VIRTUAL OPEN STUDIOS WINTER 2021: Art 166 Art of Bookmaking
Instructor - Kathleen Perry Dyer
Bailey Jones
Isabel Pacheco
“Valentine’s Book”
Book board, book cloth, waxed linen thread, Coptic stitch, watercolor on watercolor paper, fabric paint
This book was made in celebration of Valentine’s day and was a gift I made to myself in an act of self-love.
“Dive”
Book board, book cloth, watercolor on watercolor paper, fabric paint, accordion fold specialty paper, wrap around accordion
This book depicts me diving into my thoughts and exploring the surface thoughts down to lost memories. The images are painted on watercolor paper and adhered to specialty paper and show me sinking in water with floating objects depicting different thoughts like homework assignments and insecurities.
“Grow”
Book board, book cloth, fabric paint, handmade seed paper, acrylic pen, marbled specialty paper, coffee, magnets
This book has paper made from recycled paper scraps and California wildflower seeds dyed with coffee. The text is about my desire to grow as a person and the steps I need to take in order to do so.
Pages from “Grow”
Book board, book cloth, fabric paint, handmade seed paper, acrylic pen, marbled specialty paper, coffee, magnets
This book has paper made from recycled paper scraps and California wildflower seeds dyed with coffee. The text is about my desire to grow as a person and the steps I need to take in order to do so.
Jan Garcia
“Grounded”
Coptic Stitch, 6”x4.5”, 2021
Book board, blue book cloth, thread, cyanotype prints on Arches Platine. This 2 edition book explores the process of healing and staying grounded through both bookmaking and cyanotype printing.
“Grounded” pages
“Grounded” pages
“Grounded” colophon page
Kaitlyn Bean
Kaitlyn Bean
“Hallucinate”
Construction paper, cellophane, filler paper, book board, book cloth.
Description: Title page of my book “Hallucinate”.
Kaitlyn Bean
“Hallucinate”
Construction paper, cellophane, filler paper, book board, book cloth.
Description: Page one and two of my book “Hallucinate”.
Kaitlyn Bean
“Hallucinate”
Construction paper, cellophane, filler paper, book board, book cloth.
Description: Page three and four of my book “Hallucinate”.
Kaitlyn Bean
“Hallucinate”
Construction paper, cellophane, filler paper, book board, book cloth.
Description: Page five and six of my book “Hallucinate”.
Kalen Meeks
Pages from Troublemakers, 5.75” by 5.75”, Hardcover Pop-Up Book
A 12-page full color pop-up book featuring six digitally-illustrated scenes. The book tells the story of a pair of raccoons going about their joyous and colorful daily lives. It’s a sweet reminder to appreciate the little things in life.
Brain Soup, 6” by 6”,Hardcover Accordion Wraparound Book
A hardcover book showcasing eight digitally-illustrated images. The book depicts my anxieties, existential crises, and identity through visual narratives. Unfolds to 6” by 55”.
Channel Surfing Flip Through from Kalen Meeks on Vimeo.
Flip Through of Channel Surfing, 5.5” by 8.5”, Three-Hole Pamphlet Book
This comic examines our relationship with media and our perception of the world around us.
Lee-Anna Meza
Lee-Anna Meza
“393 miles”
Accordion wrap around book with hard covers, acrylic paint
This book is meant to represent the six to seven hour drive to Santa Cruz from my home town in Southern California.
Lee-Anna Meza
“393 miles”
Accordion wrap around book with hard covers, acrylic paint
This book is meant to represent the six to seven hour drive to Santa Cruz from my home town in Southern California.
Lee-Anna Meza
“393 miles”
Accordion wrap around book with hard covers, acrylic paint
This book is meant to represent the six to seven hour drive to Santa Cruz from my home town in Southern California.
Lee-Anna Meza
“393 miles”
Accordion wrap around book with hard covers, acrylic paint
This book is meant to represent the six to seven hour drive to Santa Cruz from my home town in Southern California.
Lesly Linares
“Untitled Samples”
French stitch book with green ribbon and thread, Mohawk paper, with book cloth covered book board
Small Accordion Fold with BFK paper, book cloth covered book board
Larger deep red/maroon Accordion Fold wrap around with BFK paper, book cloth covered book board
Madisen Castaneda
Pages from What Goes on in My Head During Class, 4” by 4”, hardcover accordion wrap around
The accordion book details my thoughts during class. The book features six pages of thought bubbles that jump from topic to topic, creating a sense of linear chaos.
(this page is from the same book mentioned above)
(this page is from the same book mentioned above)
(this page is from the same book mentioned above)
Michaela Martinez
Michaela Martinez
“There are Those that Like to Get Dirty”
5 hole pamphlet stitch with cover
Small pamphlet book with a poem by Gary Snyder Inside accompanied by small drawings
Michaela Martinez
“Red Coptic”
Coptic stitch, red book cloth, book board, and Mohawk Paper
Cover of my final coptic stitch assignment
Michaela Martinez
“Nevada City, CA”
Book board, paper bag, cream cardstock, watercolor paper, watercolor pencils
Covers of my small edition books about what I did growing up in a small town for fun. Inside there are six short poems accompanied by six small illustrations.
Michaela Martinez
“Page 2, Drive”
Second page of my “Nevada City, CA” small edition books.
Rebecca Northup
Rebecca Northup
“Skeletons In The Closet”
Bookcloth, Bookboard, Acrylic Paint
This is a cover for my illustrated book “Skeletons In The Closet.”
Rebecca Northup
“Goodnight Moon, Reillustrated”
Bookboard, Faux Leather, Silver Embellishments
These are the outside covers of 2 editions of my book. I reillustrated “Goodnight Moon” and bound it with a medieval binding.
Rebecca Northup
“French Stitch”
Bookboard, ribbon, waxed linen thread, book cloth.
This is an example of a french stitch.
Rebecca Northup
“The Flowers that Follow”
Paper, waxed linen thread
This is a pamphlet book containing an original poem “The Flowers that Follow.”
Ria Liu
Sydney Geisinger
“Laundry”
Digital illustration, waxed linen thread, pamphlet stitch
A spread from my book ‘Laundry’ which questions how much of our identity is predetermined and how much is derived from our choices through a series of digital drawings and rhetorical questions about dissociation.
“Lush Life”
Book board, Book Cloth, pen, Acrylic Paint, Accordion Fold with Hardcover
This book explored the recovered memories brought forward by taste.
“Divinity”
Book board, Book cloth, Colored Dividers, Tape, Acrylic Paint, Accordion with Hardcovers
The cover of my book, “Divinity”, which focuses on the power of the female form and energy.
“Divinity”
The last page of my book, “Divinity”.
Thomas Goldie
Thomas Goldie
“Twenty Polaroids” edition of 2.
Book board, book cloth, paper, thread, glue, inkjet printed.
This edition of books explores the relationships between black and white polaroids I have taken at different points in my life.
“Twenty Polaroids” Spine detail shot.
“Twenty Polaroids” title page.
“Twenty Polaroids” page 8.