Concertina Books: fun and easy accordion forms 3 different ways
Adult Course | Available
A flat sheet of paper, when it is folded, has three dimensions and can define its surrounding space as front/back or inside/outside. Starting from a simple accordion structure, additional folding and cutting will result in multiple sides or areas for images or texts to be incorporated. Open to all levels.
Overall, the participants will learn and explore at least three variable accordion books with enclosures, one with sewing pamphlet binding with accordion, and creative pockets or frames to accommodate small objects (see attached photo). Each morning, the instructor will present various books and narrative devices with inventive, fun, poetic qualities and potential for many other uses.
- - Assortment of paper and book cloth (available at any art supply stores)
- Personal collections (stamps, travel documents, photos, etc.), small in size and not thicker than 1/8”
- Glue (such as PVA or Elmer’s) and glue stick
- A pair of scissors
- Cutting knife, x-acto knife
- Cutting mat
Optional: mixed media, collage materials – participants’ choices (not thicker than 1/8”), paints, brushes, markers, pencils, any mark making tools
Sammy Lee
Sammy Lee is an interdisciplinary artist and a proprietor of Studio SML |k (small k) in Denver, Colorado. Her work focuses on spatial, narrative, and sequential qualities in personal and smaller communal history, as Lee incorporates her diverse explorations in art and architecture. Lee was born and raised in Seoul, South Korea and moved to Southern California at the age of sixteen. Lee studied fine art and media art at UCLA and architecture at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and also learned bookbinding under a master bookbinder Daniel Kelm. Her work has been exhibited internationally and can be found in collections at the Getty Research Institute, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Spencer Museum of Art, and the Spanish National Library in Madrid, Spain. Lee is recently a resident artist at Redline, currently serves on the Board of Directors for Asian Art Association at Denver Art Museum, and operates a new contemporary Asian art project and residency space called Collective SML | k in Santa Fe Art District, Denver.
Artist's website: www.studiosmlk.com