Workshop: Folded Book Structures
Presented Onsite and Online: (Onsite capacity 10 participants) Mezzanine at The Edge
Workshop duration: 3 hours
An exploration of simple concertina folds and Pamphlet Stitch attachments, which can lead to a multitude of exciting, simple, and more complex sculptural books.
Presenter: Adele Outteridge
Adele Outteridge gained her bachelor’s degree in science from the University of Melbourne (Australia) in 1967. She worked as an Experimental Scientist at CSIRO for some years.
She studied graphic design during the 1980s, and has attended workshops and courses in design, book arts, drawing, sculpture, printmaking and even taxidermy.
She now lives in Brisbane and runs Studio West End (established 1998) with the late Wim de Vos until his death in 2018. She travels widely lecturing and teaching workshops. She has participated in several artist in residence projects in schools, galleries, and one in the Ramingining Aboriginal Community in remote Northern Australia. Wim de Vos and Adele were artists in residence for five stints of one month for the Art Gallery, Port Douglas between 2001 and 2009.
In 2003 she was invited to teach at the prestigious Arrowmont School, Tennessee and at the Women’s Studio Workshop, New York.
Her work in artists' books, printmaking, sculpture and drawing has been exhibited widely. It is held in private and public collections nationally and internationally including the State Library of Queensland, regional galleries, schools and university collections Her work has appeared in many publications including Keith Smith's Non-Adhesive Binding series.
Studio: 241F Station Road, Yeerongpilly, Qld. 4105. Australia.
