Ever wondered how to protect your books or precious objects? This class will give you an introduction to the vast field of box-making and its broad spectrum of applications.

 

In this workshop, students will learn how to make a partitioned box with a hinged lid. We will create a box using archival book-board covered with book cloth and decorative papers of your choice.

 

On the first day, various boxes and their applications will be showcased. We will continue with constructing and covering the base. The next day, we will construct and cover the outer lid and attach it to the base. Some bookbinding or box-making experience is helpful but not necessary. 

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Time permitting you can plan and cut pieces for a box that you can finish at home.

Har du noen gang lurt på hvordan du kan beskytte bøkene dine eller dyrebare gjenstander? Dette kurset vil gi deg en introduksjon til de mange måtene å lage en boks og dets brede spekter av bruksområder.

 

På dette kurset får deltakerene mulighet til å lage en boks med skillevegg og hengslet lokk. Vi lager en boks ved å bruke arkivbestandig papp, dekket med sjirting og dekorativt papir etter eget valg.

 

Den første dagen får du en introduksjon til ulike bokser og deres bruksområder. Vi fortsetter dagen med å konstruere og kle inn selve boksen. Dagen etter konstruerer vi og kler inn omslaget og fester det til boksen. Litt bokbindings- eller bokserfaring er nyttig, men ikke nødvendig.

 

Dersom det er tid til overs, kan du planlegge og kutte deler til en boks som du kan gjøre ferdig hjemme.

About the Instructor
 

Radha Pandey is a papermaker and letterpress printer. She earned her MFA in Book Arts from the University of Iowa Center for the Book where she was a recipient of the Iowa Arts Fellowship. She has learned European, Eastern and Indo-Islamic Papermaking techniques with Timothy Barrett and teaches book arts classes in India, Europe and the United States.
Her graduate thesis work- a hand-printed book of botanical anatomies titled Anatomia Botanica won the MICA Book Award at the Pyramid Atlantic Book Fair in 2014, and received an Honorable Mention at the 15th Carl Hertzog Award for Excellence in Book Design.
Her book Deep Time won the Joshua Heller Memorial Award at the Pyramid Atlantic Book Fair in 2018.

Her artists books are held in over 80 public and private collections internationally, including the Library of Congress and Yale University.

Currently, Radha is working on an artist book inspired by Mughal floral portraiture from the 17th century, and how it was impacted by colonialisation of plants. All the paper for the edition will be hand made in the traditional Indo-Islamic style.

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Read more about Radha Pandey and her work here.