THE HANDMADE ARTIST BOOK
with Diana Bloomfield
DATES:
June 3 - 8
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LOCATION:
Saga - Inderøy - Norway
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Have you ever wanted to interpret your photographic art in a totally unique way, one that embraces a whole other fantastic art form? If so, The Handmade Artist Book may be just the thing for you.
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:
As a long time photographer and visual storyteller, Diana Bloomfield uses the book form as a creative way to re-interpret her own work.
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'I love the dimensionality, the tactility, and the idea of the book as its own art object.' - Diana Bloomfield
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Creating artist books that push the boundaries of the traditional book form, and where structure meshes with content, offers inspiring, innovative, and interactive ways for creative expression. In this workshop, we’ll look at an array of handmade books and the possibilities inherent with this creative art form. As so many handmade books incorporate some form of the accordion book, we’ll start that way, too. From there, we’ll move on to origami, piano hinge, flag book variations, and more.
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Creating a book a day is the goal for this workshop. And if you happen to like one book form more than another, you can easily concentrate on and stay with that one if you like. Each book, however, will build on what you learned from the day before. At the end of the week, you will be able to take home what you learned and, hopefully, expand on those designs, making them all your own.
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Papers and all materials will be supplied, but if you have photographs or other art you would like to incorporate into some of these books, feel free to bring them.
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No prior experience is necessary for this workshop.
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“I still hold my breath when I think of their fragility and beauty, and yet here they are, the most unique books you’ve ever seen, perched on shelves to make you tremble“ - Ann Jastrab, Executive Director, Center for Fine Art Photography, Carmel, California
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WORKSHOP TUITION:
NOK 16.000,- including papers and bookbinding materials (deposit NOK 5.000,-). The tuition does not include travel costs, accommodations or meals.
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Shortly after registration for your workshop you will receive an invoice via e-mail for the deposit (to be paid within two weeks). You will also receive an invoice for the rest of the tuition at the same time as the deposit. This invoice is to be paid no later than one month before the workshop starts. All fees are to be paid in Norwegian Kroner.
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PAYMENT:
Norwegian participant: we will send an invoice to your e-mail.
International students: You have 3 option of payment - please list your preferred payment method when registering for a class:
CREDIT CARD: you can make a payment directly from our website. There is a transaction fee (3 to 4 %) charged by Stripe that will be added to the tuition.
PAY PAL: For PayPal payments there is a handling fee of 6 % of the amount that will be added to the invoice.
INTERNATIONAL BANK TRANSFER: For bank transfer there is a transaction fee. Check with your bank for the amount, and make sure the transaction fee is not deducted from the payment for the class.
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NB: Await payment until you have received a confirmation of your seat and an invoice from NORD-photography.
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ACCOMMODATION:
The workshop takes place at our creative center SAGA in Norway.
Saga is a creative retreat center, with large spacious rooms, a homely atmosphere, an outdoor sauna, swimming dock and beautiful nature right outside the door. The stress of day to day life is left behind when you enter our center, so you can focus all your energy on expanding your creative talent and adopting new skills.
SAGA has a hotel section, which offers accommodation for participants during the workshop. If SAGA is fully booked we will organise alternative accommodation nearby in the same price range.
There are single beds in all of SAGA’s hotel rooms. We hope that most participants are open to share hotel rooms with one other participant (of the same gender) during your stay at SAGA. This way we can house the whole class at our hotel.
If you are a group traveling together, or you have a preference when sharing a room, please make a note when registration for the workshop. If you prefer a single room, let us know, and we will do our best to accommodate you. If we have no other person of your gender who opted for shared accommodation, we will offer you a single room.
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MEALS:
Saga is known for it's fresh homemade food. We will start each day with a healthy breakfast, before heading to class, or out shooting. We serve warm lunch at SAGA every day. Breakfast and varm lunch, coffee/ tea and fruit throughout your stay is included in the accommodation fee.
If you are not staying at our hotel you can still be part of the meal plan.
Meal Plan: breakfast, varm lunch, coffee/ tea and fruit pr day: Nok 660,-.
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If you have any food allergies please let us know when you register for your class and we will try to accommodate your needs.
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For dinner: the options will be discussed with the group on arrival. There are one restaurant in walking distance to SAGA, and several in driving distance. Dinner is not included. Saga has a full liquor license.
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PRICE ACCOMMODATION AND MEALS:
Shared double-room: NOK 1.460,- per person pr night.
The price includes:
- shared double room
- healthy breakfast
- warm home-cocked lunch
- coffee/ tea and fruit throughout your stay
- a session in Saga Sauna.
To get a shared double room requires that we have another participant of your gender, that can share. If we do not, you will get a private room - see price below.
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Private room: NOK 1.760,- per night.
The price includes:
- a private room
- healthy breakfast
- warm home-cocked lunch
- coffee/ tea and fruit throughout your stay
- a session in Saga Sauna.
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Payment for accommodations and meals is done directly to SAGA, before you depart. SAGA accept Visa and MasterCard.
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GETTING TO SAGA:
By Plane:
The closest airport to SAGA is Trondheim International Airport. From the airport, take the northbound train (towards Steinkjer), which stops at the airport terminal about every two hours. You will disembark the train at Røra Station (about 1 hour and 10 minutes) where NORDphotography’s van will be to greet you and transport you to SAGA. Estimated travel time to SAGA from (Time include direct flight to Trondheim Airport + train to SAGA): Oslo: 2 hours / Bodø: 2 hours / Copenhagen: 3 hours / Stockholm: 3 hours / New York: 12 hours (NYC+Oslo+Trondheim)
By Train:
You disembark the train at Røra Station and NORDphotography’s van will be to greet you and take you to SAGA. Estimated travel time to Røra by train from: Oslo: 9 hours / Trondheim: 2 hours / Bodø: 9.5 hours / Storlien (Sweden): 3.5 hours. For the local train schedule see: www.nsb.no/rutetabell
By Car:
Follow E6 to Røra, then RV 755 to Straumen.
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Travel expenses are each participant's own responsibility.
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WORKSHOP TUITION:
NOK 16.000,-
inc. materials.
Deposit: NOK 5.000,-
Se payment details in the workshop description.
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REGISTRATION ON OUR WORKSHOPS ARE BINDING.
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We ask that you do not book your ticket until we have confirmed that the minimum number of participants have signed on. The confirmation will happen no later than a month before the workshop start.
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We recommend everyone who travels to have travel insurance.
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For our cancelation rules and withdrawal and refund policy, scroll to the end of the description and read the info in the blue banners.
WHEN TO ARRIVE:
The workshop starts on June 3RD at 19:00 (7PM).
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WHEN TO DEPART:
The workshop wraps on June 8TH at 13:00 (1PM)
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WHAT TO BRING:
Papers and all materials will be supplied, but if you have photographs or other art you would like to incorporate into some of the books, feel free to bring them.
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ABOUT
DIANA BLOOMFIELD:
A photographer for 40 years, Diana’s work has been internationally exhibited and widely published. Specializing in 19th century historic printing techniques, Diana’s process of choice is tricolor gum bichromate.
She creates visual narratives which she interprets through her hand-made prints and one-of-a-kind artist books.
Her images have been included in a number of books, including l’art du livre origami, by Jean-Charles Trebbi; Jill Enfield’s Guide to Photographic Alternative Processes; Christopher James’ The Book of Alternative Photographic Processes; and she is a featured artist in Christina Z. Anderson’s Gum Printing: A Step-by-Step Manual, Highlighting Artists & Their Creative Practice. Diana’s art is in the permanent collections of the Norton Museum of Art (Florida), the New Mexico History Museum (Santa Fe), in the Collection at Montefiore Einstein (New York), NC State University’s Gregg Museum of Art & Design.
A native North Carolinian, Diana lives and works in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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Withdrawal and refund policy:
We highly recommend purchasing travel insurance.
Enrolment is limited in our workshops, so once you have registered for a class – we are counting on you to attend. The registration is binding. We do however understand that sometimes plans fall trough and offer the following cancellation policies: Withdraw more than 60 days before the start of class and we will refund all monies paid, minus an administration fee of NOK 1500,-. Withdraw 60 days or less before the start of class and we will charge you with the full workshop tuition. NORDphotography is not responsible for cancellations due to medical emergencies.
Cancelation Rules:
We ask that you do not book your ticket until we have confirmed that the minimum number of participants have signed up.
For workshops to run we need a minimum of five participants, unless otherwise noted in the workshop description. If we for some reason are not able to reach our minimum number, the workshop will be canceled and you will receive a full refund. NORDphotography is not responsible for reimbursement of non-refundable airline / train tickets in the event of a program cancellation. Our line of liability is to return all monies paid to the workshops. Please check on your workshop status before making travel arrangements. There will be a maximum of 10 students in each workshop, unless otherwise noted in the workshop description.
Instructor Replacement:
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It is the nature of our business that occasionally a listed instructor cannot participate because of unexpected events. If we are forced to replace an instructor we will do so with someone with equal or similar credentials. When time permits we will inform everyone who has registered.