WORKSHOP: Accordion Books & Beyond

Artists love accordion, or concertina, books because you can turn the pages just like a traditional book or stand the book up and spread it out so all the pages are visible. Accordion books are simple to make and require no sewing.

In this workshop we will start by making an accordion book with a hard cover and watercolour paper pages. Then we will take the paper folding skills you have just acquired and make a flag book, a variation that is a perfect structure for assembling individual pages into a book form.

About Sue: “I have been a teacher for longer than I care to admit. I originally trained as a high school teacher, have taught for TAFE and community organisations, and was an art history academic for many years. There’s nothing better than introducing someone to new ideas and new skills and watching them flourish. My early workshop teaching had a textile focus, particularly free machine embroidery. These days my teaching is mostly in the areas of bookmaking, mixed media and design development.”

Visit Sue’s website for more information: paddocknotes.com

Cost: $100pp
This includes all materials and morning tea. Please bring your own lunch.

At the end of the workshop you will have a 20cm square accordion book with 185gsm Arches watercolour pages and an A6 flag book with bamboo printmaking paper pages.

Bookings Essential by 12noon on Thursday 14th of August.