(Junk) Book Binding - Small Works Artist Workshop

Bring your old sketchbooks, drafts, prints, junk mail, anything on paper! Inspired by collage, junk-journaling, and DIY zine-making, participants will bind their own “junk books” using a drum-leaf adhesive method. Demonstrations include drum-leaf binding, accordion fold basics of paper weight and grain, and proper adhesive use. Open to all levels, experimentation encouraged!

Participants must bring:
Old sketchbooks, prints, letters, junk mail, drawings, any desired paper material that will be used for their book

Gallery-provided materials included in registration cost:

bone folders, UHU sticks, newsprint/waste paper, roll of wax paper, rulers, cutting mats

About McCall

McCall Hollister (b.1997, they/them) is a collector, an educator, a museum worker, a speculative geologist, and a bookmaker. Their research interrogates collection practices and the limits of (auto)biography through their collection of 800* rocks, stones, bricks, and other ephemera. Hollister received their BA in Arts & Humanities from Michigan State University in 2019, and their Masters in Fine Arts and Museum Studies from the School of Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University in 2024. They are currently based in Boston, MA, and can be found at www.mccallhollister.com.

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