by Cory Marie Podielski | Jun 1, 2017 | Book & Paper Arts, Featured Artists, Folk School, Interview, Printmaking
Next week is a special week for our Book & Paper Arts Program as our brand new beautiful studio opens its doors to students for the very first time. It’s appropriate that the first class is a letterpress printing class considering that printmaking will...
by Cory Marie Podielski | Feb 24, 2017 | Book & Paper Arts, Featured Artists, Folk School, Interview
The intricate paper cuts of Ingrid Lavoie draw you into a fantastic world of whimsy, nature, and storytelling. We are so happy to have Ingrid come to teach her unique craft during Scandinavian Heritage Week, March 19-25. She is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of...
by Cory Marie Podielski | Dec 27, 2015 | Book & Paper Arts, Craft, My Designs
Here is one of the first things I designed! An ornament I made in 1982 when I was three. It is my favorite ornament on my parents tree and my mom puts it near the top of the...
by Cory Marie Podielski | Dec 23, 2015 | Book & Paper Arts, Featured Artists, Folk School, My Designs
Under my tree this year is another tree and it looks like this: In the Book Arts class, “Ornamental Books and Boxes for the Holidays” with Dea Sasso we tackled three ambitious projects for the Long Weekend. The first project was the tree pictured above...
by Cory Marie Podielski | Aug 9, 2015 | Book & Paper Arts, Featured Artists, Folk School, Interview
Gian Frontini has taught book making and restoration at the Folk School for many years. He runs a small bindery in Amherst Island, Ontario, and concentrates on restoration and conservation of early leather and vellum bindings. I talked Gian about his upcoming class:...
by Cory Marie Podielski | Nov 17, 2014 | Book & Paper Arts, Featured Artists, Folk School, Interview, Printmaking
I recently talked with instructor Jim Horton about printmaking, wood engraving, his upcoming classes and the new Book and Paper Arts Studio. Jim has been a printmaking/graphic design instructor for 43 years, with special interest in historic graphic tools and...
