Instructor: Diana Arcadipone
Monday - Friday
June 9 - 13
9am - 12pm
5 sessions

Open studio: Mon - Thurs, 1pm - 4pm

The Japanese stab-binding technique is a simple, ancient hand sewn process and can accommodate collage, drawing, painting, writing, and memorabilia. Participants can incorporate natural materials in the construction or content of the handmade book and each participant can work at their own pace to produce a beautiful and unique book. You can spend time developing personal content and/or create a natural paint brush from the grounds to adapt as a clasp. Your personal vision is what makes your handmade book unique. This workshop will focus on constructing a handmade book and a clasp with blank pages that you can later use as a personalized sketchbook, journal, guestbook or gift, suitable for water media, calligraphy, writing or all the above.

Diana Arcadipone studied painting, printmaking and weaving at Western Michigan University, where she earned a BFA degree with honors. She earned an MFA degree from Ohio University with honors. She has been awarded grants and artist residencies including the Dorland Mountain Arts Colony in Temecula, California and The Banff Centre, Alberta, Canada and the Leighton Artists' Colony in Alberta, Canada. Her work is represented in private and public collections such as Fidelity Corporation, Marriott Corporation, City Bank of NY, Coca Cola Corporation, Hyatt Regency and the Office of the Governor of Kentucky. Her work has appeared in publications including The Advertiser Democrat in Maine, Art New England, Down East Magazine, the Chicago Review Press, Fiber Arts and most notably Papermaking by Jules Heller. She has exhibited her work internationally and travels to research artmaking techniques and images. She lives in Maine with her husband in a timber frame house that she designed and built. Her studio is in the woods nearby.

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