DRUM LEAF BINDING

Our July workshop will be a demonstration by Judy Detrick on how to make a book with a Drum Leaf Binding. According to AI, "Drum Leaf Binding is a bookbinding technique where single sheets of paper, folded in half to create folios, are glued together along the spine and fore-edge to create a flat opening book. This method, popularized by Timothy Ely, allows for uninterrupted full page spreads, making it ideal for artists' books, photo albums, and visual narratives according to CCAD Packard Library." For the cover, Judy will be teaching the Break-Away Spine as recommended by Tim Ely. Judy says that we can either follow along as she demonstrates, take notes, or watch the recorded video. She says this is a fun project and a great way to ease into a text block and a hard cover. If you have questions before the workshop, please feel free to email her at jdetrick@mcn.org.

Break-Away Spine

Book open

Book closed

Tool & Materials List:

• Pencil

• Scissors

• Metal Ruler

• Emery board (yes, the kind you file your nails with)

• Bone or Teflon folder

• Cutting mat 22" x 17"

• Olfa silver cutter (snap blade) or box knife

• PVA or Yes! paste

• Kindergarten round brush

• Kindergarten flat brush

• Waste sheets (used printer paper is good)

• Waxed paper

• Two (2) waxed paper covered bricks

• One (1) manila file folder or similar

• Cover paper or cloth

• Piece of strong long-fiber Japanese paper or any sturdy paper grain long

• Any number of photos or other artwork printed on good paper *

• * Trim them all to the same size; they will be folded into folios

• Two (2) end papers trimmed to the same size as the folios, grain parallel to fold; (save the scraps)

• Two (2) thin boards (1 mm thick) trimmed to the same size as the folios, grain parallel to fold

• Two (2) thick glossy magazines or phone books or paperbacks larger than the folios

July Meeting: 

When:   Saturday, July 12, at 10 a.m. PDT

Where:  On your computer, tablet or smartphone via Zoom

RSVP:    Dolores Guffey by July 7 to receive the password

Workshop Questions:  Judy Detrick  jdetrick@mcn.org

Zoom Questions:  Bobbie Hayes
Contact Information is in the newsletter

NEWPORT PAPER ARTS FESTIVAL - 2015

 

The Newport Paper Arts Festival (NPAF) is a three day celebration of paper and book arts that is held every April. Sponsored by Oregon Coast Council for the Arts, this was the 20^th anniversary of the festival. This year there were 86 attendees (as listed on the roster) with 17 NORBAG members (six from California, five from Oregon, five from Washington, and 1 from Alaska). There were 12 instructors (including two NORBAG members, Randi Parkhurst and Margo Klass) and 18 workshops covering such topics as monoprinting, surface design, collage, stamp carving, boxes, decorative book binding, nature printing, paper manipulation, photo-transfer, and encaustic. 

All but one of the workshops were one-day classes, but seven NORBAG members chose the two-day Coptic-Bound Flitch Book class taught by Margo Klass. This was a great opportunity to work with vertically cut and aged Alaskan birch wood. Members also took classes such as Gelli Plate Monoprint Mania, Drum-Leaf Binding, Crows’ Feet and Layers Book, and Randi’s two classes; Paper Embellishment and Secret Matchbox Structure.

Gelli plate prints taught by Cheri Aldrich

Sumi ink drawing for the Drum-Leaf class taught by Margo Klass

                           

Spray painted papers

Completed Drum-Leaf Binding Books

Flitches - vertically cut and aged Alaskan Birch 

Margo Klass instructs Michele O and Michele K

Preparing to attach a cover decoration

Carol S and Michele K working on their Coptic binding

Michele O and Sandy V hard at work

Michele O's book almost finished

Here are some completed Flitch books

Carol S, Dolores G, and Michele K 

Even though some classes were very intense, a few of us still found time to play with other book and paper structures in the evening at the Sylvia Beach Hotel. All in all it was a wonderful opportunity to learn new techniques, attend the instructors' book and DVD signing and sale, view the instructors' displays at a reception, and mingle with other book and paper artists.

Instructors' show in the upstairs gallery

Randi Parkhurst demonstrates her latest work, Tansu Gothic. 
The following photos are from the instructors' show.

Randi Parkhurst

Margo Klass

Moe Snyder

Sarah Gayle Plourde

Sarah Gayle Plourde

 Next year the festival will be held April 22-24 so SAVE the date 

and join us in 2016!