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Altered Book Journal “Giving it a Second Life” Class
With Izabela Tysver
“Giving it a Second Life” bookbinding workshop invites you to repurpose old hardcover books to create uniquely beautiful books/journals for yourself. We will make the inside pages from scratch using dyeing, collaging, gesso transfers, stitching, and adding found objects. We will decorate the cover using collaging, gesso transfers, stitching, and wiring, as well as adding found objects such as branches or metal pieces. I am open to various techniques in this class as we progress the project. Be prepared to be surprised.
The workshop starts at 9 a.m. and is a day-long event with one one-hour lunch break. The planned finish time is 4 p.m. During that time, we will dive into the creative process, troubleshooting, playing, and having fun while making a book. In my classes, I always invite flow, a nonjudgmental approach to creativity, and fun. The class is open to all levels.
What will we learn, do, and create:
- Repurposing the old hardcover book’s cover
- Creating the new cover using fabrics, glue, and stitching
- Collaging
- Free-flow stitching
- Gesso/glue transfer
- Wiring for decorations and connecting found objects
- Acrylic painting
- Dry brushing
- Repurposing found objects as decoration and mark-making tools
- Mark making
- Creating book signatures
- Bookbinding
- Troubleshooting when things won’t go as planned – that’s the best part of the creative process 😊
A note from Izabela: I know you will finish this class with a final project that you, yourself, may be positively surprised you’ve created. I see it over and over among my students and other creatives. Come to the class with an open-minded attitude and open heart, and be surprised where that takes you. It will be a blast 😊
The details:
When: Saturday, November 23, 2024, 9am-4pm (with 1-hour lunch break)
Who: Anybody, no particular level of advancement (or lack thereof) in art is required. No pets. No kids. Minimum age 16+.
Cost: $110/person / Guild Members $99
Materials provided:
- Watercolor and copy paper
- Scrap paper, collage paper, magazines, and vintage paper
- Tissue paper
- Old books
- Acrylic paints and gesso
- Brushes for paints and glues
- Matte medium, Mod Podge, Elmer’s glue and glue sticks
- Bone folders
- Awls and bookbinding cradles
- Waxed thread and bookbinding needles
- Embroidery thread and needles
- Scissors and exacto knives
- Fabric and paper dyes
- Masking and washi tapes
- Markers, crayons, pencils, and coloring pencils
- Fabrics for book spines
- Wires
- Mark making tools
- Hair dryers
Optional materials that you can bring to the class:
- Apron and gloves (if the participant is particular about their cleanliness)
- Scrap fabrics, laces, ribbons, etc.
- Scrap papers of your choice
- Found objects, such as branches, twigs, metal pieces, rocks, etc.
- Fine liner pens and markers
- Stamps, stamping tools, and ink
- Stencils
- Old photographs, stickers, die cuts
Artist Bio:
Izabela is a very intuitive mixed-media creator and artist. She finds art to be the best way to self-healing and self-connecting. Art, for her, has been a therapy in her life and mental health struggles. She guides others to create with flow and heart without the limitations of specific rules or regulations. Her work represents a lot of repurposed materials and natural objects. Izabela lives in Sinclair, Wyoming. In her community, she is a devoted volunteer at the local art studio, offering art/coaching classes.
Izabela has taught art classes at Casper Collage, local businesses in Casper, Rawlins Red Desert Arts Gallery, and Cheyenne Creativity Center. She has exhibited her work in Casper, Cheyenne, Pinedale and Rawlins, WY. She is open for commission & collaboration at any time. Since art is a medium for her way of living, she combines her profession as a life coach, emotional trauma guide, and soul healer with creativity. You can find Izabela’s art and live on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/izabelatysver/
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