Welcome to the Dragon Cave! My name is Patty Lee and BookWyrmsArt is the gallery of my handbound journals, bookart, and artist books.
WORKSHOPS AND PRIVATE LESSONS
I have just been asked to be the Bookbinding Associate at the Pyramid Atlantic Art Center www.pyramidatlanticartcenter.o , and I will now be offering workshops and private lessons! Contact me at bookwyrms@gmail.com for more details. See below for my first workshop.
INTRO TO BOOKBINDING WORKSHOP –MUTANT BOOKS! • Patricia Lee
Saturday, November 15th from 10:00 -1:00 pm
Fee: $60
Have you ever wanted to learn how to make your own journals, photo albums, and scrapbooks but don't know where to start? Come to the first Mutant book (not pictured) workshop to learn the basics of bookbinding. You can take what you learn from the class and make a stack of handmade books for you and your favorite people! What is a mutant book? Basically, it is an accordion style book with nifty pockets that will contain examples of several different styles of pamphlet bindings. By the time the class is over you will have glued, sewed, and created yourself a unique mutant book! Workshops are a great way to meet other crafty people, exchange ideas, and come up with your own personal projects. If you catch the booky-bug, we can set up a private lesson for another book-ish adventure. I will be bringing various examples of other binding styles for our mutual inspiration. A maximum of eight students allowed.
BookWyrms Art Books on Sale in Downtown Silver Spring!
The Pyramid Atlantic: A Community Store and Gallery is located at 924 Ellsworth Drive in downtown Silver Spring.
(www.pyramidatlanticartcenter.o)
Store hours are:
Wednesdays- 12-6 pm
Thursdays - 12 – 8 pm
Fridays - 12 – 7 pm
Saturdays - 9 am to 7 pm
I have many of my newest books on sale there, just look for my dragon logo on the price tags. :)
In other news:
New Books! New website design! Check it out! :)
Your favorite BookWyrm is being featured on the Wierd Tales Magazine website www.weirdtales.net for a custom-order Zombie Book that I made with the help of the truly awesome Creative and Editorial Director of Weird Tales Magazine, Stephen Segal, and the amazing wood-working stylings of furniture-maker Art Drauglis www.adrauglis.com. See my portfolio for more pictures.
Artist Statement:
Crafty all my life, I settled on bookbinding because I love to read, own, stack, share, nap with, talk about, organize, and carry around books. They are my constant companions. I have studied the Book Arts with teachers that I deeply respect from the Corcoran School of Art, Pyramid Atlantic, and the Art and Soul Retreat. Classes and my own personal research in bookbinding have given me the tools to take what was in my head and coax it out of paper, wood, metal, and glass - whatever I could find. I believe that book becomes art when its creation has intention. This can be in the form of content (text or images), or in my case, in its structure and design. I have concentrated on book structure as my main form of expression, though Book Art with my own original content is in the works.
The best way to describe my collection of interests is to call it a Wunderkammen or a Curiosity Cabinet. Recently, I have investigated the habits of the elusive BookWyrm, dabbled in Robot psychology, and discovered woodworking. Past and future Wunderkammen inhabitants include: Dragons, robots, etymology, impetus, farmers markets, impromptu curiosity trips, archaeology, the Seed Savers movement, improbable inventions, old patents, blueprints, imaginary maps, transcontinental train rides, the connection of the senses to art and life, what we eat, the influence of food on history, ancient recipes/methods to prepare foods, legacies, the conservation/preservation of books, librarians, wandering traveler libraries, bookmobiles, book printing practices, ink fate, colophons, book structure history (the effect of industrialism, availability of materials, war, technology), hidden intricacies, and deciphering codes. Undoubtedly, many more will demand entrance into the ever-evolving Wunderkammen, and I will not disappoint, for I know I can always revisit the delightful nooks and cubbyholes to rummage and linger.
UPDATED 11/7/08
WORKSHOPS AND PRIVATE LESSONS
I have just been asked to be the Bookbinding Associate at the Pyramid Atlantic Art Center www.pyramidatlanticartcenter.o , and I will now be offering workshops and private lessons! Contact me at bookwyrms@gmail.com for more details. See below for my first workshop.
INTRO TO BOOKBINDING WORKSHOP –MUTANT BOOKS! • Patricia Lee
Saturday, November 15th from 10:00 -1:00 pm
Fee: $60
Have you ever wanted to learn how to make your own journals, photo albums, and scrapbooks but don't know where to start? Come to the first Mutant book (not pictured) workshop to learn the basics of bookbinding. You can take what you learn from the class and make a stack of handmade books for you and your favorite people! What is a mutant book? Basically, it is an accordion style book with nifty pockets that will contain examples of several different styles of pamphlet bindings. By the time the class is over you will have glued, sewed, and created yourself a unique mutant book! Workshops are a great way to meet other crafty people, exchange ideas, and come up with your own personal projects. If you catch the booky-bug, we can set up a private lesson for another book-ish adventure. I will be bringing various examples of other binding styles for our mutual inspiration. A maximum of eight students allowed.
BookWyrms Art Books on Sale in Downtown Silver Spring!
The Pyramid Atlantic: A Community Store and Gallery is located at 924 Ellsworth Drive in downtown Silver Spring.
(www.pyramidatlanticartcenter.o)
Store hours are:
Wednesdays- 12-6 pm
Thursdays - 12 – 8 pm
Fridays - 12 – 7 pm
Saturdays - 9 am to 7 pm
I have many of my newest books on sale there, just look for my dragon logo on the price tags. :)
In other news:
New Books! New website design! Check it out! :)
Your favorite BookWyrm is being featured on the Wierd Tales Magazine website www.weirdtales.net for a custom-order Zombie Book that I made with the help of the truly awesome Creative and Editorial Director of Weird Tales Magazine, Stephen Segal, and the amazing wood-working stylings of furniture-maker Art Drauglis www.adrauglis.com. See my portfolio for more pictures.
Artist Statement:
Crafty all my life, I settled on bookbinding because I love to read, own, stack, share, nap with, talk about, organize, and carry around books. They are my constant companions. I have studied the Book Arts with teachers that I deeply respect from the Corcoran School of Art, Pyramid Atlantic, and the Art and Soul Retreat. Classes and my own personal research in bookbinding have given me the tools to take what was in my head and coax it out of paper, wood, metal, and glass - whatever I could find. I believe that book becomes art when its creation has intention. This can be in the form of content (text or images), or in my case, in its structure and design. I have concentrated on book structure as my main form of expression, though Book Art with my own original content is in the works.
The best way to describe my collection of interests is to call it a Wunderkammen or a Curiosity Cabinet. Recently, I have investigated the habits of the elusive BookWyrm, dabbled in Robot psychology, and discovered woodworking. Past and future Wunderkammen inhabitants include: Dragons, robots, etymology, impetus, farmers markets, impromptu curiosity trips, archaeology, the Seed Savers movement, improbable inventions, old patents, blueprints, imaginary maps, transcontinental train rides, the connection of the senses to art and life, what we eat, the influence of food on history, ancient recipes/methods to prepare foods, legacies, the conservation/preservation of books, librarians, wandering traveler libraries, bookmobiles, book printing practices, ink fate, colophons, book structure history (the effect of industrialism, availability of materials, war, technology), hidden intricacies, and deciphering codes. Undoubtedly, many more will demand entrance into the ever-evolving Wunderkammen, and I will not disappoint, for I know I can always revisit the delightful nooks and cubbyholes to rummage and linger.
UPDATED 11/7/08
