From Book Shelves to Cat Walk: Wearable Papercuts and Artist Books (Tacoma, WA)

From historical roots to the contemporary art scene—paper cutting has multiple facets. Simple techniques, cutting, stenciling, and modeling can be used to create large installations or intimate works. In this intense workshop of serious fun, we will study wearable/collapsible structures and explore unique ways to tell stories. Participants will cut their designs into scarves, make pop-up hats, create masks out of Tyvek and paper. We will be looking for new approaches to engage the viewer by offering new content and shape, we will make clothing and accessories as metaphor and fashion for inspiration. Participants will learn researching ideas, drawing composition, paper cutting techniques and how to make paper dimensional with basic pop-up and paper sculpture’s techniques. Adaptation to other materials such as glass or metal and digital possibilities of 3D programs and animations will be discussed. All skill levels are welcome, beginning to advanced.

Location/Venue: Artful Dreamers Studio
For more info: https://pugetsoundbookartists.wildapricot.org/event-3357602
Cost/Fee: $375/members/$410 non-members
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Instructor and bio: Béatrice Coron explores visual storytelling in artist books, paper cutting, public art and wearable sculptures. Her cut designs are made of paper, glass or metal from small to monumental. Her work can be seen in major collections such as the Metropolitan Museum, The Getty, the Walker and her public art includes in subway stations in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. Masking and revealing is essential to story-telling and will be played with to take the artist book on the wild side.

Listen to her unusual story on TED.