Join this workshop - an opportunity to challenge our creative skills.

Book Art is about books, and our ideas and creativity with paper, to make the familiar strange, to see things in new ways. We will use skills in making, and in drawing, painting, printing, and collage. Artists’ Books, an increasingly popular art form, lend themselves to expressing themes and ideas in whatever way inspires…

In this starter workshop, during the morning we will learn basic bookmaking skills to make a concertina sketchbook that could be used at the Creative Sketchbooks course next year or used during the afternoon activity. After lunch we will explore different ways in which we may use paper and card creatively to take a new look at a subject of your choice or we suggest the following: ‘What Clevedon means to me’.

· Tea and coffee provided: Bring a packed lunch and apron!

Please bring these Materials with you

· One or more sheets of cartridge paper, at least A2 for the book. The weight of the paper depends on your preferred medium, heavier if you work with watercolour.

· Decorative paper (wrapping paper) for cover

· Bring whatever you use in the way of: pencils, inks, acrylic, watercolour, collage, printing materials to add content to your book.

· We will have some materials for your use, as well.

· PVA glue.

· We will provide cardboard for the cover (Recycled from packaging).

Equipment to bring with you also

· Craft knife or scalpel.

· Scissors

· Bone folder (if you have one)

· Metal ruler

· Set square or similar to make sure the cover is right-angled

· Glue brush or applier

· Cutting mat

Book your place now….workshopbookings@clevedonartclub.co.uk

If you do not have this equipment we can lend some out but bring what you can.

Members £20 / Non- members £25