Are you curious how artist books are made? We explore folded books, decorated journals and altered books. We construct a variety of books, using folding, cutting and gluing. The following books are used for reference, and may be available in libraries: Origami Card Craft, The Art of Origami Books, Trash Origami: 25 Paper Folding Projects… and In Falten Gelegt.

Materials:

• Any book about making books
• Scissors, paste, glue, markers, paint
• Paper—regular paper (any color, 8½” x 11”) , old gelli prints, junk mail, envelopes, magazines
• X-Acto knife and protective surface (or magazine or smooth cardboard)
• Delicate ribbon
• Tape—masking tape and/or washi tape
• Paper folding tool or improvised tool for making sharp folds

Syllabus:

Week 1 - Trash Origami: 25 Paper Folding Projects Reusing Everyday Materials,
                 by Rona Gurkewitz

Week 2 - A book with a paper fan that holds the pages (In Falten gelegt)

Week 3 - Signature Card made with square paper (Origami Card Craft)

Week 4 - Accordion Card

Week 5 - Leporello—Accordion book