Course Code: 25MPE106V
This Virtual workshop takes place at Zoom on Tuesdays, July 1st – 22nd, 2025 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm ET.
- Tuesday, July 1st, 6:00pm – 8:00pm ET
- Tuesday, July 8th, 6:00pm – 8:00pm ET
- Tuesday, July 15th, 6:00pm – 8:00pm ET
- Tuesday, July 22nd, 6:00pm – 8:00pm ET
Please Note: Registration for this workshop closes on June 17th, at 11:59 pm.
About the Workshop:
This virtual workshop is taught by CBA instructor Shawn Sheehy.
With their closely interlocking and carefully contoured layers, sliceforms provide spectacular opportunities for rendering shape. Their many slotted joins reduce fold tension in the structure and allow for fluid, easy movement—as well as a logical and amusing approach to assembly. In this workshop you will use a kit of pre-cut pieces to assemble and study a variety of applied sliceform structures, with the ultimate goal of designing your own sliceform. As a final step, you will bind the structures into a simple case.
All skill levels are encouraged!
Required Tools:
- Bone folder
- xacto knife/blades
- microspatula
- Tweezers
- steel ruler
- self-healing mat
- PVA or other strong white craft glue
- 415 or other double-stick tape
About Shawn Sheehy
Shawn Sheehy has been teaching book arts courses and workshops since 2001. His broadsides and artist book editions have been collected by such prestigious institutions as Stanford, Carnegie Mellon, University of Chicago, Library of Congress, UCLA, and Harvard. Sheehy’s trade pop-up books Welcome to the Neighborwood and Beyond the Sixth Extinction (both mass-market versions of previous artist books) were published by Candlewick, winning numerous awards. Sheehy served as director of The Movable Book Society from 2018 to 2023. He holds an MFA in the Book Arts from Columbia College Chicago.
All images courtesy of the instructor.