Expressive Adventures in Book Arts


Tuesday, May 4, 2010

APRIL WORKSHOP - Japanese Stab Binding Meets Water


Japanese stab binding sharpened wits. Everyone learned four-hole binding and some  people boldly incorporated the more challenging tortoise shell and hemp leaf designs in their books.  Water proved compelling. In its ebb and flow on a variety of papers, water generated ink-wash images and added sculptural surprise to books by warping and wrinkling the pages. Water even evoked poetry.

Each water book took us all to a unique world; an exploration of pattern and rhythm, memories of the ocean's edge, expressions of grief, a place of rocks and snakes, appreciations of a world shaped by water, to describe just a few. What exciting books! And what fun to enjoy a book making adventure in good company.

Cheers to you all,
Jo



Thursday workshop group water poem

life above and below the water
ripples
uncertainty
rocks
a worm, a long worm snake,
a snaky worm
raindrops on water
movement
Ania Aldrich





Deanna Touhey












Jo Ann Innello
Karen Holtslag







Pam Wright







































Saturday Workshop group poem

ripples
a landscape
shirring
a road
rootlets
a lake
wrinkles
reflections
a sausage casing
and a ribbon
I see a path
flower bed
a marsh
a person


Susan Appollo
Glenda Schwarz








Diane Johnson


Annie Scibienski

Debbie Stone


Cait Johnson

Terry Sennett

Betty Vera




Josette Lee
Angela Balletto

2 comments:

  1. What marvelous, magical fun this was! Thank you for sharing your wisdom and sense of play with us--you are an amazing teacher.

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  2. Your blog spot and the work featured are delightful and inspiring. Thank you for sharing the magic!

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