Friday Night Fix – Altered Book, Week 5

 

Workshop 5 is about creative use of photographs and photocopies. Linda shows examples of flaps and page extensions to integrate extra pages and alter size and proportion of your book.

Approximate run time: 19 minutes

Presenter: Linda Kemshall

Workshop 5 is about creative use of photographs and photocopies. Linda shows examples of flaps and page extensions to integrate extra pages and alter size and proportion of your book.
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During the six workshops Linda uses:

An old book
A collection of Ephemera
Packaging/labels
Photographs/photocopies
Gesso
Acrylic matte medium
Acrylic paints
Paintbrushes
Single strand embroidery thread, needle with a large eye
Oil pastel
Watercolour paints
Craft knife and cutting mat
Compressed sponge stamps
Commercial stamps.

The other workshops in this course...

Friday Night Fix – Altered Book, Week 1

Workshop 1 provides an introduction to the project. Linda advises how to choose the ideal book to alter and suggests the type of ephemera to begin collecting.

Friday Night Fix – Altered Book, Week 2

Workshop 2 looks at a variety of ways to prepare pages and make your book the perfect vehicle for the fun techniques of collage, print and paint.

Friday Night Fix – Altered Book, Week 3

Workshop 3 focuses on achieving the combination of colourful washes with resist and how to accentuate the surface textures you have created with applications of fluid paint or ink.

Friday Night Fix – Altered Book, Week 4

Workshop 4 includes the creation of apertures and niches to house 3D treasures, photographs and found objects.

Friday Night Fix – Altered Book, Week 6

Workshop 6 brings all your creative efforts together by adding repeat motifs and patterns throughout the work. You will use both commercial and handmade stamps to create a sense of narrative and continuity in your finished book.