ART 118 Artist Books and Pop-up

Students will design and create original artist's books— intentional works of art created in the form of a book— using a variety of basic movable book structures and pop-up techniques. Curriculum will also focus on design process development, conceptual development and typographic layout. Coursework will demonstrate critical and creative thinking and applied learning via the knowledge and techniques of paper engineering and the history and aesthetics of the movable and pop-up books. May be repeated up to 12 total credits.

Credits

4

General Education Requirements

Arts and Letters

Course Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

1. Assemble a variety of basic and creative book-binding styles and pop-up techniques
2. Design and create original artist books using existing written content or write their own content according to the assignments
3. Focus on design process development, conceptual development, and typographic layout
4. Research the history of; the book form throughout the world, movable books, and artist’s books at the library and online
5. Create personally and artistically relevant books