Event Info
This virtual workshop takes place on Zoom on August 7, 2024 from 1:00 to 4:00 pm.
- Wednesday, August 7, 1:00 – 4:00pm
Please Note: Registration for this workshop closes on July 15th, at 11:59 pm.
About the Workshop:
This virtual workshop is taught by CBA instructor Maria G. Pisano.
You have been asked to design the set for a new theatre piece and asked, with each wing, to create the appearance of depth and space. What tools are at your disposal? How could you approach this challenge?
The tunnel book, a sculptural book structure that dates back to the 1800’s, allows the viewer to peer into the book and discover a hidden world, which can be static or evolving through the sequential opening of its accumulated layers.
This workshop will give the student new skills for creating perspective through layering, color, shape, and scale. Bring your own landscape image (a photo you have taken, one from a magazine, or even a drawing) as inspiration for creating your own tunnel book. Bring yourself back to days of wonder and inspiration through the versatile tunnel book structure.
Required Materials:
- Materials
- An image
- Paper (cover and text weight)
- Tools
- Cutting mat and Exacto knife (with extra blades)
- Bone folder or popsicle sticks
- Triangle
- Adhesive
- Colored pencils (optional)
- collage materials
More detailed materials lists will be provided in the email sent upon registration.
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. Virtual workshops at Center for Book Arts will be recorded and the recording will be viewable for up to 30 days after the class.
