Virginia Art and Soul Workshops

Daniel Essig
9:00 - 4:30
Sun/Mon

3026 - Altering the Surface- 2 Days

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$ 290 Plus $20 materials fee

Altering The Surface: techniques for creating unique and mysterious facades for book works. Have you ever wanted to make wooden,full leather, ceramic or steel book and felt it would be too difficult or entail too many tools?  This is your chance to learn a few tricks to disguise typical bookmaking materials with just a few tools and easily obtained supplies.  Although the focus of the workshop will be book arts, some of the techniques can be applied to other media including jewelry, sculpture, mixed media, wood working and even pottery.  We will use a variety of veneers, paints, adhesives and other concoctions to achieve our desired faux exteriors.  By creating covers that have at least visual weight and strength we will need to bind them with a strong archival binding.  The two needle Ethiopian binding is a versatile, durable and elegant sewing.  Come and learn a new stitch and/or learn a few techniques to improve your own knowledge and mastery of the binding.

STUDENT MATERIALS

• Pencils
• 6-18" metal ruler
• Awls
• Scissors
• 1 inch foam brush
• ¼ palm chisel
• Exacto knife and blades
• Small cutting matte
• Dremmel Stylus with keyless chuck attachment.

Materials Fee $20:  Book board covers, text block, handmade paper, wood veneer, mica, waxed linen thread, needles, drill bits, wax, sandpaper, steel wool, paint, and other materials needed to complete the projects.