Materials List

Please bring the following items to the workshop:

  • Ruler

  • Triangle

  • X-acto or other knife

  • Small cutting mat

  • Scissors

  • Bone or teflon folder

  • Pencil and paper to take notes and work with text

  • One or more sets of three to five images that are in some way related or contrasting. If possible, these images should be printed fairly large on an 8 1/2 x 11” page.
    At least some of these images will be photocopied before use, so choose those that will still read well with some loss of detail.

  • Two brief passages of text per set of images that are in some way related or contrast with the images

  • Pens/pencils/markers of students’ choice for adding text to pages, and to add color if desired

 

Workshop

Flag Books: Interplay of Image and Text with Karen Hanmer
Sunday, March 7, 2010, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

One space still remaining for this workshop!

23 Sandy is pleased to announce a flag book workshop with Chicago book artist Karen Hanmer. Karen will have a show in the gallery in March and while she is here we thought we should have her show us this wildly popular, kinetic book binding structure that was invented by Hedi Kyle. This is going to be a fun one, please join us!

The foundation of Hedi Kyle's deceptively small and simple book "flag book" structure is an accordion folded spine. Flaps attached to both sides of each of the spine’s “mountain” folds allow the artist to fragment and layer a number of complementary or contrasting images and narratives. When the flag book spine is pulled fully open, the fragmented images on the flaps come together to create a large, panoramic  image. This transformation is accompanied by a delightful flapping sound. The spine and covers provide opportunities for additional imagery.

In this one-day workshop, students will make a sample book from a kit provided by the instructor, before making a more finished book with their own imagery and hand written text.

Students will experiment with complementary and contrasting text and images. The class will discuss the effects of different spine and page dimensions, direction of motion, and which images might be most successful for use in this structure. Students will learn a tidy, non-adhesive method of covering boards and use a jig to facilitate quicker, more precise assembly.

Before creating books using their own text and imagery, students will review and discuss books from the instructor’s collection of books by other artists, as well as discuss the success and possibilities for improvement of their book models. The instructor will stress the importance of prototype construction and critical thinking at the onset of a project.

While this is not a computer class, digital printing and setting up PhotoShop templates for pages, covers and spines will be demonstrated.

Please note: During the lunch break students will head to a copy shop to prepare their images for binding. The closest location is Kinko's at 39th and Sandy in Hollywood. You might plan on driving to the workshop or carpool with a friend.

WORKSHOP REGISTRATION

Workshop Fee: $130 plus a $35 materials fee for a total of $165.

Registration is quick and easy online. Just click the Paypal button below. You do not need a Paypal account to use this feature, any major credit card will work.

 

 
 

© All images and text copyright the artist. All rights reserved.

Artist Biography

Chicago binder, book and installation artist Karen Hanmer’s intimate, playful works fragment and layer text and image to intertwine memory, cultural history, and the history of science. Her work weds the ancient act of book binding with the high tech use of the computer to aid her process. The intimate scale and the gestures of exploration required to travel through each piece evoke the experience of looking through an album, a diary, or the belongings of a loved one. However, her works often take the forms of games or puzzles, and many include witty text.

Hanmer exhibits widely, and her work is included in collections ranging from Tate Britain and the Library of Congress to National Museum of Women in the Arts and Graceland. Recent solo exhibition venues include Florida Atlantic University, University of the West of England Bristol, and the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County (OH). Recent curated exhibition venues include the Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Brooklyn Museum, Harvard University’s Fogg Museum of Art, the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft and The Center for Book Arts (NYC); and traveling exhibitions sponsored by the Guild of Book Workers, the Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists' Guild, and Les Amis de la Reliure d'Art du Canada.

Hanmer holds a degree in Economics from Northwestern University, and has studied with many notable book artists and fine binders. She is Exhibitions Chair for the Guild of Book Workers, and serves on the editorial board of The Bonefolder, a peer-reviewed online book arts journal. 

Karen is one of 23 Sandy's "Artists in Inventory." Stop by to see a selection of her works in the gallery at any time. Or preview Karen's works in inventory here.

A complete catalog of her work is available online at www.karenhanmer.com.

Withdrawal, cancellation and refund policy

If you need to withdraw from this workshop, you must do so by February 21, 2010. A full refund will be given for withdrawals prior to that date. Registrations canceled later will be refunded only if we can fill your spot, which we will try very hard to do. If no one takes your spot, a refund cannot be issued. If it is necessary for us to cancel a workshop, all registered participants will be notified immediately and will promptly receive a full refund of all payments and fees.

WAIT LIST
If this workshop fills we will add your name to our wait list at no cost to you. If a space becomes available, we will contact those on the waiting list in the order received.