Book & Paper Arts Calendar Updates - Aug 29, 2017
Hello everyone,
What a crazy 2 weeks it has been! Driving up to Corvallis, OR and back (skip the 101 for now if you are going on a road trip) was over 2,100 miles (including other adventurous side trips) placed on our poor little Honda HR-V but it was worth every mile when we experienced totality on top of Marys Peak! It was awe inspiring, magical, humbling! The very next day after we got back I was off once again to San Diego to attend a workshop! It was very cool and satisfying to make books out of one sheet of paper, meeting people interested in making and creating and learning new structures! Welcome to my fellow attendees to this calendar mailing list. The next day I rested by having an informal class with a young lady who is going off to college in Boston who wanted to learn how to make crumpled and inked craft paper for gift wrapping and we ended up making a couple of books I learned in One-Page Wonders and using the wrapping paper we made to make a handmade card with envelope. It was gratifying to see how excited she got when she started to see things come together!
I received an email from Sandra Pearce in Australia whose workshop newsletter I signed up for. It mentioned a “Wonderful Japanese Washi - Paper Tour of Japan” from September 24 - October 4. How wonderful would that trip be? The hosts, Phil and Kazuko will escort you during the tour, providing individual attention and professional service to help you make the most of your Japan experience. The cost is around $3,700 (I believe this is in AU$) not including airfares and personal spending (eg gifts). Sandra has been on their tour and highly recommends them! I will be signing up for their newsletter and saving my allowance for their next trip! Here is the itinerary for this trip to look over - https://tinyurl.com/y8z6bs8x
In the midst of all our held mail there was an envelope from France. I had ordered “Japan Paper Tour - the book. City paper guide of Japan: Tokyo, Kyoto & Osaka” for when we go to Japan and I go paper hunting! It contains pictures and websites. The stores and their window displays look like works of art! She has similar booklets for London and Paris (all 3 can be ordered in French or English). Here is her website on tictail if you are interested: https://tictail.com/julieauzillon
Here are some upcoming classes in the LA area, San Francisco (SF) and along the west coast (it could be a day-long adventure, make a weekend or whole vacation out of it!). Link to calendar: https://teamup.com/ksd9e12a80c3878ba5
- Sep 2 -3: Bow Making (Olympia, WA)
- Sep 5: Downtown Digging (Los Angeles, CA)
- Sep 6: Full Corn Moon Night Tours at Point Arena Lighthouse (Point Arena, CA)
- Sep 8 - 10: Arrow and Quiver Making (Olympia, WA)
- Sep 9: French Eclair Class (Costa Mesa, CA)
- Sep 9: Drumleaf Binding (Los Angeles, CA)
- Sep 9 - 10: Santa Barbara Sea Glass Festival
- Sep 10: Limp Leather binding (Los Angeles, CA)
- Sep 10: Innovative Folded Forms I (Bainbridge Island, WA) - class with Alicia Bailey
- Sep 14 - 17: Text and Texture: Making Expressive Textures with Calligraphic Marks (Coupeville, WA)
- Sep 16: Paper Arts: List Pad Book (Glendale, CA) - rescheduled from May
- Sep 16 - 17: Three Variations of Hard Cover Books (Los Angeles, CA)
- Sep 16 - 17: The Book as Interactive Sculpture (Seattle, WA) - Register by Aug 31
- [NEW] Sep 16 - 17: Book Excavation Workshop (Bellevue, WA)
- Sep 18 - 21: Nuno Collage Cowl Neck Ever Changing Poncho (Coupeville, WA)
- Sep 21 - 22: Earth Notes (San Diego, CA)
- Sep 22 - 24: Miramar Airshow (San Diego, CA)
- [NEW] Sep 22 - 24: Pop-up Primer with Shawn Sheehy (Bainbridge Island, WA) - Shawn is a premier popup artist!
- Sep 23: Millefeuille Class (Costa Mesa, CA)
- Sep 23 - 24: * Stamped Nature Bound (San Diego, CA) - 1 space left as of Aug 15
- Sep 30: Exploding Paper Cube I (San Diego, CA) - Oooooooo! Bhavna workshop!
- Sep 30 - Oct 1: Coiled Northwest Sweet Grass Basket (Bainbridge Island, WA)
- Oct 3: Fiber & Paper Arts (Pasadena, CA) - every Tuesday until Dec 12
- Oct 5: Full Hunter’s Moon Night Tours at Point Arena Lighthouse (Point Arena, CA)
- Oct 5 - 8: Light Sculpture or Paper Illuminated (Coupeville, WA)
- Oct 7: Paper Arts: Desk Top Calendar (Glendale, CA)
- Oct 7 - 8: BOX with a TWIST (Long Beach, CA) - Registration deadline is Sep 23, 2017
- Oct 14: Paste Paper (San Diego, CA)
- Oct 14 - 15: Cartonnage Tea Caddy (Los Angeles, CA)
- [NEW] Oct 14: Layered Art Journal: Accordion Style (San Diego, CA)
- Oct 20 - 22: The Art of Coiling Baskets and Sculptural Forms (Coupeville, WA)
- Oct 21 - 22: Dust Bin Alchemy - Assemblage (Mendocino, CA)
- Oct 22: Decorative Box Making: Box with Drawers (San Francisco, CA) - Registration deadline is Oct 19, 2017
- Oct 27 - 29: Contemporary Crafts Market (Pasadena, CA) - lots of beautiful things to see, buy and be inspired by - see calendar for free admission
- [NEW] Oct 28 - 29: The Skill of Tea: A Survey of Chinese Tea Wares and Teas (Portland, OR) - every weekend until Nov 12
- Nov 3: Full Beaver Moon Night Tours at Point Arena Lighthouse (Point Arena, CA)
- Nov 4: Paper Arts: Paper Crafted Stocking Stuffers (Glendale, CA)
- [NEW] Nov 4: Sketching and Watercolor: Journal Style (San Clemente, CA)
- Nov 4 - 5: Santa Cruz Sea Glass & Ocean Art Festival (Santa Cruz, CA)
- Nov 9: Cut It Out: Accordion Notes (San Francisco, CA) - 3-hour evening class
- Nov 11: Tiny Books To Wear & Share (San Francisco, CA) - 3-hour morning class
- Nov 11: Book Arts (Pasadena, CA)
- Nov 12: [Waitlisted] One-Page Wonders II (San Diego, CA) - get on the list you may just get in!
Newly found workshops are below. They may be happening within a week to 6 months. I encourage everyone to use the links in the calendar entries as a jumping off point to look for other workshops offered by that organization. If you know of anyone else who would like to get this calendar let me know. Conversely if you no longer wish to be on this list let me know as well. If you happen to know of other organizations or locations that have book & paper arts related classes/workshops, let me know and I will add their classes to the calendar.
Shift-Lab Letterpress Workshop: Thinking in Layers (Two Rivers, WI)
When:
Sat Sep 23, 2017 9:00 - 16:00 (Time zone: Pacific Time (US & Ca)) - workshop with Macy Chadwick &Sarah Bryant
Layered Art Journal: Accordion Style (San Diego, CA) When: Sat Oct 14, 2017 10:01 - 16:30 (Time zone: Pacific Time (US & Ca))
PaperLove with Rachel Hazell (Online) When: Registration opens Thu Aug 17, 2017
Pop-up Primer with Shawn Sheehy (Bainbridge Island, WA) When: Daily until September 24, 2017, from Fri Sep 22, 2017 10:01 - 15:00 (Time zone: Pacific Time (US & Ca))
Sketching and Watercolor: Journal Style (San Clemente, CA) When: Sat Nov 4, 2017 10:00 - 16:00 (Time zone: Pacific Time (US & Ca))
Pop-Up Wildflower Greeting Cards: Spring Set (Kalamazoo, MI) When: Sat Oct 7, 2017 10:00 - 15:00 (Time zone: Pacific Time (US & Ca))
Pop-Up Wildflower Greeting Cards: Summer Set (Kalamazoo, MI) When: Sun Oct 8, 2017 12:00 - 17:00 (Time zone: Pacific Time (US & Ca))
Paper-cutting Washi (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) When: Sun Nov 12, 2017 10:00 - 16:00 (Time zone: Pacific Time (US & Ca)) 1 sheet, 5 books, 1 day (New York, NY) When: Sat Dec 2, 2017 10:00 - 16:00 (Time zone: Pacific Time (US & Ca))
Slot and Tab Book (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) When: Thu Sep 28, 2017
French Link Artist’s Portfolio (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) When: Sat Sep 30, 2017
Wrapping It Up: Beautiful Gift Presentation with a Japanese Touch (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) When: Thu Dec 14, 2017
3-Dimensional Paperworks: Origami Tesselations (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) When: Wed Feb 28, 2018