Shaped Boxes
Adult Course | Registration opens 1/7/2025 7:00 AM MST
Don’t get cornered into only square boxes… Boxes come in all shapes and sizes, with lids, compartments, and drawers. Artist books and bound treasures often need creative ways to house them, and here’s the class to learn how to build them. This daylong workshop gives us the time to explore the math, materials, and tips for creating three types of boxes: circular, drawer, and containers with lids. As we are creating these shapes, we will also discuss dividers and ways to expand and innovate from the basics. Students with some bookmaking, measuring and possibly box-making experience are recommended.
Syllabus:
-Welcome
-Handouts
-Terms and expectations
-Boxmaking
-Framework building
-Lunch
-Box covering time with papers
-Questions & next steps
- Bookbinding Tool kit: mechanical pencil, small and large scissors, xacto or snap blade knife, small 3" triangle, metal ruler 6-12" and flat 1/2 synthetic brush for gluing
Rhiannon Alpers
Rhiannon Alpers is a papermaker, letterpress printer, and book artist. She has an MFA and a BA in Book Arts and Papermaking. She has taught academic courses and workshops nationally since 2003, and relocated to the Denver area with her family in 2021 from San Francisco. She produces limited edition and sculptural artist books under the imprint of Gazelle and Goat Press. Rhiannon is a member of Spark Gallery in the Santa Fe Arts District. Visit her website at rhiannonalpers.com for more information and artwork.