Roll-Up/Pop-Up Books: Focus on Movement 2022

Roll-Up/Pop-Up Books: Focus on Movement 2022This virtual workshop takes place on Zoom on June 728 from 68pm ET. Tuesday, June 7, 68pm Tuesday, June 14, 68pm Tuesday, June 21 68pm Tuesday, June 28, 68pm Please Note: Registration for this workshop closes on Tuesday, May 31 at 11: 59pm. About the Workshop: This workshop explores three classic pop up structures. Each is frequently used throughout trade publishing to introduce a sense of movement or animation. Youre exploration of these structures

This virtual workshop takes place on Zoom on June 7–28 from 6–8pm ET.

• Tuesday, June 7, 6–8pm
• Tuesday, June 14, 6–8pm
• Tuesday, June 21 6–8pm
• Tuesday, June 28, 6–8pm

Please Note: Registration for this workshop closes on Tuesday, May 31 at 11:59pm.

About the Workshop:

Required Materials:

• Ruler
• Self-healing mat
• X-acto knife
• Pencil
• Bone folder
• PVA or other strong white craft glue
• Low-tack masking tape
• At least 6 sheets 8.5” x 11” white 110 lb index stock
• At least 3 sheets 8.5” x 11” color 80 lb cover stock
• At least 2 sheets 8.5” x 11” white copy paper
• 1 sheet 8.5” x 11” 140 lb cover stock (or comparable)
  1 roll of 1/4” 415 double-stick tape

Optional Materials:

• Micro spatula
• Tweezers 
• Scissors
• Screw punch

About the Instructor

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.