flag book is an exciting book structure where the layered pages criss-cross each other when opening and closing. The flags’ wonderful movement allows for multiple images and content. Each participant will collage travel-related images of their choosing across the pages and covers to create a truly unique three-dimensional book!

This workshop is ideal for lovers of books and travel age 18+.

Required Materials:

Please be prepared with all materials below pre-cut and ready to go! Make sure to have extra collage materials for internal and external covers designs.

10 images/photos for the pages & cover – Maps and photos of your choosing.
9 images 2” H x 4.5″ W for the pages.
1 or more images any size, to fit front cover that measures 5.5″ W x 8.5″ H
Cover weight/card stock (65 lb) paper for covers, support and pages: Two colors, light for pages and darker for covers/support

There are 9 flags/pages per book

Cut 6 flags – 5”W x 2.25 H

Cut 3 flags – 5”W x 2.5 H

Covers + support – 3 pages – each 8.5 x 11

In this workshop we will be using maps, ticket stubs, ephemera, etc. from places you have visited, experienced or dreamed about them in your imagination. Collect examples of your real or imaginary journeys with maps, photos you have taken or culled from magazines, anything that speaks to you to incorporate in your collaged pages.

Additionally: scrap paper for protecting your working surface when gluing. Self-healing mat, exacto or small snap blade knife, scissors, bone folder or popsicle sticks, stick glue or double sided tape. Optional – if you want to add more design elements to your pages: Colored pencils, stamp pads (minimum 3-4 colors), make-up triangular sponges.

About Maria G. Pisano

Maria G. Pisano (she/her) is a book artist, printmaker, curator, and educator.

Her Memory Press works are represented in the Library of Congress, 9-11 Memorial Museum, Carnegie Mellon University, Columbia University, Lafayette College, University of Delaware, Wesleyan University, and many more. Ms. Pisano has exhibited widely—including a solo exhibition titled Reflections: Artist Books and Works on Paper.

Over the years she has curated a number of exhibitions at Center for Book Arts in NYC, such as Book as Witness: The Artist’s Response. In 2021 she curated Crossroads at the Hunterdon Museum of Art in New Jersey.

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 the California Society of Printmakers 2018 Journal as well as in 2019 in The Blue Notebook in the UK.

She continuously teaches workshops nationally and internationally at venues including the Bridwell Library in Dallas TX, Hand Bookbinders of California, 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. All workshops at CBA are subject to our cancellation policies.