Preparation for the workshop:
You will need to bring your own printed photographs to the workshop. Bring 10-20 photographs with you printed no smaller than 10.5 x 14.5 cm. Please print them on thick photo-quality paper, or have them printed at a photo shop, such as Ted’s Cameras, Harvey Norman PhotoCentre or other.
Bring either all horizontal or all vertical images (see books above). You can make a horizontal and a vertical book if you have time.
Do not cut your photos before the workshop. We will be trimming your photographs to postcard size (approximately 10.5 x 14.5 cm).
You can print larger and then cut postcard-size details from your photographs.
Consider bringing related photographs, or a series of images for your concertina books.
Your photographs can be colour or black and white, sepia, or tinted monochrome.
Course content:
introductory talk about books, papers, materials, examples
kit of materials distributed
cutting photographs to size, carefully with sharp knives
folding concertina structure and gluing photographs to book structure
drying under pressure (at home under books)
Materials kit supplied:
Concertina book paper in horizontal or vertical size, non-wetting glue, cover pages, cardboard mat, clean newspaper. Provided for workshop: cutting knives, metal rulers, book-press, non- stick baking sheet if needed.
