Challenging Concertinas (Florence, Italy)

The aim of this seminar is to explore different models of multipurpose booklets, made without the use of glue, resulting from the accordion folding.

Through the basic techniques of scoring, folding and cutting, and using a variety of papers and cards, we will build a sampler of structures useful in the presentation of graphics and calligraphy, as well as useful containers for loose sheets.

Location/Venue: Associazione Cartavetra (10:00am - 1:00pm, 2:00pm - 5:00pm)
For more info & pictures: https://tinyurl.com/y9m9k6nq
Cost/Fee: €100 (approx. US$118 as of July 7, 2018)
Material/Studio fee: €20 (approx. US$24 as of July 7, 2018)
Must be a member of Associazione Cartavetra - €10 (approx. US$12 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).