Upcoming Book Arts
with Peg Gignoux

September 15-23, 2008
Open Studio with Optional Book Arts Instruction
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"The students were ready for a creative outlet. Writing instruction since August had prepared them to incorporate sensory details into their work, vary sentence structure and use figurative language. Language and art were about to collide."

Read more about a bookmaking event Peg Gignoux held with language arts students at Durham Academy:
"Secret Room Books Unlocked: an Intersection of Language and Art" by Lisa Joyner '89, Middle School Language Arts from the Durham Academy Record, Summer 2006

Stephanie Herbin – Accordian Book

For years, Peg Gignoux has been involved in developing useful and innovative methods for teaching and making textiles that rely on a collaborative process of ideation and design. Peg Gignoux offers art quilting residencies and book arts workshops suitable for a variety of populations. Working in makeshift studios, with expressive students making design sense for unusual sites has been enormously rewarding.

Peg's book arts workshops offering sculptural book forms such as secret rooms, spiral and accordion structures. Whether working on cloth or fabric, participants learn to see like illustrators, value words as writers and actively engage in developing a thoughtful and enduring narrative. Themes include friendship, memory, courage, discovery, identity, transformation, urban empowerment.

Contact Us: mjgignoux@gmail.com

Examples:

Mary Young – Accordian Envelope Book

Peg Gignoux – Album Style Book (Cover)

Peg Gignoux – Album Style Book (Inside)

Peg Gignoux – Album Style Book
Jim Young – Illustrations