Box Making
Instructor Katie Chung

In-House Workshop at JCBA
Monday, November 10, 2025
1:00 to 4:30 PM
JCBA Book Studio 350C at Florida Atlantic's Wimberly Library

Archival boxes are used to hold precious objects such as books, prints, and artifacts. Learn how to build an archival lidded box in this one-day intensive workshop led by JCBA Salzberg Resident artist Katie Chung. Students will leave this workshop with a beautifully crafted box and the fundamentals of constructing a box using traditional book arts techniques. Prior book making experience is strongly encouraged. Materials and supplies will be provided.

TUITION & REGISTRATION

$125 general public / $115 FAU faculty & staff and students from other institutions / $90 FAU students. Advance registration is required for all JCBA workshops. To register, email JCBA Director John Cutrone at jcutrone@fau.edu. Class limit: 6.

Instructor

Katie Chung is an artist that works in illustration and sculpture to investigate her identity as a second generation Korean American. She uses book arts to frame her imagined heirlooms made from utilitarian supplies found in her mother’s dry cleaning shop. Chung has worked in artist book production, publishing, and teaching since 2015. She is a current Helen M. Salzberg Artist in Residence at the Jaffe Center for Book Arts. https://www.katiechung.com

From Blocks to Boxes
Instructor Paula Krieg

Virtual Workshop
Thursday November 13, 2025
6 to 8:30 PM Eastern Standard Time
From wherever you are in the world, via Zoom.

This workshop will be recorded, and video will be available to registered students for at least 30 days after the workshop.

Inspired by the shapes of wooden pattern blocks, this workshop scales up and expands these geometric solids to enable you to construct practical and playful items. Our blocks and boxes will be made from cover-weight paper, using hidden magnets to increase impromptu sculptural possibilities. We will explore decorating the surfaces of our blocks, with an emphasis on fractal embellishments, and learn how to modify the provided templates to assemble the blocks into unusual boxes with closures. Your blocks and boxes will be decorative, inviting, and most importantly, whimsical and personal.

REGISTRATION

Advance registration is required for all JCBA workshops. For more details or to register, email JCBA Director John Cutrone at jcutrone@fau.edu. Class limit: 16.

Tuition

This workshop has a set tuition of $100. Optional workshop kit is available directly from the instructor (see link below for details... and keep in mind you will need to order the kit, should you want it, at least 3 weeks before workshop date). We recommend registering early!

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

- Computer or tablet with Internet connection.
- 10-page PDF that will be provided to you, which you will print on regular white copy paper.
- Cutting tools of choice; we recommend scissors and a craft knife.
- Straight edges rulers: a 12” ruler and a smaller size.
- Ballpoint Pen, Pencil, and (optional) bright colored pencil.
- Bone Folder.
- Awl (optional).
- As many sheets of 8 ½” x 11” card weight paper (65lb/176gsm) as blocks you would like to make. I recommend Park Lane Cardstock (Park Lane makes has a nice black) or Astrobrights black or colored Cardstock. We will use 6 – 9 sheets in class.
- Glue Stick such as clear UHU brand, AND
- PVA with brush, or in a squeeze bottle, such as Bearly Craft Glue.
- Optional embellishment pack.

If you want to include magnets in your blocks (and we hope you do), purchase:
- 12 x 2mm flat refrigerator magnets, preferable made by Eokoaiee (12.99 on Amazon).
- Glue Dots such as Gorilla Permanent Adhesive Dots, Double-Sided, Clear, 0.5" Diameter.

Instructor

Paula Krieg has been designing, teaching, and chronicling paper and book arts projects for the past thirty years.