Tunnel Books with Ken Gerleve
Saturday, July 12, 2025
12pm to 4pm
In this class, students will take what they learned in Papercuts, and learn how to layer panels to create Tunnel Books. First they will learn a few variations on tunnel book structures using premade kits (one with double stick tape, one sewn by hand, etc.), and will then create one of their own.
Students with Papercutting experience may ask to attend without workshop prerequisite.
About Ken Gerleve
Ken Gerleve is an interdisciplinary artist who uses narrative and image to tell stories, which are often darkly humorous. His artwork juxtaposes the traditional elements of the Gothic with contemporary culture. This can take the form of an illustrated book of original verse narrative, animation, puppet building and performance, or installation. He often uses Scherenschnitte, or paper-cutting, and dimensional book structures, like Tunnel and Carousel books, to create sculptural scenes reminiscent of the silhouette animations of Lotte Reiniger. Ken earned an MFA in Interdisciplinary Book and Paper Arts from Columbia College Chicago.
Saturday, July 12, 2025
12pm to 4pm
In this class, students will take what they learned in Papercuts, and learn how to layer panels to create Tunnel Books. First they will learn a few variations on tunnel book structures using premade kits (one with double stick tape, one sewn by hand, etc.), and will then create one of their own.
Students with Papercutting experience may ask to attend without workshop prerequisite.
About Ken Gerleve
Ken Gerleve is an interdisciplinary artist who uses narrative and image to tell stories, which are often darkly humorous. His artwork juxtaposes the traditional elements of the Gothic with contemporary culture. This can take the form of an illustrated book of original verse narrative, animation, puppet building and performance, or installation. He often uses Scherenschnitte, or paper-cutting, and dimensional book structures, like Tunnel and Carousel books, to create sculptural scenes reminiscent of the silhouette animations of Lotte Reiniger. Ken earned an MFA in Interdisciplinary Book and Paper Arts from Columbia College Chicago.
Saturday, July 12, 2025
12pm to 4pm
In this class, students will take what they learned in Papercuts, and learn how to layer panels to create Tunnel Books. First they will learn a few variations on tunnel book structures using premade kits (one with double stick tape, one sewn by hand, etc.), and will then create one of their own.
Students with Papercutting experience may ask to attend without workshop prerequisite.
About Ken Gerleve
Ken Gerleve is an interdisciplinary artist who uses narrative and image to tell stories, which are often darkly humorous. His artwork juxtaposes the traditional elements of the Gothic with contemporary culture. This can take the form of an illustrated book of original verse narrative, animation, puppet building and performance, or installation. He often uses Scherenschnitte, or paper-cutting, and dimensional book structures, like Tunnel and Carousel books, to create sculptural scenes reminiscent of the silhouette animations of Lotte Reiniger. Ken earned an MFA in Interdisciplinary Book and Paper Arts from Columbia College Chicago.