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72. Book Arts: House as a Mirror

  • AAC Print Room 1955 Julian Avenue San Diego, CA, 92113 United States (map)

Judith Christensen

Saturday, 9:30 AM–12:30 PM
April 12 and 26 and May 3 (no class April 19)
(3 weeks, 9 hours of instruction)
AAC Print Room
$135/155 + $10 materials fee paid to instructor

A house is more than a container for the things we spend a lifetime collecting, storing, arranging, and insuring. It is the repository of our memories, the life we spend there. We will make an accordion book with text and images of your home and/or family members or ancestors that reflect your perceptions, memories, family relations, and personal history. The structure of the pages will reflect the book’s subject, with openings that represent doors, windows, and the movement from room to room inside a house.

Materials: Cutting knife, stylus (for scoring), sharp pencils, a good eraser (Pink Pearl is good), glue (UHU glue stick or PVA & brush or small roller), 12” ruler, scissors. In addition, you will want to bring room layout drawings, photographs, and/or black-and-white-on-paper printouts of your home or other drawings of the interior or exterior (sizes to be emailed once you have registered).

Optional/recommended: 12” centering ruler, bench hook with cutting mat (9” x 12” cutting mat size is ideal), bone folder. Materials for the pages and cover will be provided to create the books. If you do not have personal images or drawings, images relating to “house-ness” will be available for completing the book.

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Immediately after you register, look for a confirmation email and receipt. In the week preceding the class start date, you will receive another email with more details.