Hello everyone,
There are workshops below which I am running, where you can learn and be entertained.
Read on and see what interests you.
This is what I have been doing.
My studio has some changes. We finally removed the door and replaced it with a curtain. Now the flow of workshop folk will be much easier with no door to step around. Talking of steps, look at the great library step chair I found in Olinda. Very comfortable to sit on and excellent for helping me access the top shelves.
I have been making paper of course. The main challenge has been making lengths of paper to be made into scrolls. I have had some success. They will look better when they have been printed and stitched.
I spent a wonderful weekend at a Sandra Pearce mono print workshop. My head is still buzzing as the new neuronal pathways are etched in my brain. Thankyou Sandra.
I running some of these workshops at my studio here in Box Hill, one at Bundoora for the Papermakers of Victoria and some at Opendrawer in Hartwell.
Date: Tuesday 8th May
Cost: $70 plus $10 materials fee
Venue: Box Hill North
Learn to make an artistic note book to house your workshop notes and samples.
They are so valuable for keeping your memory prompts and new learnings in an attractive reference book .
Easily accessed notes and diagrams will make your follow up days much more valuable as you weave your new skills into your developing art practice.
For this workshop you will bring notes and samples from a workshop or activity you have already done.
This information and your examples will be what determines the shape and style of your book.
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Date: Sunday 3rd June
Cost: $70 plus $10 materials fee
Venue: Box Hill North
Your friends will love receiving personalised gift cards from you.
Come along and spend time making beautiful unique cards using three different techniques.
Start the day by carving your own print block from your drawing or a design supplied by Barb.
This will be used with the cold wax resist technique and printing onto your cards.
You will collage, print, stitch and dye to bring colour and life to your cards.
Some cards will be made from handmade paper and others from commercial card.
You will end the day with many cards to give your family and friends on special occasions.
Your $10 materials fee will cover the cost of a lino tool, Soft Cut print block material and blank cards to work on.
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This is a Papermakers of Victoria workshop I will run at our Stables Studio at Bundoora.
Details and registration here: http://papermakers.org.au/workshops/
PAPERMAKING FOR A PURPOSE
Tutor: Barb Adams
22nd April 2018 at Bundoora
Handmade paper can vary greatly. For a handmade paper project to be a success it is helpful to know which paper you should make. This workshop will concentrate on making a variety of pulps which will be made into sample sheets.
You will learn how to make paper suitable for book pages of different shapes and sizes or pages with pockets included when you form the wet pages. Recipes will be provided for pulp making suitable for cards, strong paper for casting, paper into which other items can be included or paper suitable to print photos or text onto.You will take home a book you have made, in which you can store your specific paper pulp recipes and samples of your handmade paper.
While you are at http://papermakers.org.au/workshops/ have look at the other great workshops available.
Book these workshops at https://opendrawer.weteachme.com/
Venue: Opendrawer Hartwell
One day workshop
Have you stitched on paper? Sashiko stitching in the Japanese boro style can be used to make attractive designs on paper. Boro stitched fabric grew out of the need to repair old Indigo dyed cloth in early twentieth century rural Japan.
This workshop will introduce you to different ways of stitching Indigo dyed papers to create beautiful mini artworks for the pages for your book. You will be guided to use the marks on the paper as a suggested design for your page.
You will learn some basic sashiko designs and how to use them in your work.
At the end of the day you will take home a beautiful little book to keep or give to someone special.
Date: Tuesday 5th June 10am - 3pm
Your materials fee will include the papers Barb provides to make and decorate your book.
Venue: Opendrawer Hartwell
Book this workshop at https://opendrawer.weteachme.com/
3 day workshop
Make a book that is ALL YOURS right from the paper itself .
Spend three wonderful days during the month of May learning the skills of making paper, stitching two book structures and binding a very special book with the paper you made on day one.
Book 1 Figure 8 over tapes
Book 2 Coptic Binding
Dates: Tuesday 1st May 10am - 3pm
Papermaking
Tuesday 15th May 10am - 3pm
Binding 2 Books
Tuesday 29th May 10am - 3pm
Bind your own paper into one of your book styles.
www.barbadams.com
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Box Hill, Victoria, Australia.