Book Arts Summer Institute 2024: Registration is Live
Wells Book Arts Center Blog
by Book Arts
2M ago
What will you make this summer? Explore the lakeside studios of the Wells Book Arts Center at this year’s Summer Institute, June 9 – 22, 2024. Study with experienced instructors from around the country in close-knit, intensive workshops for letterpress, risograph printing, papermaking, marbling, book making, woodcut, and wood engraving. Learn more ..read more
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Papermaking & Card Printing Events
Wells Book Arts Center Blog
by Book Arts
4M ago
Join Wells Book Arts for two hands-on celebrations on making. Papermaking & Card Printing Events Thursday, Nov. 30, 3 – 5pm: PAPERMAKING Students in Paper Formation + Form invite you to make paper. Join us in the Campbell Building, Middle Studio. We’ll teach you to make a sheet of handmade paper. You can then decorate your sheet with pigmented pulp and a selection of stencils with Wells and winter themes. (We’ll dry papers in the studio and you can return to pick up your paper in a couple of days.) Saturday, Dec. 2, 12 – 2pm: CARD PRINTING Letterpress print cards from se ..read more
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Wells Book Arts Center Welcomes Victor Hammer Fellow Rebecca Gilbert
Wells Book Arts Center Blog
by Book Arts
7M ago
Rebecca will be teaching courses in letterpress, print, and book arts over the coming two years, contributing to Wells College Press publications, and working on her own artwork while here. Rebecca Gilbert is a Philadelphia-based artist whose work exemplifies a dedication to traditional printmaking processes. Influenced by her years of experience in book arts and rare book conservation, her innovation in executing these processes in combination with cut paper and assemblage, push the boundaries of what a print or book can be. Representations of bounty, fulfillment, longing, mystery, and commu ..read more
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Introducing the New Book Arts Center Director Mary Tasillo
Wells Book Arts Center Blog
by Book Arts
7M ago
Mary comes to the Book Arts Center at Wells College with two decades of experience in book arts, letterpress, papermaking, and zine communities as an artist, educator, and arts administrator. Most recently, Mary served as Director of Common Press, the letterpress and book arts studio at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, where she fostered partnerships and collaborations on campus, in the region and throughout the international communities of book artists and letterpress printing. Mary is excited to welcome students and community members from across majors and interests to the B ..read more
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Barbara Bosworth: Artist Books Lecture Tuesday July 18th 7pm
Wells Book Arts Center Blog
by Book Arts
9M ago
The Wells Book Arts Center Summer Institute is delighted to invite you to a lecture by large-format landscape photographer Barbara Bosworth, as she shares her artist books and the creative processes behind them. Barbara Bosworth is a photographer whose large-format images explore both overt and subtle relationships between humans and the rest of the natural world. Her artist books offer insight to her studio practice, combining her photography with meticulous craftsmanship. Each book is a work of art in itself, offering viewers an immersive experience. Barbara will guide us through her life ..read more
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SUMMER INSTITUTE 2023
Wells Book Arts Center Blog
by Book Arts
1y ago
Click here to register! WEEK 1, July 10-14 Western Papermaking with Tom Balbo Paper is something many of us take for granted, but learning to make paper brings about an entirely new understanding of its vast artistic possibilities. This course will focus on western production techniques using different fibers including cotton, abaca and flax. Pulp painting and deckle box techniques will also be explored. Tom describes this class as a sharing of knowledge from his forty years of papermaking on both a production level and artistic level. Students will leave with lots of hand-made paper ..read more
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Summer Institute 2023. Register Now!
Wells Book Arts Center Blog
by Book Arts
1y ago
Click here to register! WEEK 1, July 10-14 Western Papermaking with Tom Balbo Paper is something many of us take for granted, but learning to make paper brings about an entirely new understanding of its vast artistic possibilities. This course will focus on western production techniques using different fibers including cotton, abaca and flax. Pulp painting and deckle box techniques will also be explored. Tom describes this class as a sharing of knowledge from his forty years of papermaking on both a production level and artistic level. Students will leave with lots of hand-made paper ..read more
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2023 Summer Institute!
Wells Book Arts Center Blog
by Book Arts
1y ago
We are pleased to announce that we will be holding the 2023 Wells College Book Arts Summer Institute this summer! We will be announcing more details soon ..read more
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2022 Summer Institute
Wells Book Arts Center Blog
by Book Arts
1y ago
Thank you to all of our wonderful participants, interns, instructors and coordinator Rob for a fantastic 2022 Summer Institute ..read more
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Summer Institute 2022. Register Now!
Wells Book Arts Center Blog
by Book Arts
2y ago
Week One, July 11-15, 2022 Marbling on Paper and Silk with Stephen Pittelkow Marbling on Paper and Silk with Stephen Pittelkow Great class for beginners! Marbling is a unique method for making beautiful decorative paper. Water-based colors are dropped onto a liquid bath, combed into geometric or fantasy patterns and then printed on paper. Students will learn all the elements of this historic craft and will gain experience with over 30 patterns as well as in-depth knowledge of materials and color. We will also fill the really big tank and marble silk scarves. The results are always ..read more
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