Beautiful Books
Workshop
Learn how to create your own books like these
Learn how to create your own books like these
Louise Kirby from
Is hosting a fabulous weekend workshop
at the Grafton Art Club.
365 Dobie St, Westlawn.
Dates: June 1st and 2nd
Times : 10 – 4 pm
Cost: $70
Bookings: Phone: 6647 3194
mobile: 0458 455 612
email: rivergirlart@bigpond.com
Times : 10 – 4 pm
Cost: $70
Bookings: Phone: 6647 3194
mobile: 0458 455 612
email: rivergirlart@bigpond.com
Beautiful Books Workshop
Things
to bring~
We will be making 2 coptic
bound books this weekend using a mix of new and repurposed supplies.Please bring along anything you would like to include, I know some of you have old art works on lovely paper and I encourage you to repurpose those if you would like too.
I will be supplying
one large sheet of Stonehenge printmaking paper ,enough for the book we will
make on day 1, you can buy another sheet or two on the day if you would like to make a book with more
pages of this wonderful paper.
Papers- The book we
are making on day 2 will be using a quirky collection of papers, I know some of
you have collections of things you want to use and this is the workshop we will
use them in. I like to include various new papers – various weight sketch paper
in white and black, water colour papers, the last few pages I have left in a
pad of any art paper, 12 x 12 scrap book papers and various coloured printer paper and card stock, graph
paper, velum, wallpaper etc then I add a
selection of repurposed pages, old art works or pages I have used to protect
the surface I am working on- any size is useful, repurposed pages from books,
old text books, old atlas pages, these pages need to be roughly A4 or larger
when lying flat and its best to avoid shiny surfaces other than that you can
include anything.
Cardboard- we will be
using this for our book covers, I have used lots of things including cereal
boxes, mat board off cuts from the picture framers, repurposed book covers, any
stiff cardboard is suitable and we will be covering it so it does not matter
what it looks like.
Tools and other items
– if you don’t have all of these don’t worry we can share them.
Awl (or a heavy needle and a wine cork) , fine hole punch, ruler, decorative serviettes ( these will be the cover on one of your books) book binding cord or embroidery floss in assorted colours, glue-you want a fairly dry, glue impasto gel or acrylic mat medium, paint brushes -broad and fine, acrylic paints- brights and black and white , inks, stamps, stencils, artist markers gel pens etc.
Awl (or a heavy needle and a wine cork) , fine hole punch, ruler, decorative serviettes ( these will be the cover on one of your books) book binding cord or embroidery floss in assorted colours, glue-you want a fairly dry, glue impasto gel or acrylic mat medium, paint brushes -broad and fine, acrylic paints- brights and black and white , inks, stamps, stencils, artist markers gel pens etc.
We will be making an
embossed book plate to title our books and will be using a repurposed champagne
foil or yoghurt container tops.
Workshop Program
Day 1
- Fold
and tear Stonehenge paper, and assemble
signatures
-cut covers from cereal or mat board
or other cardboard
-make book covers using serviettes
-dry
-paint and doodle cartridge papers
(whenever you have a break – go and work on them)
-bind day 1 book
-finish cartridge papers
Day 2
– select covers for day 2 book, cut and put
aside
-
sort repurposed pages into signatures including cut down cartridge
papers, consider pockets and opening flaps
-make covers including a back pocket
and a liner
-dry
-make embossed book plate
-bind day 2 book
