What a great session we had last Monday, November the 12th, when printmaker, letter press printer, and book artist extraordinaire Sarah Bryant came to visit! Sarah holds an MFA in Book Arts from the University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa. Her recent artist's book Biography is the winner of the 2011 Minnesota Center for Book Arts (MCBA) Prize and the 2010 Award for Artistic Excellence at Pyramid Atlantic.
Be amazed by her work: Sarah's website.
At the JCC, Sarah showed us her beautiful books and spoke about her inspiration and process. Then, she conducted a workshop on simple, book making techniques. Here are some pictures of the evening:
First, Sarah showed us how to handle the paper:
Then how to fold it and crease it:
Marc (in background) threading the needle:
Stitching with Audrene and Clarice:
Judith carefully folding her book:
Maida and David at work:
Men at work:
The stitched book:
Our finished products: a stitched book and an accordion fold:
Marc (in background) threading the needle:
Stitching with Audrene and Clarice:
Judith carefully folding her book:
Maida and David at work:
Men at work:
The stitched book:
Our finished products: a stitched book and an accordion fold:
A Flag Book out of Sarah's "box of wonder":
-could this be our next workshop? ;)
The happy Lab co-facilitators, Natanya and Jody with their special guest:
Check out the Cleveland artist being hailed as the daVinci of this, the digital age, Marc Breed. Creator of the psychedelic peace symbol, male exotic dance pioneer, filmmaker to two of the highest grossing adult films of all-time, civil and first amendment rights advocate, and if that weren't enough, he readily admits to having escaped from one of America's most secure prisons (his golem remains in the prisons archive).And to boot, he has a testedI.Q. Of 152. And most amazingly, a former Satmir Hassid.
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