one class this semester where the homework is guaranteed not to be a drag is artists books. it's basically having scrapbooking scheduled into my weekly list of things to do. the class is part of my book arts "concentration," artists books to me is the connection between the "low art" of scrapbooking and the "high" fine arts of painting/drawing/etc. (and according to my teacher, scrapbooking is the enemy. obviously i had some disagreement with that statement. and the tacky paste paper we made today made me question that book arts pedistol even more.)
this class typically comes after paper making and book structures (where you learn ancient japaneese binding techniques) and focuses more on the conceptual construction of a book. the class pretty much goes like this. a demo or two in class, try out the new technique, and for homework make a cohesive book in that fashion to bring to the critique next week. it moves pretty fast, but it's nice to keep trying different things and see how far you can go in a week.
this week the assignment was to make a book of at least 8 pages held together at one point. (and one point only!) always a fan of the ready made, i found this towel (already single point bound courtesy of rite aid stocking) in our kitchen drawer and thought it would be an innovative example of "pages" and "binding" in the everyday. it was a lot of fun to make (i totally got carried away one night with the faux-needlepoint type.)
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