What is a Book? with Ordinary New Haven
Paulette Rosen and Tim Cabral
Have you ever thought about what makes a book a book and not, for example…a cocktail?
CAW and Ordinary present a fun winter evening of drink-mixing and creative exploration, all online. Book artist and CAW instructor Paulette Rosen will challenge our perceptions and help us to think outside the box, while Ordinary’s mixologist Tim Cabral will lead a master class in bartending for the evening’s beverages. No prior art or bartending experience is necessary!
Registration closes on Sunday, January 24 at 10 pm. After you register, you will receive a confirmation email with the Zoom link. Your What is a Book? kit will be ready for pickup at Ordinary at 990 Chapel Street, New Haven on Monday, January 25, between 4-7 pm.
Age: 21+
Price: $50 per person (includes master class, snacks, and ingredients for two (2) cocktails)
1/26 | Tuesday | 7-9 pm
A Valentine Just in Time!
Sheilah Rostow
Create a unique card for Valentine’s Day that can be adapted to any occasion without any special equipment—a show stopping shadow box card. It will use easily found items from around the house. You won’t see this at Hallmark.
Materials: Click here to view
Age: 15+
2/4 | Thursday | 3:00 pm-4:00 pm
1 Session | $15
Previous Workshops
Make a Refillable Memo Pad Cover
Sheilah Rostow
Discover how easy it is to make a cover for a refillable small memo pad. The process of basic book binding techniques and how to become familiar with some of the hand tools used in book making will be demonstrated. No experience necessary.
Price: Pay as you wish—we will provide a link during the event.
Materials: Click here to view
8/6 | Thursday | 1-2 pm
Pop-Ups: Making Quick Simple Shapes
Jennifer Verbit
Make dynamic shapes pop out of any paper you have at home. There are multiple uses of pop-ups in greeting cards, children’s books, and artist’s books. Learn the basic techniques of the pop-up and end this hour inspired to create your own pop-ups.
Price: Pay as you wish—we will provide a link during the event.
Materials: Click here to view
7/30 | Thursday | 1-2 pm
Cocktails + Origami
Cathy Reeve and Tim Cabral
CAW and Ordinary present an unconventional pairing: the ancient art of paper folding, and the modern art of cocktail mixing. Pick up your Cocktails + Origami kit from Ordinary in New Haven, and then settle in at home for an evening of drinks, snacks, and sculptures. All the ingredients and art materials you need are included with your registration, and no prior art or bartending experience is necessary!
Registration closes on Monday, July 27 at noon. After you register, you will receive a confirmation email with the Zoom link. Your Cocktails + Origami kit will be ready for pickup at Ordinary at 990 Chapel Street, New Haven on Tuesday, 7/28, between 4-8 pm.
Age: 21+
Price: $50 per person (includes origami paper, snacks, and ingredients for two (2) cocktails)
7/29 | Wednesday | 7-9 pm
Making Book Cloth
Paulette Rosen
In this workshop, learn two different techniques for making book cloth, a method used to back cloth with paper so that it can be used to cover books or boxes. The traditional Asian method uses wheat paste and mulberry paper and the 21st-century method uses commercially available products. These methods make it possible to glue any fabric to a surface. The decorative possibilities are endless with these techniques. Materials list provided for students to make book cloth on their own.
Price: Pay as you wish—we will provide a link during the event.
Materials: Click here to view
7/27 | Monday | 3-4 pm
Paper Puzzles: Paper Weaving
Helen Hiebert
Join paper and book artist Helen Hiebert for a paper weaving workshop. Cut two complimentary papers into strips, then weave them back together like a puzzle to create a work of art. To view examples of Helen’s paper weaving click here.
Price: Pay as you wish—we will provide a link during the event.
Materials: Click here to view.
Tuesday, 1:00 pm-2:30 pm, 6/30/20
A Touch of Abstract
Shilo Ratner
Grab your brushes and paint and learn about brush work, value, and the history of abstract painting.
Price: Pay as you wish—we will provide a link during the event.
Materials:
- Acrylic Paint – black
- Acrylic Paint – white
- 3 different sizes brushes
- 16″ or larger canvas panel
Monday, 3:00 pm-4:00 pm, 6/22/20
A Day in Your Life: Documenting 24 Hours During a Pandemic
Lucy McClure
The current COVID-19 crisis has brought forced isolation and social distancing, striking at our core principles of humanity, outreach, and unity. Our day-to-day lives no longer look the same. Historically, photography has been utilized as an outlet for documentation, whether as a family memory or a record of a time that once existed in the world at large. Inevitably, photography can be a powerful portal to community.
Students are encouraged to use their phone or camera to take a picture first thing in the morning and then 5-6 more pictures throughout the day until bedtime. Insomnia? Take one or two more pictures. The goal is to build a narrative of one’s day during this COVID19 pandemic through photographic documentation.
If you like, you may send your photos to the instructor at lucyqphoto@gmail.com
We will also be looking at some ways life and previous pandemics have been documented in the past through the medium of photography.
Price: Pay as you wish—we will provide a link during the event.
Thursday, 3:00 pm-4:00 pm, 5/21/20
DSLR and Mirrorless Cameras: Basics and Beyond
Harold Shapiro
Here is a hands-on opportunity to learn about the benefits of using a digital camera, basic camera controls, and how to choose the proper lenses. A great workshop for new camera owners and students looking to get back to basics. There may be some discussion about processing images in Photoshop.
Price: Pay as you wish—we will provide a link during the event.
Materials: Digital Single Lens Reflex Camera or Mirrorless Digital Camera
Wednesday, 1:00 pm-2:00 pm, 5/20/20
The Art of the Cut: Papercutting Workshop
Béatrice Coron
Discover facets of papercutting and how it can be used for editions (multiple copies), stencils, pop-up, and installation. Participants will learn basic principles of cutting techniques including simple exercises: how to cut paper, alternate ways to use the cuttings, how to show perspective, and how to use an X-Acto knife in paper cutting. Coron will exhibit her own works as well as those of other papercutting artists.
Price: Pay as you wish—we will provide a link during the event.
Age: 18 and up
Materials:
- X-Acto knife
- Extra blades
- Cutting mat
- Origami papers
- Tracing paper (or transparent paper as parchment or freezer paper)
- Glue
- Stapler
- Scotch tape
Monday, 1:00 pm-2:00 pm, 5/18/20
Hand-Building with Simple Tools
Charles Jones
Join CAW Pottery Department Head Charles Jones as he guides students through step-by-step demonstrations for making hand-built pots. Learn different techniques for making small trays from slabs using simple tools at a pace you can follow along as you create your own pieces at home. These pots can be as simple or as elaborate as you wish and the techniques are scalable for pots of different sizes.
Price: Pay as you wish—we will provide a link during the event.
Age: 15 and up
Materials: T-3 clay can be ordered for home delivery from Sheffield Pottery. This clay will be able to be fired at CAW in the future – just be sure to save your receipt so we’re sure any clay brought in is cone 10. Click here to place your order.
- A couple of pieces of canvas or heave cloth at least 1 foot square
- Several small board, heavy cardboard, or similar at least a foot square
- Some 1″ thick wood blocks (any shape) but no bigger than 4″ x 6″ or smaller than 2″ x 2″
- Some type of knife or needle tool to cut the clay
- A rolling pin of some type (PVC pipe, large wood dowel, etc will work)
- Newspaper or similar paper
- Scissors or razor knife
Optional but nice-to-have tools:
- Cut off wire
- Couple of at least a foot long ¼ inch spacers (plywood, dowels, anything smooth)
- Texture tools (stamps, forks, string wrapped around a pencil, for pressing into clay)
- Small rolling pin like a wallpaper seam roller
- Something flat to smooth the clay like a 6 inch scraper/putty knife
Tuesday, 7:00 pm-8:00 pm, 5/12/20
Float Like Calder: Mobile Workshop
Charles Jones
Add some movement to the art in your home with a mobile. Charles Jones, Head of CAW’s Pottery Department, will guide you through the fundamentals of making wonderful floating sculptures. All you need are some simple materials found around your home or easily acquired. Once you have the basics down, the possibilities are endless for what you can create. Artists such as Alexander Calder, Tim Prentise, and George Rikey will give you further inspiration.
Price: Pay as you wish—we will provide a link during the event.
Age: 15 and up
Materials: Please gather these materials before class:
- Some thin but reasonably stiff wire for the arms of the mobile
- A couple of empty/clean soda cans
- Stiff construction paper
- Colorful plastic bottles to cut up for the shapes we will add to the arms
- Thread and glue for attaching the arms together
- Pair of solid scissors for cutting the shapes out
- Needle nose pliers if you want to make loops in the arms instead of using thread
- Razor knife for cutting if you’re using plastic bottles
- Awl, ice pick, or nail for making holes in the shapes
- Magazine or small block of wood to keep us from making holes in our tables
- Anything you don’t have you can easily pick up at Hull’s on Chapel Street in New Haven. Click here for their website or call them at 203-865-4855.
Tuesday, 7:00-8:30 pm, 5/5/20
Albers’ Color Class
Fritz Horstman
Working from Josef Albers’ book Interaction of Color, experiment with colors that you may already have around your home. Try your hands at exercises that Albers invented in his time teaching at the Bauhaus, Black Mountain College and Yale, such as One-Color-Becomes-Two, Reversed Grounds and Afterimage.
Price: Pay as you wish—we will provide a link during the event.
Age: 15 and up
Materials: Please gather these materials before class. The more colors the better.
- Old magazines, gift wrap and packaging
- Construction paper (if possible)
- Colorful napkins, place mats, book covers (flat, single color—these things won’t be cut)
- Scissors
- White paper
- Glue
Tuesday, 6:30 pm-7:30 pm, 4/28/20
Nurturing Nature Discussion and Critique
Harold Shapiro
In these challenging times, a great way to find some peace is to commune with nature. Take a walk with your camera, create some images you find to be soothing or satisfying along your path, then, if you wish, send one of your images to the instructor at haroldshapirophoto@gmail.com by Saturday, 4/18/2020. Please have your name and title as the file name, (e.g. Carol Jones-Tree at sunset.jpg).
Harold will upload the images to an online gallery that will be password protected and shared with participants. Some, but not all images, will be discussed. All digital photos accepted, including cell phone photos.
During the class, Harold will lead a discussion about nature photography, and share some images that he is creating currently.
Tuesday, 7:00 pm-8:00 pm, 4/21/20
Mindful Art Drawing
Nellie Shevelkina
Looking at the space around you, whether inside or outside, the instructor will guide students through 5-7 minute periods of mindful drawing including lines and shapes. For ages 5-100. Children under 7 are welcome, if accompanied by an adult.
Materials: Paper, and pencil and any or all of the following: colored pencils, markers, crayons, paints (watercolor, acrylic, oil, whatever is in the home) and brushes.
Wednesday, 4:30 pm-5:15 pm, 4/15/20
Self-Portraiture Workshop
Eric March
While you’re in quarantine, why not spend some time with your favorite model. Get a quick introduction to drawing the head and some things to think about when starting a self-portrait. The class will be taught live on Zoom so students can ask questions and even start their own drawing during the workshop.
Materials: Paper & pencil (or digital drawing)
Wednesday, 7:00 pm-8:00 pm, 4/1/20