A Journal of Copper and Brass	9:00 - 4:30 Tuesday August 4th
	Steve Salik	$145

This workshop is filled.
Student Level: Intermediate - Advanced
Type of Workshop: Project
Prerequisite: None - Demonstrations and hands-on assistance will be provided during the workshop.

Record your deepest thoughts and showcase your art in an aged copper journal that features brass accents. In the morning, we’ll transform ordinary copper sheets into journal covers by texturing the metal to give it more character and the illusion of use. Your instructor will demonstrate basic riveting technique and then using that technique you’ll fasten brass strips to the covers after stamping them with haikus, affirmations, naught verse or insults. Depending on your design, you’ll use the same riveting technique to fasten a bezel to the front cover to hold a small image. We’ll finish the covers by giving them a warm aged look by using one of two aging methods. In the afternoon, you’ll collate individual sheets of paper into signatures and then sew them on to a leather spine using a long stitch. The completed book block will then be sewn to the copper covers and you’ll complete your journal by fabricating a simple closure, and insetting an image into the bezel on the front of the book.

Supplies Provided by the Instructor: The instructor will provide all tools necessary for completing the project

Materials Fee: $25 payable to Instructor at class time includes:
Two 3” x 5” 20 gauge copper sheets
One photo bezel
Brass strips
Twenty-four pieces of 300gm Fabriano Artistico watercolor paper
One piece of leather for the spine
Two yards of 4-ply Waxed Irish Linen thread
Consumables (wire for rivets, patina solution, etc.)

Student Should Bring:
Students are also requested to bring three tools and the “Book Binding Basics” if they have them. If you cannot invest in these tools, the instructor will have some available but there may be a wait time to use them.

Tools:
1 4” x 4” Steel bench block
1 Jewelers riveting hammer
1 10” Vise Grips
Dremel tool with collet (optional)

Bookbinding Basics include:
Bookbinding awl
Size 18 or 20 tapestry needles
Japanese Screw Punch with a 1mm bit
A bone folder

NOTE: This class involves hammering metal surfaces during the portion of the class dedicated to texturing the metal, creating and setting rivets tends to be very noisy. I strongly recommend you bring hearing protection, either a set of earplugs or muffs to wear during the class.

If you'd like to place an advance order for supplies & tools for pick up at the on-site store when you arrive at AU, contact: The Occasional Artist - Email your order to: theoccasionalartist@cox.net or call 623-847-2215

Questions? Email Steve at steve@strangejournals.com
Website: http://strangejournals.com