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Lauren Simkin Berke is a Brooklyn-based visual artist and illustrator. Though mainly working at drawing, painting, printmaking, and bookbinding, Lauren can often be found reading, writing, futzing, and pondering. They're the author of "Zine making & Bookbinding," and the illustrator of "B is for Bibliophile" by O.E. Zelmanovich. Lauren teaches illustration courses at FIT, SVA, and Parsons.
While some books and zines may be made for an audience to view from a distance, most are meant to be held, browsed, flipped through, and read, providing an intimate physical exchange of ideas. Paginated Forms: A Book and Zine Workshop is structured in two parts. In the morning, we'll cover six zine forms, with variations and adaptations that change even the simplest forms into surprising interactive experiences. In the afternoon, we'll make miniature sewn multi-signature hardcover books using a process that can be applied to books of any size. Whether the intent of your future book and zine projects are to create work for yourself, or you know they are meant to share or sell, this workshop will be a practical starting point that allows you to transform your creative work into physical forms that you're excited to share with others.