Book & Paper Arts Workshops
Concertina Book According to Hedi Kyle (Chatou, France)
During this workshop you will learn to make some of the most famous structures developed by Hedi Kyle, belonging to the concertina book family: Blizzard, Crown, Upside-down, and Flag Book.
We will produce different models with many materials, to highlight their different characteristics and behaviors.It will be a very stimulating job that requires precision and concentration, but will give surprising results.
Location/Venue: Atelier d'Arts Appliqués du Vésinet (10:00am - 5:00pm both days)
For more info & pictures: https://tinyurl.com/yclzjep6
Cost/Fee: €225 (approx. US$265 as of July 7, 2018)
Material/Studio fee: €20 (approx. US$24 as of July 7, 2018)
Must be a member of Atelier d'Arts Appliqués du Vésinet - €25 (approx. US$29 as of July 7, 2018)
Their workshop calendar: https://tinyurl.com/y9oyom2y
Instructor: Graduated in Painting in 1990 from the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera in Milan, Italy, Cristina Balbiano d'Aramengo has worked as assistant to the Paper Conservation Program for professional restorers in Aosta and as trainee to the Laboratorio di Restauro Scentifico del Libro in Rome, Italy. In 1993, Cristina opened her own workshop in Milan, while completing her professional development at the 'centro del bel libro' in Ascona, Switzerland.
Cristina's training in both bookbinding and conservation, has led to a respectful approach to the book and to making unobtrusive and discrete bindings, with minimal use of adhesives.
She is also involved in creative contemporary bookbinding and likes to study and play with structural elements, emphasizing aesthetic features as well as functional qualities.
She has taken part in several exhibitions in England, Italy, France, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands and United States. Presently, Cristina works for private collectors and bibliophiles and teaches fine binding, restoration and book arts, both in Italy and abroad, while collaborating with other professional contemporaries (bookbinders, artists, photographers, calligraphers, graphic designers).