Create a Handmade Journal for Your Notes, Photos, and Ephemera
Learn to make a beautiful accordion-bound journal with pockets to hold your collected photos and ephemera in this 2-hour mini-workshop. This pocket accordion book is folded from one large sheet of paper, giving you 8 pages with pockets to stash ephemera, photos, and notes you collected on your summer travels or in your everyday adventures. We will also go over a simple pamphlet binding method for adding more note pages into your book. We’ll polish it off by adding a non-adhesive softcover with a tab closure. This book is perfect for bringing along with you as a safe place to tuck interesting items you’d like to save and can even be made on the go with minimal tools and materials required — and makes a great holiday gift! Perfect for experienced binders and beginners alike!
Elizabeth Castaldo is an artist, printmaker, and bookbinder based in Peekskill, NY and New York City. She has completed residencies at the Center for Book Arts (New York City) and Printmaker’s Open Forum (Oxford, PA). Castaldo received her MFA from Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) Atlanta where she was a Dean’s Fellow in Printmaking, and her BFA from the School of Visual Arts. In November 2020, her solo exhibition, Proximate Magic, was presented at Saint Joseph’s College in Patchogue, NY. Her work was included in the traveling exhibition, Freed Formats: The Book Reconsidered and she organized the exchange portfolio Earth/Mother for the SGCI 2020 conference “Puertografico.” She teaches printmaking and book arts at Parsons School of Design, Nassau Community College, and the Center for Book Arts. Her work is held in many private and institutional collections including SCAD, Yale University, The University of Alberta, and Carnegie Melon University.
Elizabeth teaches hand-made books for StrudelmediaLive.