Successful Book Arts Workshop

Successful Book Art Workshop!!

Several SDCC graphics students and AIGA members attended a workshop on book arts given by Sybil Rubottom of Bay Park Press. This well-attended (sold out, with a waiting list) event featured instruction on several methods of book making and folding. Students learned some simple folding techniques first, and then made a small book with a concertina (like an accordion) fold. They finished by making a larger, bound book with the pages stitched in place. The larger books had beautiful end papers, covers, and spines, and would make very nice gifts.

The instructor helped everyone through the process, and had solutions for all the inevitable first-timers’ mistakes. Students gained a better understanding of what goes into making a book, and the different methods available for putting it together. This workshop was very helpful for anyone wanting to make a handmade book, or for the student preparing for portfolio class.

Thanks all of you for coming!

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Book Arts Workshop
Date: November 13, 2010
Time: 9.30 to 12.30
Location: Bay Park Press
4138 Napier
San Diego, CA 92110
(619) 275-0696
Cost: $5 for members, $15 for non-members (to offset instructor and materials costs)
RSVP: cityaiga@gmail.com

In November we will have the opportunity to learn more about Book Arts from artist Sibyl Rubottom at Bay Park Press.

This workshop will cover a brief history of book arts with examples of eastern and western style book bindings. A glossary of book arts and binding terms will be provided along with a book list and source list. 
Workshop attendees will make an eight page book from a single sheet of paper. A second book structure will be made with an accordion binding.
Workshop attendees will then proceed to learn how to cover boards for  book covers.
The final piece will have a soft spine, sewn binding with hard covers.

Seats are limited to 15-18 students.

Artist’s Bio:
Sibyl Rubottom holds her M.F.A. from Yale University in Painting and her B.F.A. from the Rhode Island School of Design, where she was a European Honors Student in Rome. Sibyl is currently co-proprietor of Bay Park Press in San Diego. Bay Park Press is a small fine arts press specializing in limited edition Artists Books and fine intaglio prints. Sibyl’s books are in the special collections of the John Hay Library at Brown University; Sterling Library at Yale University; U.C.S.D. Mandeville Special Collections; San Diego State University’s Malcolm A. Love Library; Occidental College (Los Angeles); Brigham Young University; Dartmouth College; Indiana University; Walker Art Center; California State University, Hayward; The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, California. Sibyl is currently Artist-in-Residence at the Athenaeum Music and Arts Library in La Jolla, California. She teaches Book Arts at its School of the Arts and at the University of California San Diego Extension. Sibyl conducts creativity workshops and regularly leads tours to Mexico in which book arts are a focus of the trip.
For 25 years Sibyl operated Sibyl Designs, a fabric art business specializing in hand-painted fabric products for the residential and commercial design community. She was represented by Kneedler-Fauchère in Los Angeles, Seattle and Denver, and by John Edwards-Hughes in Texas and Molini-Southard in Florida.
For more information, please visit http://www.bayparkpress.com.

Please make sure to bring an X-Acto knife, a ruler, and your cash payment to the workshop!

Still haven’t sent in your RSVP?  There may still be space!  Email cityaiga@gmail.com.

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