Author: Barb Adams

Adding Content to a Blank Book

Many people have said to me that they have a precious book that they have made or been given and it is –

TOO GOOD TO WRITE IN

This workshop invites you to bring a blank book that you would like to start working in.

Treat your blank book like an invitation. Enrich the pages, add colour, pattern and texture. As Dorothy Simpson Krause says, ‘Your book will begin to sing, beguile, soothe and excite.’ The complexity you add will make your pages richer.

This workshop will teach you ways to add content to an already bound book. We will start working in the book, preparing the pages for added content. With guidance, you will be encouraged to cut windows in the pages, add colour and remove some pages to make way for other inclusions. Before you come, give some thought to how you might use your book. Will it be a travel journal, a recipe book, a daily journal, a book of wise words – your own or someone else’s –  or a book in which to record some of your family history.

Tuesday 5th July 2016

10 – 4

Box Hill North

$70 plus $8 materials fee.

Most materials provided.  Bring your blank book.

BYO Lunch Tea & Coffee provided

Book Now

Yesterday four clever artists made two books each, glueing, stitching and learning their way through the workshop day.  Some used beautiful papers they brought with them and one used handmade paper.  Thankyou for rising to the challenge ladies.

 

     Mapping the Journey

Artists Book 3 Day Workshop

Books and Storage Box

Vade mecum: The Constant Companion

Vade mecum is Latin for ‘take me along’

This term applies to any gathering of pages(or book)

which is used on a daily basis and can be carried

on the person for easy reference.

Spend 3 days creating beautiful individual concertina books with attractive additions: envelopes, small books and stitched pockets will be part of your final work.

This book can be a repository for memories of trips past or those just a dream, a companion for the journey.

This wonderful three days will include:

   Learning how to make your concertina journal and prepare a          hard cover.  You will be given many ideas for including your    memorabilia.  Envelopes, small books and pockets. These may             be filled with your memories or remain blank for                                                      a future journey. 

              Making a box or slip case to house your book.

                   

Email me with questions of you wish.

Dates: Thursday 8th & Friday 9th October, Saturday 21st November

Class Fee: $375     Materials Cost: $12

Venue: Opendrawer 1158 Toorak Rd, Camberwell VIC 3124

(03) 9889 7227

Details and registration at : opendrawer.com.au

TWO BOOKS IN ONE DAY

One for you and one to give away

This day will include the making of two books.

Book 1:  A soft cover book with holes in the spine to accommodate the sewing.

Book 2:  A case bound book with hard covers suitable for a journal of any sort. The pages will be light weight art paper suitable for writing or drawing.

Cost: $70

Materials Fee: $10

Date: Sunday 23^rd August

Time: 10am – 3pm

BYO lunch, tea and coffee provided

Venue: 55 Woodhouse Grove, Box Hill North 3129

Other details provided after registration.

Email Barb at barb@barbadams.com if you wish to attend.

 

LET’S GET TOGETHER AND PRINT A BOOK

Have you often wondered what to include in a blank book? Have you ever wanted to make a book with prints in it?

This workshop is a good way to get started on some simple printing which can decorate a book page. We will begin the day carving a simple block from a drawing of a tree, leaf or a bird. The concertina book we make will be a display space for our prints which we will share.

At the end of the day, you will have learnt how to make:

• a concertina book in which we will display our prints

• your own ‘soft cut’ print block

• a clever hard cover, with no glue

You will take home a book of beautiful prints and a print block to use again and again.

Cost: $70

Materials Fee: $10

Date: Friday 4th September

Time: 10am – 3pm

BYO lunch, tea and coffee provided

Venue: 55 Woodhouse Grove, Box Hill North 3129

Other details provided after registration.

Email Barb at barb@barbadams.com if you wish to attend.

READY SET GO

Make a journal and start writing or drawing in it.

This workshop will include the making a journal with hard covers and sections sewn over tapes.

You will also learn some starting points for beginning to work on the pages.

Come with some ideas of how you might use your journal. Will it be a poetry book, an anthology, a travel journal, cookery book, somewhere to record the way you see the world in pictures or words?

When you have registered I will talk to you and suggest some things you may wish to bring to help you get started with your journal.

Each section will be sewn separately to accommodate later inclusions on the pages. The pages will be light weight art paper suitable for writing or drawing.

Cost: $70

Materials Fee: $10

Date: Tuesday 15^th September

Time: 10am – 3pm

BYO lunch, tea and coffee provided

Venue: 55 Woodhouse Grove, Box Hill North 3129

Other details provided after registration.

Email Barb at barb@barbadams.com if you wish to attend.

I am running another Coptic binding workshop and have a couple of places left.  Let me know if you are interested.

Tutor: Barb Adams

Saturday 9^th May

10 – 4

Box Hill North

$70 plus $6 materials fee.

Most materials provided.

BYO Lunch Tea & Coffee provided

This workshop teaches the skill of Coptic Binding which is used to stitch a hard cover A5 journal suitable for art work, note taking, writing or as a travel journal.

Details and material list provided after registration.

This week the group from the ‘Mapping the Journey’ workshop in January, got together at my place to share their beautiful books.  What a delight it was to see the achievements of the group.

The cake Jan brought was delicious too!!