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 Wild Girl illustration by Andy Lunday
Book Arts Course Information
Class Schedule
Sign up for these courses and more at the University of Oregon class schedule website.
Registration
Regular UO and CEP students register as normal via DuckWeb. Students new to the University can register via the Community Education Program.
Winter 2010 Books Arts Course InformationThese courses are offered under the subject and number, ART 408, unless otherwise noted. Understanding ColorStudents will learn to use color expressively and in the creation of space. This course will also explore how color can be used expressively to establish mood and emotion.
Children’s Books: IllustrationStudents will create illustrations for a children’s story. This class will incorporate exercises and experiments in a number of media such as paint, pastel, ink, and pencil for the children’s books. Students will also learn to master techniques like paper engineering and collage.
Paper SculptureThis course will explore the art of manipulating paper by folding, cutting, twisting, and rolling to make two- and three-dimensional forms. Students will combine paper with other media to construct wall hangings, sculpture, cards, and posters.
LetterpressLetterpress engages the learner to set type and to print both text and images by hand, experimenting with the hands-on, sensual world of lead and wooden type. Students get a chance to create their own relief images—from drawings, photographs, or digital imagery—using photopolymer plates. This course will touch on text/image relationships, expressive typography, uncommon book structures, and DIY distribution methods. Letterpress has suggested prerequisites of ART 115-Basic Design: Fundamentals or ART 116-Basic Design: 3-D.
Classic Calligraphy: Italic ScriptThe elegant italic script was popularized in southern Europe and taught by traveling Renaissance scribes, such as Arrighi and Palatino. The beauty and clarity of this script makes it appropriate for text, flourished headlines, and handwriting. Many computer fonts, such as Zapf Chancery, are based on a Renaissance italic.
The Accordion BookLearn several formats for the accordion book, with folded pages that can be stretched into one long design or read page by page. As a blank book it can accommodate single or multiple-page drawings. It can also have a unifying design (and text) that stretches over the entire book. One accordion book will incorporate brush design and handwritten text or calligraphy.
Illustration: Pencils with PersonalityLearn the properties of many kinds of pencils available today: graphite, soluble graphite, Graphitint, Inktense, watercolor pencil, No Blot ink pencil, and an array of colored pencils. Many can be combined with watercolor or with each other. The wide variety of pencils offers many possibilities for illustration.
Hand PapermakingLearn to make your own paper from cotton and linter fibers. Techniques covered will be sheet forming, pulp dying, and pulp painting.
Box BuildingLearn bookbinding techniques to make a unique box for an art or architecture project, gift box, portfolio, or other purpose.
Coptic BookbindingLearn one of the oldest forms of bookbinding, the coptic stitch, to make a hardcover book with an attractive braid of thread running across the spine. The finished book lays perfectly flat, making it ideal for sketchbooks, photo albums, and other presentation style books.
Weekend LetterpressLearn to set type by hand from antique wood and metal letters, and to print letterpress. All levels welcome.
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