Unique handmade books are a wonderfully accessible art form somewhere between conventional books and paper sculpture, they usually have pages but may not always be made of paper. They can be used for exploring or containing many ideas and forms of creative expression but can also be simply beautiful in themselves -empty and full of possibility. Unique books draw on a range of art and craft disciplines in their making - painting, drawing, stitching, paper folding/construction, calligraphy and graphic design but basic structures are easily learned, introducing one to endless possibilities. Handmade books make uniquely personal gifts and can be used for memories or journeys or to honour a special person or occasion.
Decorating Papers
This will be a fun day exploring all manner of methods of decorating paper! These will be suitable for creating handmade books and for other paper crafts like card making. We will try lots of different painting techniques, make paste papers and create our own simple rubber stamps. Come prepared for an inspiring and messy day resulting in lots of unique papers to use in your projects.
Saturday May 23rd 10am-4.30pm £48
Japanese Stitched Books
The Japanese Stab Binding technique uses exposed stitches around the spine to bind single pages together, which makes it very suitable for binding series of prints or pages of poems. In this workshop we will use different traditional stitching patterns to make several soft cover books and a small hardcover album., using a variety of beautiful papers. A wide range of threads and embellishments for stitching will be available to use.
Sunday May 24th 10am-4.30pm £48
These two separate day workshops ‘Decorating Paper’ and ‘Japanese Stitched Books’ can be taken together –with a discount- for an inspiring weekend of making Japanese books from your own range of decorated papers. Cost £88
Make a Hardback Notebook in a Day
This will be an introduction to case binding where you will learn to make a hardcover single section stitched A5 notebook or sketchbook. It will have your unique combination of hand painted and/or decorative papers for the cover and endpapers, cartridge paper pages and a bookcloth spine, finished with ribbon ties.
Sunday, June 28th 10am-4.30pm £48
Unique Books Summer School
A wonderful opportunity to spend five days wholly devoted to making books. Whether you want to spend the time making one special book or you want to explore lots of different book structures using a variety of materials -- is up to you. You could focus on making a unique book to celebrate a special person, time or occasion –birth, marriage, anniversary, memory, travel or period in your own life by gathering keepsakes, photos, mementos and writing and putting them together in your own handmade book.
Instructions on several different methods of constructing books will be offered so that you can select the one most appropriate for your project -or you could try them all!
We will start with a day of playing with paper, paint, paste, simple printing and stamping techniques to create a range of decorated papers. We will look at different ways of handling text and incorporating images, photos and mementos. Examples of unique books will be there to inspire you and a wide range of beautiful materials and all the resources of Kirsty’s well equipped studio, as well as her expertise and encouragement, will be available to you.
Monday 13th July to Friday 20th July 2009 10am-4.30pm daily. £220
Everything You Need to Know
Kirsty's intensive workshops are suitable for beginners and experienced makers alike. They often start with a fun session of painting papers, which are used to make uniquely self-expressive books. Kirsty is a patient and inspiring teacher and the small class size –a maximum of six- means that every participant gets plenty of individual attention. The cost covers all materials including a high quality range of handmade and decorative papers and trimmings, as well as refreshments including cake! The workshops take place in the creative atmosphere of Kirsty's well-equipped studio at Patriothall WASPS in Stockbridge. There are plenty of places to eat near to the studio or bring a packed lunch.
If you have papers or materials you would like to use please bring them.
Please note the earlier start of 10am -hence a slight price increase.
To book please contact Kirsty tel: 0131 659 5408 or email: kirstyoconnor@phonecoop.coop
Decorating Papers
This will be a fun day exploring all manner of methods of decorating paper! These will be suitable for creating handmade books and for other paper crafts like card making. We will try lots of different painting techniques, make paste papers and create our own simple rubber stamps. Come prepared for an inspiring and messy day resulting in lots of unique papers to use in your projects.
Saturday May 23rd 10am-4.30pm £48
Japanese Stitched Books
The Japanese Stab Binding technique uses exposed stitches around the spine to bind single pages together, which makes it very suitable for binding series of prints or pages of poems. In this workshop we will use different traditional stitching patterns to make several soft cover books and a small hardcover album., using a variety of beautiful papers. A wide range of threads and embellishments for stitching will be available to use.
Sunday May 24th 10am-4.30pm £48
These two separate day workshops ‘Decorating Paper’ and ‘Japanese Stitched Books’ can be taken together –with a discount- for an inspiring weekend of making Japanese books from your own range of decorated papers. Cost £88
Make a Hardback Notebook in a Day
This will be an introduction to case binding where you will learn to make a hardcover single section stitched A5 notebook or sketchbook. It will have your unique combination of hand painted and/or decorative papers for the cover and endpapers, cartridge paper pages and a bookcloth spine, finished with ribbon ties.
Sunday, June 28th 10am-4.30pm £48
Unique Books Summer School
A wonderful opportunity to spend five days wholly devoted to making books. Whether you want to spend the time making one special book or you want to explore lots of different book structures using a variety of materials -- is up to you. You could focus on making a unique book to celebrate a special person, time or occasion –birth, marriage, anniversary, memory, travel or period in your own life by gathering keepsakes, photos, mementos and writing and putting them together in your own handmade book.
Instructions on several different methods of constructing books will be offered so that you can select the one most appropriate for your project -or you could try them all!
We will start with a day of playing with paper, paint, paste, simple printing and stamping techniques to create a range of decorated papers. We will look at different ways of handling text and incorporating images, photos and mementos. Examples of unique books will be there to inspire you and a wide range of beautiful materials and all the resources of Kirsty’s well equipped studio, as well as her expertise and encouragement, will be available to you.
Monday 13th July to Friday 20th July 2009 10am-4.30pm daily. £220
Everything You Need to Know
Kirsty's intensive workshops are suitable for beginners and experienced makers alike. They often start with a fun session of painting papers, which are used to make uniquely self-expressive books. Kirsty is a patient and inspiring teacher and the small class size –a maximum of six- means that every participant gets plenty of individual attention. The cost covers all materials including a high quality range of handmade and decorative papers and trimmings, as well as refreshments including cake! The workshops take place in the creative atmosphere of Kirsty's well-equipped studio at Patriothall WASPS in Stockbridge. There are plenty of places to eat near to the studio or bring a packed lunch.
If you have papers or materials you would like to use please bring them.
Please note the earlier start of 10am -hence a slight price increase.
To book please contact Kirsty tel: 0131 659 5408 or email: kirstyoconnor@phonecoop.coop
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