About this Event
Celebrate Your Family Heritage with NYPL at Hudson Park Library
This November, join us for a Sculptural Book Arts Workshop.
We all came from somewhere else. Bring your family photos, memories, buttons, ribbons, and recipes to life in this immersive hands-on class! Build your own dynamic, movable "flag book" that combines an accordion with interactive pages that flip and flap when it opens. Construct a sculptural kinetic keepsake that closes flat for easy mailing and can sit on your bookshelf. Leave with a finished, one-of-a-kind art object that celebrates your cultural roots. You'll also gain the skills and knowledge to make more for holiday cards, delightful decorations, wonderful gifts, and artist books.
*Space is limited, and registration is required.
**The library will provide all necessary art supplies and materials. Please bring only your personal items, such as family photos, recipes, or other ephemera. If you prefer not to use your originals, library staff can gladly make photocopies for your project.
About the instructor
Esther K Smith is the author (and designer!) of HOW TO MAKE BOOKS and a number of other book arts books. Esther is the artistic director at Purgatory Pie Press, where she publishes limited editions and artist books and collaborates with Dikko Faust and other artists and writers. As EK Smith Museum, Esther prints and publishes Risograph books--from recipes to poetry to mathematical abstractions. Purgatory Pie Press has exhibited its work at institutions such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art and London's Victoria & Albert Museum; the press's limited editions are also represented in private and public collections from Los Angeles to Azerbaijan.
Event venue & nearby stays
Hudson Park Library, 66 Leroy Street, New York, United States
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