Learn to make artist's books

Learn to make contemporary handmade artist's books with a focus on learning basic skills and creating personal designs.

The course is suitable for beginners, returning students or out-of-practice bookmakers seeking new inspiration.  Everything I'm planning to teach can be applied to projects at home with inexpensive and accessible tools and materials.  Beginners will progress from sewn pamphlets and accordian folds, through flag and flower fold books, to tunnel books, pop ups and boxes. Although I don't teach traditional bookbinding as such, I focus on building your confidence with basic book craft skills, so that you have a strong foundation for further development. These classes would be ideal for people who have accumulated prints, drawings, a collection of special papers or collage materials that they want to do something more with. 

Read about last term's class and see photos here and here

Contact WSA to enroll, email artschool@wsa.org.nz, or phone 078 839 4481

Meliors Simms been making artists books for about five years, and exhibited in New Zealand and Australia and several of my books are held in the Special Collection of the Auckland City Libraries.  If you would like to know more about my own practice or what I am planning to teach please have a look at my blog, Bibliophilia, at www.meliors.net.