WORKSHOPS
2008
LINDA SOBERMAN: Extending the Photograph - October 2-4, 2008
CATHERINE NASH: Visual Journaling: Drawing from the Natural World - November 8-9, 2008
KUMI KORF: How to Bind Five Eggs - February 10-11, 2009
KUMI KORF: Hidden Rooms - February 13-14, 2009
For further information or to share ideas about workshops, contact Carolyn DuPont cidupont@aol.com
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Linda Soberman
Artist’s Statement: In my work, process and concept walk hand-in-hand. Pushing the traditional boundaries of photography, I combine my images with printmaking, embroidery, drawing, and the computer. Living in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico has expanded my visual world and my methods of image making. The colors and light of Mexico have gradually seeped in to my work. The graphic quality of Mexican illustration, the use of Mexican iconographic symbols and the repetitive patterns in the fabrics have inspired and influenced my current work.
Many contemporary artists use readymade source material. My imagery incorporates family and found photographs, and most recently, images from mid-20th century Mexican and American printed materials. These images are combined with repeated patterns found in popular Mexican oil cloth designs and embroidery fabrics. By removing the images from their original context and by juxtaposing the shared symbols from each culture, memory is linked. For me, using historical images evokes a duality of ideas, at once decorative and yet questioning the role of the original in popular culture. For more information go to: http://www.lindasoberman.com/
Workshop Summary: Explore the many techniques for transferring photographic images to watercolor paper, fabric, plexiglass, metal and ceramic tile. Using black and white and color photocopies combined with solvents and mediums, you can create beautiful watercolor-like images. Further alter your images with paint, text and collage. All transfer methods are easily learned and can be combined with other media, such as book arts to create new possibilites.
Drawing from the Natural World
Saturday & Sunday, November 8-9, 2008
Location: At Desert Paper, Book and Wax, the studio of Catherine Nash, located in Barrio Hollywood near Grande Ave and Speedway Blvd. We will also take advantage of the Santa Cruz River Park and wash only one block away. Cost: $150 plus $17 materials fee for artists’ sketchbook and supplies - Limited to 14 Registration: Carolyn DuPont cidupont@aol.comHow to Bind Five Eggs February 10-11, 2009
Hidden Rooms February 13-14, 2009
Location: Christ Presbyterian Church near Broadway and Wilmot
Enrollment: Limited to 12 participants per class.
Cost:
Note: Because we expect these workshops to be very popular, we are limiting initial enrollment to one class per member. You may place yourself on the “wait list” for the second class. If we have seats available after October 15th we will draw wait list names by lottery. You will be notified by November1st. Questions:call Mabel at 745-1597
"HOW TO BIND 5 EGGS"
Each participant will construct a hand-bound, cloth-covered book which can include written text, as well as a shadowbox area containing one or more three-dimensional objects (the volume of which should not exceed that of five eggs). The written text is entirely optional, and can be written before or after the class. The first day a model/prototype will be made from parts supplied by the instructor. As soon as the assembly and structure of the prototype is understood, one can start one's own project. Though resembling a traditional book in some ways, this versatile format incorporates a hidden compartment for objects. It can also be used as or can a three-dimensional stage for visually expressing ideas that complement the text. The final product will be an inventive structure that is both book and box.
Image at left: Kumi Korf, "How to Bind 5 Eggs"
"HIDDEN ROOMS"
The structure to be explored is simple but versatile for artists who like to present poetry, statement, narration, or surreal theatre combined with architectural spaces. We will start with a cube (approx. 5x5x5") which will be divided into four equal segments. These are individually hinged to a base. Each segment will be covered with collage materials (2-dimensional and 3-dimensional) of the students' choices. The final sculpture provides surprises and delights at one's fingertips with variable architectural configurations. Pre-cut structural materials will be provided by the instructor. Each participant will provide their own collage and decorative elements.
Image at left: Kumi Korf, "Hidden Rooms"
WHO IS KUMI KORF
Kumi Korf is a nationally recognized book artist and printmaker. Her work is in notable collections throughout the country including those at Harvard University, Cornell Univsersity, Mills College, Museum of Modern Art in New York City, and the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Her book “Silk and Secrecy” was selected for inclusion in the recently published “The Book as Art” by Krystyna Wasserman.Among the many places where she has taught book arts are: The Center for the Book in New York City, the San Francisco Center for the Book in San Francisco, The Women’s Studio Workshop in Rosendale, New York, and Pyramid Atlantic in Riverdale, Maryland. From 1981 through 1985 she was on the teaching faculty in the Art Department at Ithaca College, in Ithaca, New York. She received her B.A in Architecture from the Tokyo University of Fine Arts, her M.F.A from Cornell University and in 1987 apprenticed at the Dieu Donne Papermill in New York. PaperWorks is indeed, fortunate, to have such a distinguished artist presenting our winter workshops.