PAPERMAKING/BOOKS – SUMMER SESSION 2
JUNE 1-13, 2025 (11 STUDIO DAYS)
Radha Pandey and Johan Solberg
Art of the Book in the Islamicate Lands

In this intensive workshop, students will learn Indo-Islamicate papermaking and use some of the paper they produce to bind two Islamic-style codices. Using traditional methods of sheet forming and fiber preparation, we will immerse ourselves in the papermaking practiced in India in the 13th century. We will then size, dye, and burnish our sheets to prepare for the next step: binding. During the second week, students will work on two Islamicate bindings based on historical examples from the 9th and 15th centuries. Students will leave with a sampling of various techniques on their papers and two historical binding models. All levels. Papermaking studio.

Radha: papermaker and letterpress printing; teaching: University of Iowa Center for the Book (IA), Princeton University (NJ), Cleveland Institute of Art (OH), Harvard Art Museums (MA), Institut National du Patrimoine (France), Leksands Folkhögskola (Sweden), Bomuldsfabriken Kunsthall (Norway), Museu Molí Paperer de Capellades (Spain); residencies: Women’s Studio Workshop (US), Kristiansand Kunsthall (Norway); artist books in over 80 public collections internationally.

radhapandey.com | @pandey.radha

Johan: bookbinder; co-director of Halden Bookworks (Norway); teaching: Leksands Folkhögskola (Sweden), University of Iowa Center for the Book (IA), Morgan Conservatory (Cleveland), Bomuldsfabriken Kunsthall (Norway), Snow Farm (MA); residencies: Kristiansand Kunsthall (Norway).

johansolberg.com | @johan_solberg

November 15-December 16: Scholarship applications accepted
February 3: Regular enrollment opens