Course Code: 26SPE008V
This one-day, virtual workshop takes place on Zoom on Friday, March 20th, from 1PM to 3:30PM ET.
- Friday, March 20th, from 1PM to 3:30PM ET
Please Note: Registration for this workshop closes on March 6th, at 11:59pm Eastern Time.
About the Workshop:
Spring is a time of renewal and hope. Come and celebrate the arrival of Spring by creating a wonderful flag book.
Originally created by Hedi Kyle, the flag book is a very exciting form, where the layered pages criss-cross each other when opening and closing, making the book a living, moving, interactive entity. The flags’ wonderful movement allow for multiple images and content. Each student will design a 3 dimensional book by using diverse collage, drawings, prints, photos, etc. to create their own designs for the pages and the covers. A truly unique work will emerge.
In this workshop we will be using inspirations from your nature walks, your vegetable garden, botanical gardens or your own back yard - places you have visited, experienced or dreamt about them in your imagination. Collect examples of your real or imaginary journeys with maps, photos you have taken or culled from magazines, anything that speaks to you to incorporate in your collaged pages.
Required Materials:
Please be prepared with all materials: Pre-cut flags, covers and support pages for your book and have them ready to work on them- See sizes below. These are your canvas, where you will be adding your images to create designs on them. Your collected images, maps, photos, ticket stubs, etc., will be used to design the 9 flag pages plus the covers.
Paper for Flags:
- cover/card stock (65lb) weight for covers, support and pages using two colors (light for pages and darker for covers/support)
- There are 9 flags/pages per book:
- Cut 6 flags – 5”W x 2.25 H
- Cut 3 flags – 5”W x 2.5 H
- Covers + support – 3 pages – each 8.5 x 11
Additional materials:
- Scrap paper for protecting your working surface when gluing
- Self-healing mat
- Exacto or small snap blade knife
- Scissors
- Bone folder or popsicle sticks
- Stick glue or double sided tape
Optional:
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If you want to add more design elements to your pages: Colored pencils, stamp pads (minimum 3-4 colors), make-up triangular sponges
About the Instructor
Maria G Pisano is book artist, printmaker, curator and educator. Her works reflect concerns about immigration, human rights, women’s rights and the environment. Memory Press works are represented in The Library of Congress, 9-11 Memorial Museum, National Library of Medicine, Columbia University, UCLA Berkley, Stanford University and many more.
Memory Press works are exhibited in many venues. Her book Via Dolorosa: From Sea to Shining Sea, has been selected for the exhibit: Who Is America at 250? : Artists Books in the Age of Democracy -Opening in Jan 2026 at the San Francisco Center for the Book with additional venues through Dec. 2026. Previously, her book Caudex Folium was part of the exhibit Towers Rising, at the 9-11 Memorial Museum in NYC from 2024 to 2025and in 2022 her work was in “And Yet We Rise: A Retrospect of the Days and Times Surrounding 9/11 at the American Consulate in London.
She has curated a number exhibits including Book as Witness: The Artist’s Response at CBA in NYC and Crossroads: Book Artists’ Impassioned Responses to Immigration, Human Rights and Our Environment, at the Hunterdon Museum of Art, NJ. Ms. Pisano contributes to book arts publications and has presented lectures at the Library of Congress, College Book Arts Association and the Art Libraries Society of North America. Her article “Mark To Impress” was published in California Society of Printmakers and The Blue Notebook in the UK. She continuously gives workshops nationally and internationally, at her studio, libraries and institutions such as Bridwell Library, TX and Center for Book Arts in NYC and CBBAG.
All images courtesy of the instructor.