G44: Preserving Your Photographs - The Tuxedo Box
$100 Gallery 44 members / $115 non-members
Number of Participants: 12
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One of the best ways to present and protect your photographs and papers is to provide a safe home for them. Join us and make a tuxedo box, also called a phase box, an enclosure that wraps and holds your items safe between uses. Participants will learn about the tools and materials needed to make an enclosure for photos, prints, or books.
Participants are encouraged to bring a stack of prints or books measuring 8”×10” or smaller, with a total thickness of no more than ½” to ¾”.
Andrew Huot is a book artist and bookbinder in Toronto, ON, Canada, where he operates Big River Bindery. He taught bookbinding, conservation, and preservation at the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois for 12 years. In addition to conservation and bookbinding, he teaches bookbinding and book arts in his Scarborough studio, for the Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild, and at arts centers around Toronto. He holds a Masters in Book Arts from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and his artists’ books use photographs, linoleum cuts, and text to share the humorous side of everyday life. His artists’ books are in collections including the Art Institute of Chicago, Yale University, Emory University, and OCADU.
