Panel Book Box

Panel Book Box 

Saturday, October 25 | 9:00AM - 4:00PM
Sunday, October 26 | 10:00AM - 1:00PM

Studio of Becky Frehse | 2926 South Steele St.
Tacoma, WA

Registration is Required

The workshop will explore the panel book structure composed of double boards glued to bookcloth hinges to form stacked double-sided panels that sit on top of a small, lidded box to house small objects. Workshop participants will learn how to assemble the structure without access to a nipping press. Various approaches to covering the boards will be demonstrated.

Meet the Presenter: Elsi Vassdal Ellis

Elsi Vassdal Ellis retired in June 2017 after 40 years teaching design production and book arts at Western Washington University. As EVE Press she has produced over 148 editions via offset, letterpress and digital printing, and 127 unique books since 1983 in a well-equipped studio. Her work is permanently housed in over 135 collections including the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, San Francisco Public Library Grabhorn Collection, Yale University Library Arts of the Book Collection and The Wiener Library for the Study of Holocaust and Genocide, London, England.

http://evepress.net

Additonal Information 

Tools to be provided by students:

• Metal ruler

• Cutting mat

• Snap-off blade knife/X-Acto knife

• Scissors

• Bone/teflon folder

• Glue stick (if adding embellishments to covered boards)

• PVA and glue brush

• Medium size binder clips (30)

Materials provided by students precut for the workshop:

• Personal collection of text-weight decorative papers

14 4.25” squares - either of two colors or more for panels

1 4" x 13" strip for walls of box

+ Leftover paper to fill the negative space between the turn-ins of covered squares