Sunday 3/15: 9:30am -5:00pm
In this colorful weekend workshop, guest artist Katrina Shoemaker will lead you in an engaging step by step process of creating your very own - unique-to-you art journal!
A handmade journal is a wonderful way to express and keep traces of your experiences, beyond words- through color, texture, marks, images, symbol & more.
This is a great way to begin a regular creative practice, in a way that allows you to keep drawing inspiration from your ideas, hopes, dreams, and reflections.
In the morning, you will learn how to create “signatures” which are small booklets of papers that are sewn together, followed by creating beautiful, unique covers using upcycled cardboard & beautiful papers and then will learn how to create a beautiful fabric spine to hold it all together. These journals are specially designed to lay flat no matter where you open them. If you have ever worked in a journal of any kind, you know how important this is!
During the second half of the day, Katrina will guide you in conquering the fear of working within the pristine new pages of your shiny new art journal! Usually the toughest part of working within the journal is just making that first mark!
You’ll be invited to use an array of papers of various textures, colors and patterns to create collaged-backgrounds that will form interesting pages, upon which to add your personal creative expressions.
In the afternoon, we’ll also build upon what we have created together in the morning, learning how to create a background, a focal point and add a sentiment to a journal page. You’ll be invited to experiment with a variety of techniques and mediums, and Katrina will teach you how to bring them all together to complete a full page in your new journal. Explore journal possibilities with an array of beautiful materials at your fingertips, working and playing with collage fodder, gellie prints (with acrylic paints), different types of ink pens and other tools for creating various styles of mark-making & more!
(we will break for lunch for 45-60 minutes - BYO lunch or walk to nearby cafes. A refrigerator is available on-site)
Please bring a favorite quote or saying with you if you have one!
All materials are included for both days. No experience is needed!
Sunday 3/15: 9:30am -5:00pm
In this colorful weekend workshop, guest artist Katrina Shoemaker will lead you in an engaging step by step process of creating your very own - unique-to-you art journal!
A handmade journal is a wonderful way to express and keep traces of your experiences, beyond words- through color, texture, marks, images, symbol & more.
This is a great way to begin a regular creative practice, in a way that allows you to keep drawing inspiration from your ideas, hopes, dreams, and reflections.
In the morning, you will learn how to create “signatures” which are small booklets of papers that are sewn together, followed by creating beautiful, unique covers using upcycled cardboard & beautiful papers and then will learn how to create a beautiful fabric spine to hold it all together. These journals are specially designed to lay flat no matter where you open them. If you have ever worked in a journal of any kind, you know how important this is!
During the second half of the day, Katrina will guide you in conquering the fear of working within the pristine new pages of your shiny new art journal! Usually the toughest part of working within the journal is just making that first mark!
You’ll be invited to use an array of papers of various textures, colors and patterns to create collaged-backgrounds that will form interesting pages, upon which to add your personal creative expressions.
In the afternoon, we’ll also build upon what we have created together in the morning, learning how to create a background, a focal point and add a sentiment to a journal page. You’ll be invited to experiment with a variety of techniques and mediums, and Katrina will teach you how to bring them all together to complete a full page in your new journal. Explore journal possibilities with an array of beautiful materials at your fingertips, working and playing with collage fodder, gellie prints (with acrylic paints), different types of ink pens and other tools for creating various styles of mark-making & more!
(we will break for lunch for 45-60 minutes - BYO lunch or walk to nearby cafes. A refrigerator is available on-site)
Please bring a favorite quote or saying with you if you have one!
All materials are included for both days. No experience is needed!
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