Book & Paper Arts Calendar Updates - February 1, 2018
Happy February, everyone!
Finally! An update to you after going through over 600 book and paper arts specific emails that had accumulated in 2 different folders over the last 3 months. This is going to be a huge update. Phew!
Did you see that amazing Super Blue Blood Wolf moon yesterday morning? I am always tickled to see astronomical events even if I have to wake up early for it!
The Paper and Book Intensive course catalog is out. Please see the May 13 entry.
Sneak peek at Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts upcoming workshops - https://tinyurl.com/y996swnc
DIY printing press out of a kitchen implement - https://www.lilblueboo.com/2017/01/how-to-make-a-printing-press-from-a-panini-press.html
Here are some upcoming classes on the calendar in the LA area, San Francisco (SF), along the west coast, some states just to the east (it could be a day-long adventure, make a weekend or whole vacation out of it!) and online in the next 30 - 60 days
- Feb 3 : Paper Voodoo: The Magic of Transforming Paper (Bainbridge Island, WA)
- Feb 8 - 10: Box Making Beyond the Rectangle: Star Book and Pyramid Box (Tucson, AZ)
- Feb 10: Drawer and Mini-Book Workshop (San Diego, CA)
- Feb 10 - 11: THE HISTORIC JAPANESE BOOK: FROM WASTE PULP TO WOODBLOCKS (Los Angeles, CA)
- Feb 11: Movable Parts One (San Diego, CA)
- Feb 23 - 25: Sleight of Binding: Making Magic with Paper (San Diego, CA)
- Feb 24: Paper Arts: Choose Your Own Adventure (Glendale, CA)
- Feb 24 - 25: HISTORIC PAPER CASE BINDING (Los Angeles, CA)
- Mar 8 - 10: What If: Creating New Fiber Sculptural Forms through Risk Taking (Tucson, AZ)
- Mar 10, 17, 24: Silhouette, Surface Texture, and Sculptural Forms (Aptos, CA)
- Mar 17: FOLDED ACCORDINGLY (Los Angeles, CA)
- Mar 17: Tri-Fold Folio (Glendale, CA)
- Mar 18: CATERPILLAR STITCH BINDING (Los Angeles, CA)
- Mar 23 - 25: Cathedral of Stories (San Diego, CA)
Newly found workshops are below. They may be happening within a week to 12 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.
Paper Voodoo: The Magic of Transforming Paper (Bainbridge Island, WA) When: Sat Feb 3, 2018 10:00 - 17:00
Drawer and Mini-Book Workshop (San Diego, CA) When: Sat Feb 10, 2018 13:00 - 16:00
THE HISTORIC JAPANESE BOOK: FROM WASTE PULP TO WOODBLOCKS (Los Angeles, CA) When: February 10 2018 to Feb 11 2018 9:00 - 16:00
Movable Parts One (San Diego, CA) When: Sun Feb 11, 2018 13:00 - 16:00
HISTORIC PAPER CASE BINDING (Los Angeles, CA) When: Sat Feb 24, 2018 9:00 - 16:00
Pattern and Paper: Silk Route Impressions (Etobicoke, Toronto, Canada) When: Sat Mar 3, 2018 10:00 - 16:00
8th Annual Cayucos Sea Glass Festival (Cayucos, CA) When: Sat Mar 10, 2018 - Sun Mar 11, 2018
Silhouette, Surface Texture, and Sculptural Forms (Aptos, CA) When: Weekly on Saturdays March 10, 2018, to Sat Mar 25, 2018 9:00 - 12:00
Driftwood Binding (Isle of Iona, Scotland, UK) When: Thu Mar 15, 2018 - Mon Mar 19, 2018
Basic Book Repair Workshop for General Collections (Albany, NY) When: Daily until March 16, 2018, from Thu Mar 15, 2018 9:00 - 16:30
FOLDED ACCORDINGLY (Los Angeles, CA) When: Mar 17, 2018 – Mar 18, 2018 9:00 - 17:00
Text & Image (Hyattsville, MD) When: Sun Mar 18, 2018 11:00 - 17:00
International Beachcombing Conference 2018 (Pine Knoll Shores, NC) When: Wed Mar 21, 2018 - Sun Mar 25, 2018
Cathedral of Stories (San Diego, CA) When: March 23, 2018 to Mar 25, 2018 9:00 - 16:00
Policy Envelope Mini-Album (Glendale, CA) When: Sat Apr 14, 2018 9:00 - 13:00
All About the Accordion (New York, NY) When: April 14, 2018 to Apr 15, 2018 10:00 - 16:00
Shetland Lighthouse Workshop (Bressay, UK) When: Thu Apr 19, 2018 - Mon Apr 23, 2018
Pierced Vellum Binding (Atlanta, GA) When: April 20, 2018, from Fri Apr 22, 2018 9:00 - 16:00
Tunnel Books (New York, NY) When: Daily until April 22, 2018, from Sat Apr 21, 2018 10:00 - 16:00
Introduction to Paper Marbling (San Diego, CA) When: Fri May 4, 2018 9:00 - 16:00
Marbling on Fabric (San Diego, CA) When: Sat May 5, 2018 9:00 - 16:00
Marbling: Studio Class (San Diego, CA) When: Sun May 6, 2018 9:00 - 16:00
Handmade Paper Craft – Journals, Stationery and Paper Art (Aptos, CA) When: Daily until May 20, 2018, from Sat May 19, 2018 18:30 - 21:00
Mills Summer Institute - Session I - Samuel Feinstein & Sarah Bryant (Oakland, CA) When: Mon Jun 4, 2018 - Fri Jun 8, 2018
Mills Summer Institute - Session II - Jessica Spring & Dorothy Yule (Oakland, CA) When: Mon Jun 11, 2018 - Fri Jun 15, 2018
The Architecture of Paper (Pewsey, Wiltshire, UK) When: Tue Jun 12, 2018 - Thu Jun 14, 2018
Full Tilt Bookbinding (Kingston, NY) When: Mon Jul 2, 2018 - Fri Jul 6, 2018
Creative meetings between calligraphy and bookbinding (Mora, Sweden) When: Thu Aug 23, 2018 - Sun Aug 26, 2018
Two Quick Notebooks (Los Angeles, CA) When: Mon Sep 3, 2018
Innovative Album Structures (Pewsey, Wiltshire, UK) When: Sat Oct 13, 2018 - Mon Oct 15, 2018
Pianel (Pewsey, Wiltshire, UK) When: Tue Nov 6, 2018 - Thu Nov 8, 2018
Three Playful Structures: Flag Book, Triangle Book, Jacob’s Ladder (Los Angeles, CA) When: Sat Nov 10, 2018 - Sun Nov 11, 2018
Housekeeping:
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