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Altered Books: Botanizing Hope Workshop (Online)

Presented by Bainbridge Island Museum of Art at Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Bainbridge Island WA

Aug 28 2021
Altered Books: Botanizing Hope Workshop (Online)

Altered books are well suited to reveal the layers of life in a changing climate. In this workshop, participants will learn basic techniques for altering a book to use as a journal in which to record observations of the natural world. This innovative workshop consists of a prerecorded instructional video and a live Zoom workshop session.

In the video, Lou instructs how to choose and alter a used book, offering techniques for editing pages and their content via cutting, pasting in new surfaces, gesso-as-artist’s-white-out, and creating pockets and cavities in the existing book structure. How to dry plants, foliage and flowers for use in collage will also be covered. Students can work at their own pace to alter their books and collect and dry plant materials from areas important to them.

In the August 28 session, students will share their blank altered books and plant specimen stories. Together, we’ll learn and walk through techniques for mounting and stitching the botanicals and ... view more »

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