Guild of Book Workers ~ California Chapter Sponsored Virtual Workshop

Folded Fan Sculptural Artists’ Book: A Vehicle for Imagination, Experimentation, and Play

Presented by Debra Disman Saturday, June 5, 2021 1:00 – 4:00 pm, Pacific Time Presented live via Zoom

Skill level: Open to all levels of experience

Registration: $50.00 USD for GBW members, $60.00 USD for non-members. Click here to register by May 15, 2021. The workshop will not be recorded. There is a cancellation fee of 10% of the registration fee up to 30 days before the workshop. No refunds are given for cancellations made within 30 days prior to The “Folded Fan Book,” Debra Disman’s personal the workshop. Registrations may not be shared and name for this fun and versatile book structure, is are non-transferable. Please direct questions to comprised of an accordion spine, two covers, and full [email protected]. size pages which “fan out” when the book is opened. This structure can be treated as a traditional codex or Debra Disman is a Los Angeles-based artist working built into a sculptural form limited only by the primarily in the form of the book, both as a solo ingenuity, creativity, and innovation of the maker. practitioner and in the public sphere of community Students will gather their own materials based on the engagement. She creates work and projects which supplies list provided and determine the size and push the boundaries of the book into new forms and content of their books, inspired by examples of materials. Her work is shown in museums, galleries, different ways this structure can be developed, universities, and libraries across the U.S. Disman was reimagined, and used. We will spend the first part of the featured artist for the Big Read in LA in 2016; is the the workshop creating the basic structure, then take recipient of a 2016-17 WORD: Artist Grant / Bruce off into unexplored territory where students can Geller Memorial Prize to create “The Sheltering Book,” utilize their chosen materials to transform their books a life-sized book structure designed as a catalyst for into personal explorations of their own histories or community creativity; and was commissioned by potential futures. Will it become a container of LA’s Craft Contemporary Museum to create an memory, visualization of an intention, a container of interactive book for the 2017 exhibition, “Chapters: dreams, an excavated artifact? Whatever participants Book Arts in Southern California.” She was a Studio choose to create, this book can become a vehicle for Resident at the Camera Obscura Art Lab at 1450 imagination, experimentation, and play. Ocean in Santa Monica in 2018, and has served as an Artist-in-Residence with the City of Los Angeles Materials: Participants will supply and source tools Department of Cultural Affairs since 2017. She is local and materials. The use of existing materials in your Artist-in-Residence at 18th Street Arts Center in Santa living/work space is encouraged. A list of supplies will Monica, CA. Website: http://debradisman.com/ be sent one month before the workshop. The Zoom Instagram @artifactorystudio link will be sent the week of the workshop.