ART 292 B - Vis Narr Papermaking and Bookarts

3 Credit(s)

This course explores visual narratives through handmade paper, book arts and three-dimensional forms. Students will use a variety of materials, techniques and approaches – both traditional and contemporary – to create narratives with personal, social, political, and site-specific themes and content. Particular emphasis will be placed on the narrative potential of plants and rag material selected for pulp production. Students will be guided to explore site-specific considerations of harvested plant materials from both a historical and environmental perspective, and the personal, social and political implications of specific rag materials obtained from garments, for aesthetic qualities and for the visual narratives inherent in handmade papers, book structures and sculptures created from them.

Course Fee: $30
Prerequisite(s): None.