About the Workshop
Explore the book as a versatile form for collecting, developing, and experimenting with ideas. In this hands-on workshop, you will learn core materials and techniques for making sketchbooks and artist books—from folded and single- or dual-signature bindings to accordion and leporello structures. Using your own images, writing, and found materials, you will create at least five unique book models, exploring these forms through cutting, collaging, and sequencing. Guided prompts and exercises highlight the relationship between form and content, leaving participants with a set of unique books and a deeper understanding of the artist book as both object and creative practice. All levels and backgrounds welcome.
Refer to the Materials List for materials students should bring to the workshop.
Workshop-Materials-List-Janine-Wong.pdfAbout the Instructor
Janine Wong is an artist and educator specializing in color, printmaking, and book arts. Wong received an MFA in Design from the Yale School of Art and a BArch from School of Art, Architecture and Planning, Cornell University. Her work is featured in collections such as the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, the Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art at the University of Richmond, and the Yale Art Gallery, Brown University, as well as the Rhode Island School of Design. A recipient of a Regional NEA award for works on paper, Wong also served as a Visiting Artist at the American Academy in Rome. Her artwork has been exhibited nationally, highlighting her contributions to both book arts and prints.
