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Crafting Artist’s Books from Recycled Materials Supply List
Your Artist’s Book Adventure
Embark on a creative journey with our comprehensive art series designed for emerging and mid-career artists.
Discover the tactile pleasures of hand-painted papers and experience the timeless art of bookmaking. Our classes are designed to guide you through innovative techniques, foster your artistic growth, and connect you with like-minded creatives.
Course Overview
| Description | Materials | |
|---|---|---|
| Collage Creation | Explore the art of collage using recycled materials and found objects. Create a theme or narrative for your book. | Vintage magazines, used envelopes, fabric scraps, old photographs, maps, recycled papers, buttons, dressmaker’s tracing paper, cotton threads, and cardboard breakfast cereal containers. |
| Hand-Painted Papers | Discover techniques for creating unique, textured papers using various paints and mediums. | Handmade and found papers, Watercolours, acrylic paints, inks, oil and chalk pastels, coloured oil pencils, graphite pencils, acrylic and watercolour brushes. matt gel mediums, textured papers, stamps, stencils, and natural dyes. Save your takeaway containers or glass jars to hold paints. |
| Artists’ Book Making | Consider the type of binding or stitching for your book. | Recycled book covers or 220gsm card stock, 180gsm mixed media paper, bookbinding sewing needles, waxed linen threads, Matt Gel Medium, brushes for pasting paper to substrate, and small branches. Cutting mat, box cutters, bone folder. |
The Benefits of Joining Our Class
- Explore Innovative Techniques: Delve into new creative methods that will expand your artistic repertoire.
- Discover Sustainable Art: Learn to use recycled materials, promoting sustainability in your artistic practice.
- Experience Community: Through our Collaging Collective FB page, you can connect with fellow artists, share ideas, and foster a supportive creative environment.
- Journey Through Bookmaking: Master the art of creating hand-bound books with various glueing or stitching styles.
- Personal Growth and Satisfaction: increase your confidence in your artistic journey and enjoy the satisfaction of creating unique pieces.
Special Offer: Bring a Friend
Upon enrolling you will be given two years’ access to this course. If this is your first class with us, enrol with a friend, and receive a coupon for 20% off one of my art courses. Share collaborative learning, mutual inspiration, and a creative-based approach to your artistic growth.