As artists and designers, often our first response to creating originates from our intuitive sense—the “aha moment”. Confirm that intuitive answer and discover other possibilities to enrich your process and visual vocabulary by using the elements and principles of art and design.

Choose your concept—a memory, poem, quotation. Using theories of colour, shape, repetition, contrast, and balance combined with simple paper engineering techniques, we will create individual 3D kinetic vignettes expressing visual responses to your chosen concept.

At the end of the day, these tableaus “pages” will be linked into an accordion-fold flutter book recording your process for the day to be read as a regular book or displayed as a sculptural piece.

Saturday, October 18th, 2025

1 day class, 6 hours, 11am - 5pm

Instructor: Akiko Lamb

Price includes all materials.

Level: Beginner, no experience required.

This is a masks optional class, participants are not required to wear a mask.

ARTIST-INSTRUCTOR BIO

Akiko Lamb is an industrial designer who loves the structure, problem solving, and the aesthetics of book arts. Following graduation from Radio & Television Arts, Toronto Metropolitian Unveristy, her work included educational development and program design for TVOntario. Later, as a graduate of Industrial Design, OCAD University, she studied bookbinding with George Walker who introduced her to the world of book arts. Akiko has taught at OCADU, libraries, schools, and privately including portfolio preparation for entract into art/deisgn programs and book arts workshops. Her work also includes designing for interiors, retail, and costume for professional theatre. As a designer and teacher, Akiko continues to explore and share her love of the visual arts.