Elsi Vassdal Ellis Education


Degrees

PhD Educational Communication, University of Washington, March 1983
       Major concentration in visual psychology
       Minor concentration in statistics

Dissertation: Visual and Kinesthetic Short-term Memory Representations and the Recognition and Recall of Static and Kinetic Geometric Figures.

MEd Technology, Western Washington University, June 1977
Concentration in visual communication education
BS Visual Communication,Western Washington State College, August 1974
Concentration in graphic design; also earned provisional teaching certificate for teaching industrial arts and art at secondary level




Continuing Education
[workshops taken]
Movable Magic: A Suitcase Full of Pop-up Books, Paul Johnson, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, May 14, 2005
Traditional Dying & Tooling Techniques, Dominic Riley, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, May 16 & 17, 2003
Heidi Kyle Structures, Mitzi Lindgren, Bellingham, WA, April 20, 2003
Nag Hammadi Binding, Dominic Riley, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, July 13-14, 2002
The Secret Belgium Binding, Mitzi Lindgren, Bellingham, WA, January 26, 200
Medieval Pocketbook, Nathaniel Yeager, San Francisco, CA, August 19-, 2001
Little Fat Books on Raised Cords, Bonnie Stahlacker, University of Washington, Seattle, June 4-5, 2001
Folder Techniques, Daniel Kelm, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, June 17-18, 2000
Book of Fun and Games, Julie Chen, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, May 15-16, 1999
Day Box, Sandy Tilcock, Seattle, WA, August 20-21, 1998
Sandragraphs & Monotypes, Harry Reese, Sedro Woolley, WA, April 27, 1997
Faculty Evaluation and Development, KSU Center, Salt Lake City, UT, November 11-13, 1996
Xerox Transfers & Nested Accordions, Kitty Maryatt, Seattle, WA, July 6-7, 1996
Artist's Books: Production and Marketing, Johanna Drucker, Seattle, WA, May 19, 1996
Book Thinking, Sas Colby, Seattle, WA, April 27-28, 1996
Travel Diaries, Susan King, Scripps College, Claremont, CA, November 4, 1995
Boxes Inside & Out, Martha Little, Book Arts Guild, Seattle, WA, October 14-15, 1995
Limp Leather Binding, Silvia Rennie, Book Arts Guild, Seattle, WA, April 8-9, 1995
Paper and Fabric Marbling, Galen Berry, Western Washington University, October 25, 1994
Designer Binding: A Closer View, Joanne Sonnichsen, Claremont, CA, November 14, 1993
Rounding and Backing, Mark Anderson, Book Arts Guild, Seattle, WA, March 13 & 20, 1993
Non-adhesive miniature books, Louise Genest, Book Arts Guild, Seattle, WA, November 14-15, 1992
Wood Engraving, John De Pol, RIT, Rochester, NY, October 5-9, 1992
Japanese Papermaking, Tim Barrett, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA, June 6-7, 1992
Alternative Binding Structures, Tanya Bolenz, Book Arts Guild, Seattle, WA, May 16-17, 1992
Decorative Paste Paper, Shelley Hoyt, Book Arts Guild, Seattle, WA, April 25-26, 1992
Leather Gold Tooling, Deborah Evetts, Book Arts Guild, Seattle, WA, April 11-12, 1992
Problem Solving & Printing on the Cast-Iron Handpress, R. Gabriel-Rummonds, Rochester, NY, October 21-24, 1991
Case Binding, Sandy Tilcock, Book Arts Guild, Seattle, WA, February 9-10, 1991
Letterpress Printing, Purgatory Pi Press, Ink on Paper, Seattle, WA, August 18-19, 1990
Letterform Design and Digital Punchcutting, Julian Waters and Matthew Carter, RIT, Rochester, NY, June 18-24, 1990
Intermediate Full Leather Binding, Carolina Veenstra, Book Arts Guild, Kingston, WA, March 23-24 & June 30, 1990
Artist's Boxmaking Techniques, Nancy Pobanz, Book Arts Guild, Edmonds, WA, October 21-22, 1989
Artist's Binding Techniques, Mare Blocker-Miluski, University of Washington Extension, Seattle, WA, June 24-25, 1989
Letterpress Broadside, Charles Alexander, The Elliot Press, Tacoma, WA, November 14, 1987
GATF Advanced Teacher Seminar, Pittsburgh, PA, July 27-31, 1987
GATF Teacher Seminar, Pittsburgh, PA, August 8-19, 1984
TMI/Technidyne Seminar: Brightness, Opacity and Color Measurements, Bellevue, WA, June 1982
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