September 23, 2017
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central
The Masu Box is a simple origami structure made of paper. This square box can be used to wrap gifts or store objects, but it can also be adapted with simple bookbinding techniques to make sculptural book objects. In this workshop, we will begin with a box and a lid, and we will play with these paper elements to create books that can house images or small objects and be explored by hand.
Materials will be supplied and tools will be available for use by participants, but if you have a bone folder of your own, please bring it along with you to the workshop.
Amanda D’Amico is a book artist working under the imprint Tiny Revolutionary Press. She is the Master Printer at the Borowsky Center for Publication Arts, and teaches at Tyler School of Art and the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Her artists’ books have been collected and exhibited nationally. You can see her work at www.tinyrevolutionarypress.com.