The Storage Book with Karen Hardy (Online)

Schedule: 
Mar 27, 2021: 1pm - 4pm (ET); 12pm - 3pm (CT); 11am - 2pm (MT); 10am - 1pm (PT); 
Mar 28, 2021: 1pm - 4pm (ET); 12pm - 3pm (CT); 11am - 2pm (MT); 10am - 1pm (PT); 
Apr 3, 2021: optional follow-up session 1pm - 2pm (ET); 12pm - 1pm  (CT); 11am - 12pm (MT); 10am - 11am (PT)

The storage book was designed by renowned book artist and conservator Hedi Kyle to hold thin materials or low-relief objects within the pages. It pairs a concertina spine with double-thick pages to accommodate contents which are viewed through window cut-outs. In this workshop, participants will learn how to make a storage book with all of the bells and whistles. Each page of the book will explore a different option for housing and displaying, beginning with simple single-sided items and developing in complexity to include double-sided items, floating items, and removable inserts that can hold items without having to permanently alter or affix them. Also known as the conservation album, this structure is an ideal way to both protect and showcase memorabilia, keepsakes, photographs, prints, or drawings. Even without a pre-existing collection of items to store, it is a great format for simply experimenting with light, translucency, and layering of collaged elements to create your own artwork in the book form.

First Session: Sat, Mar 27, 1pm – 4pm ET
Dyeing tyvek and making the spine, Part 1 of page design 

Second Session: Sun, Mar 28, 1pm – 4 ET
Part 2 of page design, assembling the book

Third Session (optional): Sat, Apr 3, 1pm – 2pm ET
Follow-up Q&A, sharing of work by participants

Level of Experience / Skills Required: All levels; no prior book-making experience required. Some comfort with accurate measuring, folding, and cutting with blades/knives is needed to master the skills taught in this workshop.

Location/Venue: Online with Book Paper Thread
For more info & pictures: http://bookpaperthread.com/the-storage-book
Cost/Fee: $190 workshop registration ($240 with paper kit)
Material/Studio fee:

Their workshop calendar: http://bookpaperthread.com/online-workshops

Instructor and bio: Karen Hardy is a visual artist based in western North Carolina. Her practice is centered on an experimental approach to materials and process, with particular focus on using innovative hand papermaking techniques and a variety of non-traditional materials in artist books, prints, sculpture, and installation. Karen’s award-winning artist books are widely exhibited and held in collections across the country and abroad, including Yale University, Savannah College of Art & Design, Rhode Island School of Design, and Columbia College Chicago. She received an MFA in book arts & printmaking from The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, and has taught book arts at Western Carolina University, Warren Wilson College, the John C. Campbell Folk School, the Southwest School of Art, and other centers for contemporary craft and art. Since 2008, Karen has designed and printed ephemera for both retail and commission as the proprietor of Hardy Letterpress. See examples of her artwork at khardy.com