Bookbinding - Make your own Sketchbook 22nd February 2015

Bookbinding – Make your own sketchbook

For my first class back at The Art Room for 2015 I will be teaching a very special class on making your own sketchbooks! Bookbinding is a skill that is essential to my creative practice and something that I call on constantly. I am so please to be able to share these techniques with you in this class.

Keeping a sketchbook or journal is an important part of the creative process for many artists. In this workshop you will learn how to make your own unique and personal case-bound sketchbook from beautiful paper and cloth covers. 

Students will learn the traditional techniques of sewing pages together for their books and how to glue and attach covers. Being able to make a book yourself enables you to choose the size, papers, colour and feel of a sketchbook. Bookbinding is an excellent skill to have especially when you go to buy a nice sketchbook and you are faced with so many factory made books that often contain poor quality papers and bindings that fall apart quickly and easily. 

These sketchbooks are perfect to fill with your note making and sketches. Anyone can make a book, you do not need to have any previous bookbinding experience to participate in this class and you will leave the class confident and equipped to make many more of your own books.

Sunday 22nd February 2015
10-3pm
$195 full fee or $170 student (cost of class includes a full materials kit)

To book visit The Art Room

Printmaking without a Press class at the Art Room 10th August 2014

Printmaking without a Press class at the Art Room 

10th August 2014

The first in my series of Illustration classes Printmaking without a Press will introduce students to a variety of non-toxic printmaking techniques that don’t require a printing press. Students will be able to continue using these techniques at home or in their studios to incorporate into their illustration work.

Techniques we will cover are stamp making and relief printing, stencils and mono printing. Students will begin the day by drawing a collection of things from nature in preparation for creating prints, so please bring your sketchbooks and favourite drawing tools. 

Developing Your Illustration Voice Photos

On Sunday I held my class Developing you Illustration Voice. We had a lot of fun making collage papers, rubber stamps and creating portraits. Here is a little peak at our day in The Art Room. Stay tuned for more classes coming up soon...

Sneak Look at Developing Your Illustration Voice Workshop

A little preview of one of the projects we will be working on in the Developing your Illustration Voice: An Introduction to Illustration workshop that I will be taking on June 15th. This project combines a few of the different techniques that we will be playing with; stamp making, collage and portraiture. Still a few places left in the class. Visit The Art Room for more details.

New Class announced! - Developing Your Illustration Voice

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I will be teaching a new class in June at The Art Room in Footsgray. I am pretty excited about this one as we will be covering a lot of ground and having heaps of fun together.

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Developing your Illustration Voice
An Introduction to Illustration

Through a series of small projects students will explore different techniques that will set them on the road to finding their unique illustration voice! During the workshop we will discuss the illustrator’s visual style, decision-making processes, unique expression, ideas and opinions, the importance of keeping a visual diary.

Some of the techniques we will cover include different approaches to drawing from life, hand printing, collage and creating your own source library of textures and patterns.

June 15th 2014

11-4pm

Visit The Art Room for more details.

Bookbinding for Beginners Class (DATE CHANGE!)

I am teaching a bookbinding class Sunday 13th April in the brand new Art Room in Footsgray. We are going to make lots of awesome books. Come along! Below is the information for the class...

Book binding for Beginners will introduce students who have never had any previous experience in bookbinding the basic principles of binding. Students will bind their own beautiful sketchbooks and notebooks.

Each student will learn a variety of different Book Binding techniques and will come away with a range of books.

1 class
Sunday 13th April 11-4pm
$175 full fee or $160 student
includes light lunch
there is an additional $50 material fee which covers all materials needed for this workshop and will mean each student will come away with numerous books but also a basic bookbinding kit including bone folder, awl, needles so that they may continue on their own.


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Collaged Bookmaking Workshop

I'm very excited to be teaching a class at The Art Room in Yarraville. The Art Room is a beautiful workshop space created bythe very takented Erika Gofton. Details for the class are below...