Thinking 3D: Sewn, Folded, Built with Erin Sweeney (Online)

Schedule:  Jun 19, 26, Jul 10 & 17, 2021 -- 3pm - 5pm (ET); skipping Jul 3; 
2pm - 4pm (CT); 1pm - 3pm (MT); 12pm - 2pm (PT); 
Please register early to allow for mailing of your kits. 

Thinking sculpturally and three dimensionally, we will explore the space that these objects take up—a book is a three-dimensional object, and we will expand that idea in this 4-part workshop. Exploring the Hinged Box Book structure and the Coptic binding, we will create spaces to house our narratives and stories in new ways. The Coptic binding lends itself to becoming a long snaky structure, or a dos-a-dos that just keeps going, or a big pile. The Hinged box book can be 4” x 6” or it can be 4’ x 8’! We will also explore alternative materials in this workshop. These structures cry out for photographs to be incorporated.

Kits with basic supplies will be provided (make sure you provide your mailing address at registration). All you need to bring to the screen is your work, and scissors, pencil and paper.

Location/Venue: Online with Maine Media Workshops + College
For more info & pictures:  https://www.mainemedia.edu/workshops/item/thinking-3d-sewn-folded-built-online/ 
Cost/Fee: $250
Material/Studio fee: included

Their workshop calendar: https://www.mainemedia.edu/workshops/book-arts-design/

Instructor and bio: Erin Sweeney lives and works in southern New Hampshire. She received her MFA in Book Arts and Printmaking from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, where she was awarded the Elizabeth C. Roberts Prize for Graduate Book Arts. She also has a BFA in Sculpture from the Maine College of Art in Portland, Maine. Sweeney exhibits nationally, most recently at the Lyceum Gallery at the Derryfield School in Manchester, New Hampshire, Unrequited Leisure in Nashville, Tennessee, and the Thorne-Sagendorph Gallery at Keene State College, Keene, New Hampshire. In July, Sweeney was awarded a Ruth and James Ewing Award for Excellence in the Arts.