Cabinet of Paper Curiosities with Shawn Sheehy (Online)

Schedule:
Jan 9, 2021: 10:00am - 3:00pm (ET) - break between 12pm - 1pm (ET); 
Jan 10, 2021: 1:00 pm - 3:00pm (ET); 
Jan 16, 2021: 10:00am - 3:00pm (ET) - break between 12pm - 1pm (ET); 
Jan 17, 2021: 1:00 pm - 3:00pm (ET) 

Consider five small shallow boxes, each folded from a single sheet of heavy stock. Imagine binding these drawer-like boxes into something reminiscent of a book block, complete with its own cabinet-like case. Inside each of these boxes you construct something mechanical from paper that can be used many ways. You have just built a Cabinet of Paper Mechanical Curiosities—a 4D Whitman’s sampler of movable delicacies, made entirely with paper.

This workshop removes the restraint of FLAT from the codex page. The first box explores movable paper engineering fundamentals. By adding a sculptural component, the second amplifies a model from the first box. The third is a tiny automata. The fourth contains a classic crankie. The fifth box employs a shutter structure to mysteriously bring an object into view. You will make this movable mechanical magic out of little more than card stock, glue, and simple hand tools. Both paper engineering beginners and advanced practitioners will be accommodated and challenged by this material.

Prerequisite: Experience with basic pop-up structures and bookbinding techniques necessary.

A kit with all papers cut to the exact sizes needed will be mailed prior to the workshop. The materials fee is included in the price of the workshop plus what you need to provide (click on link below)

Location/Venue:  Online with Peters Valley School of Craft
For more info & pictures:  https://tinyurl.com/yxwd2z52
Cost/Fee:  Guest - $400/Member - $370
Material/Studio fee:  Included

Their workshop calendar:  https://petersvalleyworkshops.bigcartel.com/category/online-workshops

https://www.pyramidatlanticartcenter.org/workshops

Instructor and bio: Shawn Sheehy has been teaching and making pop-up artist books since 2001. Sheehy has published two trade pop-up books: Welcome to the Neighborwood (2015) and Beyond the Sixth Extinction (2018). He currently serves as director of The Movable Book Society. He holds an MFA in Book Arts from Columbia College Chicago.