Workshop exploring the possibilities of form

Pamphlet Binding: Exploiting the Possibilities of the Form

September 23, 2025, 12-1 p.m.

A workshop with special guest Stephanie Wolff.

Spots are limited for in person workshop (RSVP for location)
Workshop available on Zoom as well (link TBD)

In the workshop we will make a standard 3-hole pamphlet binding, explore ways in which it could be altered or the form changed, and consider relationships between form and content.

Book making kits will be provided to local participants. Please RSVP by 9/18 to reserve a kit. A zoom link will be circulated prior to the workshop.

RSVP: marina.peterson@austin.utexas.edu or craig.campbell@utexas.edu

Stephanie Wolff works with text, textile, and the book form creating both two- and three-dimensional art on themes of weather, science, history, and rural life. Her process begins with research: in archives and databases, by reading, in conversations with experts, and via active exploration. The examination and interpretation of the research help her form questions, make connections, gain knowledge, and expand her point of view. As a longtime teacher of book arts to college students and others, she enjoys sharing her knowledge from bookbinding, book conservation, and fine arts to help people transform their ideas into something tangible.

Presented as part of the Bureau for Experimental Ethnography’s multiyear focus on expanded publishing, with support from the Digital Humanities Institute.