A Waxed and Painterly Book Saturday $130  
  Lisa Renner 12:00 - 6:00    

Student Level: All
Type of Workshop: Process and Project

This class is designed for those who love the process of artistic book-making, while learning a technique that allows you the freedom to explore the joy of working with color, paper and wax.

In this all day workshop you will make an 8 x 10 artist book with brightly colored, wax-collaged covers. With its fabric spine, and crisp blank pages, it makes a perfect book to take to all your workshops for recording your class notes, gluing samples, memos, photos etc.!

The first part of class will be devoted to creating painterly, abstract, collage renderings to be used for the book covers. You will use dyes and paints, then take it to the next level using encaustic wax, metallic powders, and other materials to make a rich and very abstract statement for your book covers.

The second part of class will be devoted to book construction. It will be built from ground-level up, yet simplicity is the motto here!! Signatures comprised of Bristol cover stock (great weight for mixed media!) will be sewn into the spine using an easy stitch.

If you enjoy a lively, fast-pace workshop that is technique-based and results in a completed project, please join us for this very creative process!!

Kit fee of 20.00 payable to Instructor at class time includes:
A detailed hand out with full instructions
All components for book construction including:
Boards
Spine
Fabric
End papers
Pages for signatures
Needle and thread
Metal tape
Beads
A Fornasetti face as an optional embellishment for the cover

Supplies provided by Instructor for student’s use in class include:
All materials and supplies needed for painterly book covers
Papers
Tools for wax application
Paints
Dremel tool
Everything else not listed for students to bring

Supply List:
-One (1 lb size) block of clear beeswax (available at Hobby Lobby, or on-line at Dharma Trading www.dharmatrading.com) Note: This is NOT “Sticky Wax”, or “candle wax” -Scissors
-Exacto knife
-Cutting mat
-Glue brush (a one inch, inexpensive white-bristled brush with wooden handle )
-Awl or needle tool (to make holes in the signatures)
-Chain nose jewelry pliers

Questions? Email Lisa at lisarenner@tx.rr.com
Website: www.lisarenner.com

 

 

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