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 three. I had some successful transfers which I loved . . . one on a book page:
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 more 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!