Intro to Bookbinding: The Coptic Stitch with Ken Leslie
Four Thursdays Evenings
February 16, 23, March 2, 9
6pm - 8pm
Ages 16+
$125 Per Person
For artists, writers, journalists… using your drawing, painting, writing, photographs, collage, or whatever medium you prefer. You will make a Coptic-bound book and explore several other book-structures for making one-of-a-kind and limited edition books.
Participants will discover the world of bookmaking and artist’s books, exploring countless examples and creating several of their own books emphasizing images and/or writing.
Artist Bio: Ken Leslie (he/him) was born in 1952 in Peekskill, New York. Leslie was in his last year at Amherst College (BA, 1975) when he took his first art course, a fact he often cites to encourage late bloomers. He went on to study painting at New York, School of Visual Arts (BFA, 1977) and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine. He earned his graduate degree in painting from the University of Pennsylvania (MFA, 1980).
Leslie’s first solo painting exhibition was in 1982, at the Gross-McCleaf Gallery in Philadelphia. He has maintained a steady exhibition schedule ever since. He has received numerous honors for his work, including visual artist fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Vermont Arts Council and the Vermont Community Foundation. He paints and writes on a variety of themes, including our place in the Universe, a layman’s theory of relativity, the battle between nature and technology, and, most recently, light and dark on and above the Arctic Circle. His books and paintings are in many private and public collections around the world.
Ken Leslie was a Professor of Fine Arts at the Visual Arts Center of Northern Vermont University, where he taught painting and drawing from 1984 till 2022. His exploration of Time and Space has taken him to several residencies on and above the Arctic Circle, both in winter and summer. Leslie has lived in northern Vermont since 1984, with his wife, Ruby Leslie - a nationally recognized weaver.
