Undergraduate Course: Introduction to Artists' Books (LLLA07019)
Course Outline
| School | Centre for Open Learning |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This course will introduce students to the diverse ways artists use the book, exploring a range of basic binding techniques such as pamphlet sewing, Japanese binding, hardbound books and concertina folds. |
| Course description |
Academic Description: This course will introduce students to the diverse ways artists use the book as a form by considering works from William Blake to Damien Hirst. Students will make books using a range of basic binding techniques such as pamphlet sewing, Japanese binding, hardbound books and concertina folds to create and construct a blank book or incorporate 'found' materials, photographs, drawings or paintings to develop a narrative.
Outline of Content: The course teaching is typically delivered over weekly class sessions of around 3 hours each and totaling 30 hours. Alternatively, the course can be delivered more intensely or as a block if required.
Students will be encouraged to make at least one finished piece to demonstrate their individual choices and visual aesthetic.
Over the class sessions the course will cover:
Learn different book structures from simple folded forms to more complex sewing. Make a rubber stamp to create a quick way of making images.
Using more personal imagery, learn how to combine content and structure. Make at least one kind of container for a book.
Visit the ECA collection of artists' books. Develop a personal project using printmaking, drawing or re-cycled papers.
The Learning Experience: The teaching will be based and delivered in specialist art and design studios or workshops and will typically include a range of practical exercises, introductions to techniques, processes and concepts, and set projects which lead to more focused and personal exploration. Over the course, student progress will be monitored and supported by the tutor. Teaching will include practical demonstrations, one to one tuition, group discussions and critiques.
For work required to be undertaken after the class hours are complete, the course tutor will set students a 'directed study plan' which can be undertaken without the need for specialist workshops or access to models.
Directed study will include research into a range of suggested artists and their associated movements to engender a contextual awareness. Students are expected to demonstrate how their research has informed their work through annotated sketchbooks, a visual digital journal and practical outcomes.
The Directed Study Plan will include preparing evidence of research and practical work to form an appropriate presentation for assessment.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | In addition to the course fee, students are expected to provide the following list of indicate tools, materials and equipment:
(Estimated cost: £10 - £30 depending on usage)
Scalpel
Pencil
Scissors
Glue brush
Specialist papers - guidance from tutor to determine requirements.
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Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Research, context and ideas (33.3%): Demonstrate a range of practical research to develop personal ideas supported by contextual knowledge, discovering the work of artists who have incorporated the book form into their work.
- Practice, skills and techniques (33.3%): Show a confidence in use several methods for making books, including Japanese binding, concertina bindings and pamphlet sewing.
- Selection, presentation and reflection (33.3%): Evidence appropriate judgement to document, select, edit and present at least one original finished book using original images and drawings.
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Reading List
BURY S., 1995. Artists' books: the book as a work of art, 1963-1995. Aldershot: Scolar Press.
BODMAN, S., 2005. Creating artists' books. London: A&C Black.
WEITMAN, W. and Wye, D., 2006. Eye on Europe: prints, books & multiples, 1960 to now. New York: Museum of Modern Art.
BODMAN, S., ed., 2011. Artist's book yearbook 2012-2013. Bristol: Impact Press.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
The ability to make effective use of book making techniques.
Develop design ideas for artists' books.
The ability in understanding to process and transform visual ideas.
The ability to undertake research and reflective practice and apply these in the context of artists' books within visual culture. |
| Keywords | Artists' Books,printmaking,book structures |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Oliver Reed
Tel:
Email: Oliver.Reed@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Kameliya Skerleva
Tel: (0131 6)51 1855
Email: Kameliya.Skerleva@ed.ac.uk |
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