Basic Handmade Books Using Recycled Materials with Regin Igloria
In this first video of our new Open House Virtual Book Arts Workshops, Regin Igloria shows how to take recycled cereal, donut and granola boxes (and also pizza boxes, coffee, and rice bags,) and turn them into covers for simple pamphlet stitch books that you can make with minimal time and tools. These projects are perfect for using up all the accumulated packaging in your recycle bin.
Tools and Supplies List:
1. variety of paper/cardboard/cardstock/misc. paper
2. bone folder or something similar to help make creases
3. utility knife (Olfa cutter, X-acto, etc.)
4. scissors
5. Awl (or nail, needle, push pin)
6. thread (embroidery floss, or equivalent)
7. Cutting mat (or thick cardboard or protective surface cover)
Book binding tools are available at many art supply stores. For online shopping, we recommend www.talasonline.com
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About Regin Igloria:
Regin Igloria is a multidisciplinary artist and educator based in Chicago. His drawings, artists’ books, sculptures, and performances portray the human condition as it relates to the natural environment and inhabited spaces.
With several years of arts administration and teaching experience, he founded North Branch Projects, an organization that builds connections through the book arts. He works with various communities to create crossover between disparate populations and cultures, aiming to broaden the roles of both artists and non-artists.
Mr. Igloria has taught at places such as Marwen, RISD, Ox-Bow, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Snow City Arts, and Carthage College. He received a 3Arts Individual Artist Award as well as local, national, and international grants, support through artist residencies, and has exhibited internationally. He received his MFA from Rhode Island School of Design.