Altered Book pages for a class
Behind the scenes, I have been working on a sample altered book for the newly announced collaborative workshop called, Artful Pages - 4 artists 4 ways. I generally need to gather a lot of supplies, produce a lot of pages, take a lot of photographs and then glean through everything in order to create top-notch lessons for my workshops. I've learned this is the way I work and my students agree . . .
“I must say this was an excellent class. The lessons were incredibly prepared, well written and extremely helpful photos. I don't think I'll ever journal the same way, ever again." ~ Anne St. Louis in Canada (Open the Door Photo-Art Journal workshop)
So, I believe I'm on the right track!
Lessons will begin February 20th and will run "live" through March 18th. You'll get one week with each artist teaching 3 lessons during the week - 12 lessons in total on art journaling, vintage gluebooks, altered books and altered fabric books -wow! Let me show you what I've been working on for my lessons on Artful altered book pages.
This is my sample book. It's only 4" x 6"in size, and about 100 years old. I have been wanting to alter it for a long time. The other day I worked on gel-medium transfers which is part of what I will teach you in lesson 3. I had some successful transfers which I loved . . .
and some that were NOT successful! This is the way it goes with gel-medium transfers sometimes . . .
Don't worry, I will show you how to recover from any unsuccessful transfers in lesson 3!! Of course, I'll also show you how to utilize the successful ones:
My lessons will delve into altered books - how to get started, cover the pages with inks, paper & paints, use rubber stamps, papers and ephemera to create a very personal altered book. Oh, did I mention photographs?? Of course you could use vintage images instead, but if you would like to use your own photographs on your altered pages, I am right there with you. My theme was 'family' and I must say I have really gotten into it. I will have a real treasure of an altered book by the time the workshop is complete! You will be given lots of inspiration, step-by-step instruction, tons of samples and ideas. It will be fun!
my grandfather, my mother & father
See you in class and on the flickr group!