Space is limited to 15 people. Must RSVP to attend.

Please come along to a creative session in Bridwell's 2nd Floor Conference Room (207) with Haein Song to see her latest artist’s books, Light / Folds and Pain Memory, and get an insight in the process of making – from the idea to printmaking, letterpress printing, bookbinding and boxmaking. She will also discuss current themes around memory in the body, relationships of time and light, and drawing from bodily experience.

You will also be invited to explore mark making in a playful way – drawing the bodily sensation using the body as an anchor. Then the sheet will be turned into a small folded booklet and finished by sewing it with the simple cover. No previous experience is necessary and suitable for all skill sets.

Haein Song is a fellow of Designer Bookbinders and an artist working primarily with books as her medium. She uses traditional bookbinding techniques to create unique or limited edition books, while employing a variety of printmaking methods. With a strong interest in the physicality of making and understanding the process of making, she explores qualities of transience, fragility, intangibility and absurdity in both the concept and aesthetic of her work.

Her artist's books and fine bindings are held in public collections including British Library, Bodleian Libraries, Wellcome Collection, Library of Congress, Stanford University, Getty Research Institute, Yale University, Harvard University and Morgan Library among others. Her artist’s book was a semi-finalist at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts Artists' Book Prize in 2020 and her find binding has been awarded one of the 25 Silver prizes at the Designer Bookbinders International Bookbinding Prize in 2022.