Exploring the wonders of paper
Just a quick reminder that there are still places in my upcoming book workshops.
You may wish to come and make a book as a gift for a friend or someone may buy you the gift of a workshop.
THE BOOK IS THE ART ON SATURDAY 4TH MARCH
and EXPLORING CONCERTINA BOOKS THURSDAY 6TH APRIL
The workshops are definitely going ahead on these days but you need to book if you wish to attend.
Details and booking available on my website in the previous post.
THE BOOK IS THE ART
Make an artists book in one day
SATURDAY 4TH MARCH
No white paper will be visible at the end of the morning’s exploration of paper and its surface possibilities. You will use natural coloured dyes and washes over resists, stitch and printing to decorate your book pages in preparation for binding them. Each person will make a simple print block inspired by seed pods to use in their book and perhaps share with others.
The creative supportive environment will nourish your ideas and embolden your creative spirit and at the end of the day you will have a colourful artists book with a soft but strong cover.
Saturday 4th March 2017
10 – 4
Box Hill North
$70 plus $8 materials fee.
Most materials provided. BYO Lunch Tea & Coffee provided
EXPLORING CONCERTINA BOOKS
THURSDAY 6TH APRIL
In this workshop you will make a concert book with a hard cover. You will also learn how to make a slip case in which to keep your book. Each section will have an origami envelope to house your models of other concertina book styles which we will explore during the day. At the end of the class you will know how to make at least 5 different concertina books.
Thursday 6th April 2017
10 – 4
Box Hill North
$70 plus $8 materials fee.
Most materials provided. BYO Lunch Tea & Coffee provided
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 14th February 2017
10 – 4
Box Hill North
$70 plus $8 materials fee.
Most materials provided. Bring your blank book or pages for a book you can bind later.
BYO Lunch Tea & Coffee provided
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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
This is a two day workshop with the option of a further day to be set at the workshop.
No white paper will be visible at the end of this exploration of paper and its surface possibilities. There will be opportunities to make your own paper and work with a variety of commercial and handmade papers, enjoying the changes made with dye, stitch, print and resists. We will work with ‘collections’ as a starting point for ideas and inspiration. The resulting papers will be bound into a book or two in a range of styles which can act as a repository for special words or be an art work in their own right. This creative supportive environment will nourish your ideas and embolden your creative spirit.
You will be contacted after you have registered to help you decide what to bring as your ‘collection’
Date & Time: Tuesday 21st June & Saturday 25th June
Cost: $120 plus $8 materials fee
BYO lunch, notebook and collection
Venue: Barb’s Studio Box Hill
BYO lunch and hard cover book which you are prepared to take the text section out of and some small items you wish to cast your paper over. I have keys, spoons and other small items you can use too.
This one day workshop is an opportunity to try some paper casting over interesting objects. You will make suitable paper, cast the paper over your objects and make a box to display your artwork. The display box will be made with a cover from a discarded book which you will transform into a box. You will also make a book or two related to the idea of your subject choice to include in the box.
You may also choose to spend the day experimenting just casting paper.
You will learn paper casting, box making and simple book making.
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: Monday 30th November
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.
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
What a great day everyone had here yesterday carving print blocks and printing.
The collection of prints looked wonderful in the beautifully made books. Each book had a slip case to keep it safe.
A successful workshop.
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.
