This course explores techniques, structures and materials to create your own Artist Books, unique volume or short run Artist Edition. Possibilities include reclaimed and altered books, renewals, reprints and sculptures in book form. Learn to adapt traditional and innovative bookbinding techniques, structures and projects of intermediate complexity. Projects establish progressive skills upon which you can build and reliably adapt. Learn to arrange text and image for accessible self publishing from your own computer and home printing environment. This course will show you how to develop and prepare your work for entry in some of the UK's top Artist Book fairs with your own bespoke limited Artist Editions and unique volumes of sound construction and lasting beauty. Develop your own personal project with tutored guidance. Projects draw upon western and eastern historical bindings as well as intermediate book concepts such as text and image, layering, fold-outs, non-adhesive bindings and the book as sculptural object. This is a leisure course with no formal assessment. Pariticipants are encouraged to pursue outside development, interests and further practice independently.Develop creative content while progressing through a intermediate range of technical skills which can be combined and adapted to develop your own project. Then create your own Artist's Book for limited editioning using techniques, materials and interests developed through the skills projects. Binding methods combine western and eastern techniques, traditional and contemporary approaches to books and book structures. Learn safe and reliable techniques for measuring, cutting, aligning, folding, gluing and pressing in order to produce an Artist's Book which embodies the artists' intention. Sessions include demonstrations, detailed handouts, step-by-step instructions & diagrams, one-to-one guidance, group discussion and group learning. Students of various levels work together enhancing an exc
Name: Creating Artist Books and Limited Editions - All levels Qualification title: Non regulated Community Learning provision, Crafts, Creative Arts and Design Qualification type: Assessment No formal assessment, no grades are assigned. There are informal group discussions during the course for you to assess your own work as well as the group progress. This is an opportunity for discussion of alternatives, suggestions and informal feedback. Awarding Generic award - no awarding body Created 20160725 10:23:52 Updated 20160725 10:23:52
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Richmond Adult Community College
Further Education
info@racc.ac.uk
020 8891 5907
http://www.racc.ac.uk
Parkshot Town: Richmond County:Surrey
Title: Non regulated Community Learning provision, Crafts, Creative Arts and Design Qualification: Non regulated Community Learning provision, Crafts, Creative Arts and Design Classification: Arts, Media and Publishing