June and July, 2016 Workshop Photos

In this post we are featuring photos from both the June and July 2016 NORBAG workshops.

Bobbie Hayes conducted the origami fold "wallet book" workshop in June and so didn’t have a chance to take photos. At that workshop we were fortunate to have Lara Cox show examples of her kirigami which is a variation of origami that includes folding and cutting paper. In addition to her exchange book, she brought two hats inspired by 1920's era fashion. The various fold elements include free form flowers as well as spiral cuts and a kirigami fishnet to partially cover the face. The photos below show Lara's beautiful examples of "kirigami fascinators".

The July workshop, titled "Sculptural Leporello", was taught by Michele Kamprath. A leporello is an accordion-like structure that can be of any number of pages. 

 

Take a look at all of the variations!

There are two basic components of the leporello. The pink is the card with a single "V" fold and the green/pink is the same size card that is folded into a "W" and collapses inside the single fold.

The outer "W" fold can be cut, stamped or decorated in almost any manner.

SCULPTURAL LEPORELLO with Michele Kamprath

The July workshop is a playful, accordion-like structure made with sections that fit together and include simple pop-up components. This structure lends itself to various approaches including pictures, stamping, decorative paper, collage, and much more. 

Tools and materials to bring:

• Cutting mat
• Craft knife (X-acto)
• Ruler
• Pencil
• Bone folder
• 1/4" - 1/2" double-sided tape
• Scissors
• Glue stick
• 6-8 pieces of cardstock 8 1/2" x 11" and/or double-sided paper. A note from Michele about the paper: For one version of this book, plain cardstock was used. For another version, I used decorated cardstock. Either works fine. If you have some decorative cardstock, you may want to bring it to help your book "pop". (You may want plain on the backside and decorative on the front of your individual elements--see photos for examples.)

Decorating possibilities to bring if desired:

• Stamps, inks, pictures, Washi tape, pens, colored pencils, paper punches, bevel-edged scissors, quotations

What will be provided:

• Instructions
• ribbon
• bevel-edged scissors
• paper bits

When:    Saturday July 9 at 12 noon
Where:   Eureka Methodist Church at Del Norte & F Streets
Bring:     See the above list
Cost:       50 cents
RSVP:     YES, by July 5 to Michele Kamprath, (contact information is in the newsletter)

January NORBAG Workshop

In January, our workshop taught us about a Leporello structure.  Instead of a single piece of paper folded as an accordion/concertina, you have separate folded sections glued to each other to form an accordion fold that is not limited by the length of a single piece of paper. 

According to Imago.co.uk: "Steeped in history, this binding technique takes its name from Don Giovanni’s manservant, Leporello, in Mozart’s famous opera.   A notorious lothario, Don Giovanni seduces so many women that when Leporello displays a tally of them all, it unfolds concertina-like across the stage, as a list of considerable length!"

Sounds quite elegant and posh. Not so for this workshop. Margaret B. from the UK sent us an exchange book that is brightly colored and exuberant. Since Margaret is in the UK, Dolores did the workshop.

Things started neatly. We started by picking five papers of different colors to make the cards.

Then things started getting a little out of hand when we started adding scrap paper and punches for the surface design.

Then the tables exploded with color.

In the bottom right, you can see that the covers were folded in half and that was the base unit used in the Leporello.

We made a WOW fold in a different color and added it to the folded card.

The next several pictures show many of our designs.

Hmmmmm

By the way, here is a picture of Ellen G. who takes and posts all of the photos of the exchange books on Flickr. She is taking pictures while the rest of us are at play in the workshop! Make sure to tap the Flickr pictures button to see the books in full color that are just black and white in the newsletter. The last photos displayed are from the December Card Exchange. The current month of pictures are usually up by the time you receive the next month's newsletter.