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Student Level: All
Type of Workshop: Project/Process
Prerequisite: None

Wouldn't it be nice if the cover of the book was as fascinating and enchanting as the interior? Time to take bookmaking to a whole new bizarre level. In this class we will transform books or journals into strange and unusual book-ssemblages. Taking an existing hardback book, we will modify it using a variety of assemblage and painting techniques. Perhaps you'd like to transform the cover of your Edgar Allen Poe Anthology into something goth-ish, or maybe you want a steampunk journal, then again it might be a living breathing beasty is what your cover requires. Whatever you're preference we will explore well beyond the traditional, and create books that are as fascinating to look as they are to read.

Kit/Materials Fee (payable to instructor at class time):

• $35

Instructor Provided (for use in-class, and to share):

• Golden Brand Paints
• Molding Paste (also called modeling paste)
• E6000 adhesive
• Kroma Crackle
• Aves Apoxie Clay

Student should bring:

• Hardback book, journal or sketchbook.
• Variety of found objects that might be interesting. If you want a more creature inspired journal, then things like fake eyes, rubber snakes, bones, shells, claws or other weird taxidermy items might come in handy. If you are looking for more of a steampunk bent...perhaps watch parts or gears. I recommend a bit of both.
• Other items for extra decoration - like watch parts, gears, typewriter parts...just about anything, really. Milagros, bolts, pieces of old metal, straps of leather...anything.
• Paint Brushes (a couple small detail brushes), and some cheap brushes (1/2 inch to 1 inch in size)

Optional:

• Dremel
• Heat gun