The creative possibilities are endless with this sculptural book structure created by artist Hedi Kyle. Based on an accordion fold, the book can display flags with individual images, written text, or incorporating one large image across all the flags. These are just some of the ideas to be explored in this workshop as participants create their own flag book. All materials are included however attendees are welcome to bring personal images to incorporate into their books.
Registration: $75 including materials; members receive a 10% discount. Become a member today!
Members must log in to activate the discount. If you don’t have a login, please contact us at info[at]printingmuseum.org.
Discover this ancient art form from the Far East of layered unfolding pockets. Using basic paper-folding techniques, build and decorate an intricate book/portfolio for storing almost anything flat: thread, stamps, buttons, and more! No experience necessary. All materials are included however attendees are welcome to bring decorative paper and other items (ribbons, thread, buttons) to embellish their box.
Lynn Williams is a fiber artist and printmaker and member of the Houston Book Arts Guild.
Registration: $120 including materials; members receive a 10% discount. Become a member today!
Members must log in to activate the discount. If you don’t have a login, please contact us at info[at]printingmuseum.org.
Meet the “Wandering Book Artists” Peter and Donna Thomas during the Houston stop of their cross-country tour celebrating 40 years of making books by hand. They will share stories of their travels and samples of their limited-edition and one-of-a-kind books in a presentation that will be sure to inspire.
The Thomases are book artists from Santa Cruz, California. They make paper, print and bind books. They make both edition and one-of-a-kind books, which combine the precision of the fine press aesthetic with the structural creativity found in contemporary artists’ books. Current books available are shown on their website: http://www2.cruzio.com/~peteranddonna/. Peter and Donna will also be leading a workshop — Illustrating with Wood Type — at the Museum the following day.
Registration
Non-members: $10; Members: $5. Become a member today!
Members must log in to activate the discount. If you don’t have a login, please contact us at info[at]printingmuseum.org.
February 11, 2023
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Have you wondered how those beautiful marbled patterned papers are made? In this hands-on one-day workshop, instructor Tony Vela will show you how! The class will start by going over the preparation of materials, including the carrageenan bath, alum treatment of your paper, and getting pigments to the right state ready for marbling. You’ll learn many of the traditional patterns, such as the Stone marble, Get Gel, Nonpareil, Peacock, French curl, Spanish wave, and more. Each person will be able to make up to 15 marbled sheets to take home.
Level: No experience necessary | Adults 18+
Registration: $120, including materials
Members receive a 10% discount. Become a member today!
Members must log in to activate the discount. If you don’t have a login, please contact us at info[at]printingmuseum.org.
Location: This workshop is in-person at The Printing Museum in our NEW LOCATION, 3121 San Jacinto St.
Cancellations and refund requests must be made a minimum of three days (72 hours) prior to the first class date, by calling (713) 522-4652.
May 13, 2023
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1:00 pm
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4:00 pm
Have you wondered how those beautiful marbled patterned papers are made? In this hands-on one-day workshop, instructor Tony Vela will show you how! The class will start by going over the preparation of materials, including the carrageenan bath, alum treatment of your paper, and getting pigments to the right state ready for marbling. You’ll learn many of the traditional patterns, such as the Stone marble, Get Gel, Nonpareil, Peacock, French curl, Spanish wave, and more. Each person will be able to make up to 15 marbled sheets to take home.
Level: No experience necessary | Adults 18+
Registration: $120. Members receive a 10% discount. Become a member today! Members must log in to activate the discount. If you don’t have a login, please contact us at info[at]printingmuseum.org.
Location: This workshop is in-person at The Printing Museum in our NEW LOCATION, 3121 San Jacinto St.
Cancellations and refund requests must be made a minimum of three days (72 hours) prior to the first class date, by calling (713) 522-4652. In the event that minimum enrollment is not met, the Museum reserves the right to cancel the class and will provide a full refund.
March 25, 2023
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The traditional Korean binding structure has a few distinct characteristics for a side-stitched East Asian binding structure and in this workshop you will get to try them firsthand. Aside from the traditional aesthetic of using red sewing thread and a yellow, soft paper cover, these books were decorated with a wax-transfer pattern and utilized the beautiful and durable handmade paper Korean paper, known as hanji.
Included in this workshop: all book materials will be provided including modern, lightweight Asian paper sympathetic to traditional hanji for text your textblock, traditional yellow-dyed fiber paper for the covers, and wood stencil for the decorative pattern making. This style of binding can also be easily adaptable to make contemporary books for sketching, drawing, and artists books.
Tools required (gather yourself): X-Acto knife or scalpel, metal ruler (at least 12”), bone folder, cutting mat, scissors, scrap of foam core or cardboard for punching sewing stations, awl or pin-vice for punching holes, waste paper, pencil.
Adults 18+
Registration: $80; includes a $30 materials kit mailed to you via US flat-rate shipping (US-only please). Please register by March 10, to allow time for kits to arrive.
Members receive a 10% discount. Become a member today! Members must log in to activate the discount. If you don’t have a login, please contact us at info[at]printingmuseum.org.
Location: Online via Zoom. We are planning to make a recording of the program available to everyone who has registered for several weeks afterwards, so you will be able to watch the entire program at your convenience even if you can’t join us live.
Cancellations and refund requests must be made a minimum of three days (72 hours) prior to the first class date, by calling (713) 522-4652.
About the instructor: Jeanne Goodman is a Conservator for the University Libraries at Texas A&M University with more than ten years of experience in preservation and collections. She received her MLIS from Simmons College with a concentration in Preservation and undergraduate work with University of Delaware in Collections Care. She completed the full-time Bookbinding program at North Bennet Street School and a Von Clemm Fellow with the Boston Athenaeum. Jeanne enjoys teaching and connecting with the community through classroom lectures, instruction, bookbinding and book arts workshops, and demonstrations of historical craft techniques.
November 12, 2022
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10:00 am
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12:00 pm
The traditional Korean binding structure has a few distinct characteristics for a side-stitched East Asian binding structure and in this workshop you will get to try them firsthand. Aside from the traditional aesthetic of using red sewing thread and a yellow, soft paper cover, these books were decorated with a wax-transfer pattern and utilized the beautiful and durable handmade paper Korean paper, known as hanji.
Included in this workshop: all book materials will be provided including modern, lightweight Asian paper sympathetic to traditional hanji for text your textblock, traditional yellow-dyed fiber paper for the covers, and wood stencil for the decorative pattern making. This style of binding can also be easily adaptable to make contemporary books for sketching, drawing, and artists books.
Tools required (gather yourself): X-Acto knife or scalpel, metal ruler (at least 12”), bone folder, cutting mat, scissors, scrap of foam core or cardboard for punching sewing stations, awl or pin-vice for punching holes, waste paper, pencil.
Ages: best suited for those ages 13+
Registration: $75; includes a $25 materials kit mailed to you via US flat-rate shipping (US-only please). Please note the registration deadline, Oct 28th, two weeks prior to class starting, to allow time for kits to arrive.
Members receive a 10% discount. Become a member today! Members must log in to activate the discount. If you don’t have a login, please contact us at info[at]printingmuseum.org.
Location: Online via Zoom. We are planning to make a recording of the program available to everyone who has registered for several weeks afterwards, so you will be able to watch the entire program at your convenience even if you can’t join us live.
Cancellations and refund requests must be made a minimum of three days (72 hours) prior to the first class date, by calling (713) 522-4652.
About the instructor: Jeanne Goodman is a Conservator for the University Libraries at Texas A&M University with more than ten years of experience in preservation and collections. She received her MLIS from Simmons College with a concentration in Preservation and undergraduate work with University of Delaware in Collections Care. She completed the full-time Bookbinding program at North Bennet Street School and a Von Clemm Fellow with the Boston Athenaeum. Jeanne enjoys teaching and connecting with the community through classroom lectures, instruction, bookbinding and book arts workshops, and demonstrations of historical craft techniques.
