About the Workshop
Bob Tauber holds a Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
degree in Printmaking with minor in Art History from the Ohio
State University and has studied in Cuenca, Spain and
Guanajuato, Mexico. Mr. Tauber is currently an adjunct
professor of art on the undergraduate and graduate level as
well as an adjunct art teacher for high school. Join him for a
fantastic experience in book making!
Bob will begin the workshop by giving in-class presentations.
In these "learn by doing" workshops,
participants will explore bookmaking techniques that they can
take back to their classrooms to encourage literacy. The Online course will
begin following each in-class session. Contact Minda Hager at
mhager@lifecentered.com for specifics on times and
locations. An outline of the in-class presentation
follows:
1. Book Arts Literacies
a. Introduction which includes a video if possible. (45
min)
b. Show-n-tell (45 min)
c. Organization and set-up (15 min)
2. Hands-on bookmaking techniques:
a. Accordion book (1 hour)
b. Side-stitched book (1 hour)
c. Self-wrapped 2-section saddle-stitched book (1 hour)
3. Redacted fables:
a. Collaborative retellings (40 min)
b. Editing the narrative (40 min)
c. Sketching the dummy (40 min)
The completion of this course yields two graduate credit hours.
Credit is provided by the University of Rio Grande, Rio Grande,
Ohio.
Book Arts
About the Workshop
Bob Tauber holds a Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
degree in Printmaking with minor in Art History from the Ohio
State University and has studied in Cuenca, Spain and
Guanajuato, Mexico. Mr. Tauber is currently an adjunct
professor of art on the undergraduate and graduate level as
well as an adjunct art teacher for high school. Join him for a
fantastic experience in book making! 