This virtual workshop takes place on Thursdays, November 4–18 from 6–8pm ET

• Thurs, Nov, 4 6–8pm ET


• Thurs, Nov, 11 6–8pm ET


• Thurs, Nov 18, 6–8pm ET

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About the Workshop:

Taught by Instructor Ellen Sheffield, this virtual workshop is for artists and writers interested in experimentation and making artist books.

The course begins with a demonstration of research tools that students can use to generate ideas.

Building off their research, students will respond to writing prompts and use experimental writing techniques to develop text for their respective artist's books.

Sheffield then will teach various methods of artistically rendering text including alternative mark-making, transfers, rub-on type, stencils, rubber stamps, and pressure printing.

Finally, students will use what they've learned to render their text within a simple folded book structure, which Sheffield will demonstrate how to make.

Class size is limited to ensure an optimal student-to-teacher ratio. Register now before the remaining spots fill up!

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Required Materials:

• A dozen 3″x 5″ notecards


• Pen or pencil


• 6 to 8 sheets of paper or a sketchbook at least 8.5″ x 11″ or larger in size


• Two 11″ x 17″ sheets of paper (can be copy paper)


• Scissors or X-acto knife


• Vintage and contemporary magazines for collage

Optional Materials:

• Sheet of carbon paper


• Alphabet rubber stamps and ink pad


• Masking tape

See if any of the materials are available in CBA's shop–>

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About the Instructor

Ellen Sheffield’s works on paper and artist’s books combine text and image in unexpected ways. Her interest in juxtaposing visual techniques—materials, design, mark-making, and printing processes—with written language—essays, poetry, and hybrid writing—drives Sheffield's collaborations with other artists and writers including Lewis Hyde, Fanny Howe, and Andrew Grace.

Recently Sheffield's work has explored themes of race and class in Gambier, OH—the rural community she lives in. Her work is informed in part by research into local African American history completed by her husband, Ric Sheffield—a Kenyon College Professor of Sociology.

Sheffield teaches at Kenyon College in the Art Department and runs the studio Unit IV Arts. Her artist’s books have been collected by the Beinecke Library, Yale Collection of American Literature at Yale University, the Ella Strong Denison Library at Scripps College, and many others.

ellensheffield.com

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All images courtesy of the instructor.