Wolf Craft School
French Stitch Cracker Box Book | Sunday, March 30, 1-4pm
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French Stitch Cracker Box Book
Workshop Description:
This fun and versatile binding makes use of recycled materials and has covers that are integrated into the French Stitch binding. The covers are made from recycled cracker or cereal boxes, and found ephemera can be worked into the pages as well. The box material can be turned inside out to create the covers allowing them to be decorated with your favorite surface design techniques. The French Stitch is a link stitch that creates a beautiful patterned effect on the spine that remains exposed and is non-adhesive. This is a wonderfully flexible binding that makes use of materials in the recycling bin and can be used as a journal or sketchbook, and is also a great artist's book structure.
Materials (students should bring):
cereal and/or cracker box - not corrugated (bring a few options - instructor will have some on hand, too)
Optional: paper ephemera to mix in with blank book pages i.e. graph paper, ledger paper, lined paper, printed book pages, musical scores, etc.
Tools needed (Instructor has some tools to share, if you have some of these, please bring along):
exacto knife and/or mat knife
awl
bone folder
Needle (instructor has binding needles)
pencil
straight edge ruler
triangle
Optional: surface design mark making supplies i.e. pens, pencils, etc.
Teacher will supply:
blank paper for book pages
colored and waxed linen thread for binding
Extra tools
Some surface design supplies (stencils, ink pads, pens, pencils, etc.)
About the Instructor
Jody Alexander is a mixed media artist who lives and works in Santa Cruz and Penn Valley, California. She combines textiles, paper, found items and imagery to create books, objects, wall pieces, garments, and installations. Her current work is inspired
by the art of repair, reuse, and imagery and stories encountered in her travels and everyday. Her work appears in a number of publications including Masters: Book Arts: Major Works by Leading Artist, 500 Handmade Books, and 1000 Artists; Books: Exploring the Book as Art. Jody was an artist in residence at the Sonoma Academy in 2022, at the Santa Cruz Resource Recovery Facility in 2019, and was the 2015 recipient of the Rydell Visual Arts Fellowship. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Art History from U.C.L.A., and a Master’s degree in Library Science from Simmons College, Boston, MA. Jody teaches and exhibits nationally and internationally.
www.jodyalexander.com
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