From Book Shelves to Cat Walk:
Wearable Papercuts and Artist Books
with Béatrice Coron
Friday-Sunday, August 23, 24, and 25, 2019
9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Location: 2926 South Steele Street, Tacoma
Fee: $375/members/$410 non-members
Advance Registration opens May 17th!
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.
Instructor: 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.
www.ted.com/talks/beatrice_coron_stories_cut_from_paper.html
www.beatricecoron.com
All skill levels are welcome, beginning to advanced.
Participants will need to bring basic tools (a final list will be provided prior to the workshop).
- Any scraps of paper for collage
- Metal ruler
- Scissors
- Glue sticks and/or PVA, double side tape
- Stapler
- Cutting mat (if buying a new one consider 18 x 24" in translucent gray)
- Utility knife, Xacto or equivalent with replacement blades (number 11)
- Images: old magazine, photocopies, or inspirational images (photo/art images or your own work)
Optional:
- Texture and decorative papers to use in collages
- 3-rings binders and clear sheet protectors to keep notes and small paper cuttings
Fee: $375/members/$410 non-members
Advance registration opens May 17-June 9.
Registration opens to the public June 10.
Space is limited, registration is required, payment is due at the time of registration. PSBA accepts no walk-ins to workshops.
Materials fee: will be communicated prior to the workshop and is due on the day of the workshop
For a description of PSBA workshop policies please click here.
For questions about this workshop email: Debbi Commodore at commodoredr@icloud.com (email subject line: workshop question)
Lunch is not provided. Please plan to bring a sack lunch as there are not any nearby places for lunch. We will have a cooler for lunches that need to be in the fridge.