Friday-Sunday, April 17-19, 2-5 PM Friday, 10 AM-5 PM Saturday-Sunday
Registration Deadline: April 3
with Elysabeth “Lys” Cianci
Beyond serving as protective storage structures, enclosures play an essential role in the presentation of the works they contain. This weekend intensive workshop will cover all aspects of creating customized enclosures for prints, drawing, editions, and artists’ books. Students will learn how to construct portfolio enclosures and slip cases from both paper and board. Participants will be guided through how to precisely measure and cut binder’s board, paper, and bookcloth to develop the necessary techniques to adapt these structures for any book or collection of prints. We will discuss material choices for archival preservation of art works as well as how these forms can act as an extension of a visual book’s overall concept or design.
Students should bring several prints, drawings, or photographs and 2 small books to base their measurements off of when creating enclosures. Materials and tools will be provided by the studio. No previous bookbinding experience is required.
About the InstructorElysabeth Cianci creates original and editioned printed matter under the imprint Hungermoon Press. Her work is held in several private collections, as well as the Fine Arts Library, Harvard University and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Tufts University. Dividing her time between her home in the mountains of Vermont and the Boston area, Cianci serves as Visiting Lecturer in Printmaking at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, and in the Studio Arts Department at Lesley University, College of Art and Design. Additionally, she is on staff at the Department of Art, Film, and Visual Studies Woodshop at the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University.
