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Next week

Autumn Book-binding Workshops

Bookbinding Workshops 2017

During an exhibition

by the

Square Pegs

Sept. 4th-9^th

in the studio gallery

Oriel Cric, Crickhowell

I will be running a special workshop:

Coptic Binding

Saturday September 9th  10.30-4pm 

Oriel Cric, Crickhowell

Make a coptic bound book with hard covers and a decorative stitched open spine, suitable for use as a sketchbook, notebook, diary or journal. All materials and tools provided.

Booking : Oriel Cric 01873 811970

Open Spine Binding

18th October at The Ceridwen Centre, Drefach Felindre.

Create a beautiful A5 (portrait format) book with hardback covers and a decorative stitched spine. 

Bind your book with a choice of papers and stitch the open spine with a combination of coloured tapes and threads. This workshop is recommended for bookbinders with a little experience.

All materials required are included in the course fee. A spacious work area is allocated to each student along with their own set of tools to use while they’re here. A plentiful supply of tea, coffee and afternoon cake is provided.

Booking online at www.makeitinwales.co.uk

Tunnel Books

Saturday 25th November  10-3.30pm

Preseli Community Learning Centre,Ysgol y Preseli, Crymych, SA41 3QH

A magical, miniature world inside a tunnel.

This workshop re-cycles pictures from magazines to create an intriguing tunnel book. Let your imagination run wild as you combine pictures to create unlikely scenes using found images.

Concertina folds of paper support collaged scenes to create a miniature theatre. Viewed through a single window an imaginary 3 dimensional landscape is revealed.

and

Introduction to Bookbinding

a 5 week evening class commencing Wed 31-1-2018

Preseli Community Learning Centre,Ysgol y Preseli, Crymych, SA41 3QH

Wk 1: Concertina books.

Wk 2: Star books

Wk 3: Pamphlets, tacket binding and long stitch.

Wk 4 & Wk 5:Simple hardback sketch book with book cloth cover

Booking Ysgol y Preseli Telephone: 01437 770180

Gallery Exhibition Openings at the Ardent Gallery in Brecon, and Printmaking and Ceramics at Oriel Cric

Exhibition Openings at two galleries this week

This week sees the opening of two exciting exhibitions both featuring my prints: On Thursday 6th July The Ardent Gallery in Brecon previews its Open Exhibition with a wide selection of 2 dimensional works. ' Hafod Sentinel' was created for an Aberystwyth printmakers exhibition inspired by the Hafod Estate in mid Wales Glenn will also be exhibiting in this show. 8th July sees the launch of Oriel Crics Summer Exhibition of Printmaking and ceramics. They will be including a selection of pieces from my series of landscape pieces which combine pictorial elements of the landscape with 2 dimensional representations of social and industrial history. They bring together layered collagraph prints inspired by tiny sections of Ordnance Survey maps, with overprinted original maps, pamphlets documenting geographical surveys of South Wales, recycled books of local history and other ephemera. These works interweave elements from local industry, traditional welsh quilting designs and patterns created by fields, roads and geological strata. Ardent Gallery Open Exhibition 6th July - 3rd August Preview Thurs 6th July 6-8pm Ardent Gallery, 46 High Street, Brecon. LD3 7AP http://www.ardentgallery.co.uk Oriel Cric Summer exhibition of printmakers and Ceramicists 5th July - 11th September Exhibition Launch 8th July 2pm Crickhowell Resource and Information Centre, Beaufort Street, Crickhowell, NP8 1BN http://www.visitcrickhowell.co.uk/what-to-do/the-cric-oriel-gallery/ Everybody welcome to these events Its not too late to book yourself onto the sketchbook workshop  at Ceridwen, Drefach Felindre on Sun 9th July.  Book here