Workshops Online No-Glue Mini Pop-Ups (Spring 2024)

No-Glue Mini Pop-Ups (Spring 2024)

This virtual workshop takes place on Zoom on February 20, 2024 from 6:00 to 8:30 pm.

Tuesday, February 20, 6:00 - 8:30pm

Please Note: Registration for this workshop closes on February 13th, at 11:59 pm.

About the Workshop:

This virtual workshop is taught by CBA instructor Shawn Sheehy.

Pop-up books seem magical because large structures emerge from small spaces. Working in miniature has the potential to amplify those magical effects. Working in miniature without adhesive can seem magical and downright impossible!

In the No-Glue Mini Pop-Ups workshop you will use a kit of pre-cut cardstock pieces, a small set of simple hand tools, and not a lick of adhesive to build and bind a variety of pop-up structures. Participants will practice the foundational structures of paper engineering and explore non-adhesive methods for joins. Everyone is welcome!

Fun Fact: Pop-up books were first created as a tool to aid in the learning of concepts such as anatomy, astronomy, and geometry.

Required Materials:

Bone folder
Ruler
Xacto knife/craft knife
Self-healing mat
Micro spatula
Tweezers
$30 materials kit fee (includes paper and templates)

More detailed materials lists will be provided in the email sent upon registration.

About Shawn Sheehy

Shawn Sheehy has been teaching book arts courses and workshops on the national level since 2001. His broadsides and artist book editions have been collected by such prestigious institutions as Stanford, Carnegie Mellon, University of Chicago, Library of Congress, UCLA, and Harvard. His pop-ups have been featured twice in both Hand Papermaking magazine and Vintage magazine. Sheehy’s trade pop-up book Welcome to the Neighborwood (a mass-market version of his artist book) was released in 2015, winning numerous awards. The mass-market version of his artist book Beyond the Sixth Extinction was released through Candlewick in October 2018. He holds an MFA in the Book Arts from Columbia College Chicago.

All images courtesy of the instructor.

Class size is limited to ensure an optimal participant to instructor ratio. Register now before spots fill up! Registration for this workshop closes on February 13th at 11:59pm. The price of this class is $55 plus a $30 materials kit fee. This class will be recorded and the recording will be viewable for up to 30 days after the class.