Studio II book launch

The book that my students created this past fall semester in Studio II at the Corcoran is being unveiled this Friday.

RELIQUIAE ARTISTS' BOOK LAUNCH The Corcoran College of Art and Design and the MA Art and the Book Program invite you to the launch of Reliquiae: A Collaborative Artists' Book February 7, 10:30 a.m.    Please join us on February 7th at 10:30 a.m. for light refreshments at the launch of the fourth annual collaborative artists' book by Corcoran College of Art and Design's MA Art and the Book graduate students.  Corcoran Gallery of Art Atrium 500 Seventeenth Street NW Washington, District of Columbia Designed and executed by students in the Fall of 2013 under the guidance of instructor Sarah McDermott, Reliquiae explores the phenomenon of the long-term preservation of the human body, and what these practices symbolize, express, and reveal about the societies in which they occur. Beginning with the idea of the body as a relic, the book then details modern embalming practices and examines seven extreme cases of preservation. Combing intriguing detail about the venerated body with imagery of the deceased, the book encourages the viewer to continue the discovery process.  Reliquiae was created in an edition of 30 and features artists Julie Garcia, Jihae Kwon, Jaime Shafer, and Na'ama Zussman.   For more information, click here. Image provided by the MA Art and the Book program. 500 Seventeenth Street NW  Washington, DC 20006

The Intermediate Object at Pyramid Atlantic

Join me January 18 and 19 for The Intermediate Object workshop at Pyramid Atlantic (bookbinding and screenprinting). It's a class I've been developing for a while and I'm excited about it. Hop on board if you're interested! More info here: http://www.pyramidatlanticartcenter.org/art_programs/register/bookarts.html#bookarts 

Demonstration at Corcoran Print and Book Forum

I will be giving a demonstration- "Variations on Non-Adhesive Structures" at the Corcoran print and book forum on December 7. 

Workshop at Dard Hunter Papermaking Conference

Some images of prep work leading up to the workshop ("Calling Cards") that Gretchen Schermerhorn and I are teaching at the Dard Hunter Pre-Conference October 14-16. More info about the workshop here: http://www.friendsofdardhunter.org/2013pre_workshops.html

 

Knotweed sheets on the left, and banana fiber, after cooking and before beating, on the right.                                                

What we've been up to for the last 5 weeks

Built-in-groove, sewn-on-cords, and leather drumleaf bindings made by my all-star group of students in Binding II at the Corcoran.

Summer classes

I'm teaching the following classes this summer. All are currently open (even Binding II- although it's a graduate level class one can register via Continuing Education).


--Fukuro-toji (aka pouch books) workshops at the Freer-Sackler Smithsonian Gallery of Asian Art with other teaching artists from Pyramid Atlantic, June 22, 23, 29 and 30. These workshops are to accompany their lovely exhibition "Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books." Register here: http://www.asia.si.edu/events/workshops.asp.

--Binding II at the Corcoran College of Art and Design in the Art and the Book Masters Program. Starting July 7 and running for 20 sessions in 10 weeks. Covering traditional and contemporary use of leather in bookbinding, including sharpening and use of tools, leather paring, forwarding and finishing of a variety of structures. http://ce.corcoran.edu/courses/Summer/book_arts (should be posted soon).

--Do-It-Yourself Polymer Plates at Pyramid Atlantic Art Center on July 13 and 14. Info here (scroll down): http://www.pyramidatlanticartcenter.org/art_programs/register/letterpress.html#letterpress

--Book Arts Basics with Corcoran Continuing Education, 5 Sundays, 10am-2pm, starting July 14. http://ce.corcoran.edu/courses/Summer/book_arts


I'm currently super busy preparing for these classes including making this sharpening jig to use in Binding II with a belt sander:

Featured on Flash of the Hand

I'm the "Book Artist of the Month" on this bookbinding blog. Lots of other interesting things about binding as well.
http://www.herringbonebindery.com/blog/2013/03/02/march-book-artist-of-the-month-sarah-mcdermott/