This one-day virtual workshop takes place on Zoom on Wednesday, November 9, from 6:00pm–8:00pm Eastern time.
- Wednesday, November 9, 6:00–8:00 pm ET.
Please Note: Registration for this workshop closes on November 2 at 11:59pm.
About the Workshop:
This in-person class at Center for Book Arts is taught by Instructor Beth Sheehan.
In this two-hour virtual workshop for beginners, we’ll give an overview of the multifaceted history of zines and teaches participants to make their own!
Participants will learn simple image-making techniques like pochoir and easy-to-do zine structures including variations on the accordion book.
Required Materials:
Required Materials:
- Paper! (Copy paper is fine but you may want a variety of papers)
- Adhesives (recommend double-stick tape, glue sticks, and PVA, but most adhesives are fine)
- Thread and a needle
- Cutting mat and cutting tools (X-acto, Olfa knife, or scalpel and scissors)
- Pencil, ink or paint
- Newsprint or other scrap paper to glue on
- Collage materials (leaves, old photographs, magazines, paint swatches, fabric, security envelopes, thread, anything!)
Optional Materials:
- Mylar
- Awl
- Bone folder or Teflon folder
- Scanner/printer or photocopier
- Tape
- Markers, crayons, colored pencils
- Stamps and ink pads, cotton balls, makeup pads
About Beth Sheehan
Elizabeth (Beth) Sheehan is a printmaker, papermaking, and book artist living in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Her work investigates ideas of memory and perception to explore her own lack of episodic memory.
All images courtesy of the instructor.
