Description
Books from the ground up! First, make ink and paints using plant and earth pigments. Second, use our Oregon Coast palette to create decorative book papers, and third, bind a book with a Coptic style binding. (Coptic books are perfect for naturalists, artists and writers as they open completely flat.) Participants will leave with a book, and the know-how to create place-specific colors wherever they find themselves.
About the Instructor
Iris Sullivan Daire is an artist and naturalist dyer who uses site specific pigments and dyes to add new layers of meaning to the narrative of her work. She relishes using science, metaphor and story to bring the materials to life while teaching. Iris lives with her family next to the Columbia River in Astoria, Oregon. She grows traditional dye plants and has been quietly mapping the hidden colors contained within the native and invasive plants of the North Oregon Coast. She holds a BFA in fiber arts from University of Oregon and has been teaching both regionally and nationally for over 20 years.
Learn More
www.dreambirdstudio.com
Materials List
You will need to bring:
Sharp knife for cutting down papers
Roll of wax or parchment paper
Optional: personal bookbinding tools, design tools for making paste paper, extra papers for decorating, cutting mat and scissors
Provided by instructors:
Comprehensive packet
Cut book board for covers
Arches archival paper for pages
Naturally dyed linen book thread
Bottles for ink
Bamboo dip pens
Bone folders
Needles
Paste and brushes
Paste paper tools
Practice paper
Limited brushes