"Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some are to be chewed and digested." ~Francis Bacon, Essays (1625) Bacon's Essays By Francis Bacon, Richard Whately. Artists Books are conceived as works of art in their own right. This course offers graduate students a comprehensive introduction to artist books and bookmaking, both historical and contemporary, utilizing various technical processes for eastern and western book forms, adhesive and non-adhesive bindings, enclosures, and experimental book forms. What truly makes an artist's book is the artist's intent. Artists' books exist at the intersections of printmaking, photography, poetry, experimental narrative, visual arts, graphic design, and publishing. Students will be expected to research how a book augments their studio practice and how word and image are particularly important in expressing ideas that further their goals as an artist. In all cases content, form and materials must work together in creating a complete work. Regular critiques, both individual and group, will emphasize learning goals. Students are encouraged to include various mediums in book format, whether two or three dimensional, and to expand the boundaries of their process in new ways. Guest artists, trips to artist book collections, studio visits, and student presentations will be featured.

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