Newport Paper & Book Arts Festival

Explore light, texture and patterns with this introduction to the ancient techniques of making papyrus. Fruit and vegetables are sliced, cooked and laminated together to form translucent sheets.  You are encouraged to play with your food and discover the complex beauty and natural wonder of common/uncommon fruits and vegetables. Book making examples as well as preservation and display possibilities, prints and frames will be discussed.  Students will be responsible for attending to their press 2-3 times a day, tapering off as the papyrus dries.

REGISTRATION IS CLOSED FOR THIS WORKSHOP

Learn to stitch this beautiful and functional historic binding with book board covers. Decorative papers are provided for the covers and for additional sheets to wrap each section of the book, along with sketch-ready text block papers. Use the single needle technique. Curved needles provided, along with many colors of linen thread to choose from. This structure opens flat, great for sketchbooks, journals and more. If time allows, sew a pocket-size version, plus create insets for cover labels or embellishments.

REGISTRATION IS CLOSED FOR THIS WORKSHOP

Folded triangles are fundamental not only to origami structures but to several books made by carefully cutting and folding a single sheet of paper. In this workshop, we explore three structures utilizing with this fold: the Triangular Book, a version created by Hedi Kyle using a single sheet of paper, a variation on her book using hard covers, and a sculptural book of your personal design using this fold.