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The Book as Sculptural Medium Part 1:
Box Construction workshop with David Francis
Date: Saturday & Sunday, March 29 & 30
Time: 10 am – 3 pm
Location: 2100 Building, 2100 24th Ave. S. (in Rainier Valley),
Seattle, WA [map]
Cost:
$120 + $10 materials fee
 Using cedar shakes, wire nails, hinges & clasps, and wood glue, participants in this two day workshop will build small boxes (up to 15" x 15"; pre-made cigar boxes can also be used) that are then collaged with a variety of text-based material (such as 18th and 19th century books and other nostalgia / ephemera, handwritten documents, found text, maps, typewriter art, small mirrors, hand-cranks, wire screens, curtains and gauze fabrics, needle & thread, etc.) Final steps include glossing, encaustic, varnishing, painting and/or oven-heating in the manner of Joseph Cornell et al.
Instructor Biography: Currently an Instructor in Diverse Disciplines at Pratt Fine Arts Center, David Francis also taught at Cornish College of the Arts for seven years and in Hungary and Poland as a Fulbright Scholar. A board member of CoCA, he has published some 25 poems in literary journals like Ploughshares, Iowa Review, Verse, Poetry Northwest, and many others.
Please contact Lisa Hasegawa
at lisa@seattlebookarts.org for
more information, or to register at the student rate or SCBA supporter rate. To register for this class, please click the
link below and pay using a credit card, debit card, or PayPal account. You may also print and mail in a registration form with your payment.
Please register by March 22, 2008.
SCBA Cancellation/Refund Policy:
• If your class is canceled by SCBA, you
will promptly receive a full refund.
• If you cancel more than 21 days prior to
the first day of class, you will receive
a full refund.
• If you cancel 21 days or less before the
first day of class, you will receive a credit
for the amount of the original class to be
used for any future SCBA class offered
within one year from the date of the cancellation.
• If you cancel less than 48 hours prior
to the first day of class, no credit or refund
will be granted. However, it may be possible
to obtain handouts for the class pending approval
from the instructor and SCBA.
• If you do not appear in class and we have
not heard from you, no credit or refund of any kind
will be given.
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