5-week | 6-8:30PM | Fridays, March 20 through April 17 | $250
From broadsides and pamphlets to zines and art books, bookbinding has a long history that parallels that of the printing trades. In this class students will explore the construction of various book forms, using traditional and archival bookmaking materials. Further emphasis will focus on aspects of content: audience, communication, dissemination of ideas, and durable historical archives. From simple folded zines and sewn saddle stitch bindings, to Japanese binding of loose pages and Coptic binding of page signatures, the full gamut of possibilities will be explored with a variety of real-world projects.
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Daniel Drennan ElAwar is an illustrator, printmaker, fiber artist, and educator. His work, based in a documentary genre, focuses primarily on issues of displacement, dispossession, and disinheritance. His research and practice concerning decolonization and resistance led to the founding in 2009 of a Beirut-based artists’ collective, جمع اليد (Jamaa Al-Yad). He currently manages the studio and workshops for Frontline Arts in Branchburg, NJ.
