Expanding books workshop

Expanding books at Cardigan Castle on 30th March

Make a book that will expand as you add extra sections, stick pictures onto the pages or fill the envelopes. This book has covers bound with hand printed paper, 32 white cartridge pages and two sturdy envelopes all stitched onto an expanding concertina spine, secured with a ribbon. During this one day course you will be guided through all the processes needed to make this unusual book and go home with a finished item. All materials and tools are provided.

Booking for this course should be made through Make it in Wales More information can be found on their website at http://www.makeitinwales.co.uk/course-details/bookbinding-carole-king/ about this course and others and booking online may be made at http://www.makeitinwales.co.uk/events/expanding-books/ My next event is

Workshops !

Courses at Nant Spring 2015

Date	Event	Time	Cost
Sunday 15th Feb	Reduction Lino printing Using easy-cut lino, learn the basic technique of reduction lino cuts and complete your first multicolour print Materials provided	10.30-4	£23 (tools if needed £5 extra- please order when booking)
Monday 23rd Feb	Lino Printing with 2 plates. Printing with two or more plates create more complex designs Materials provided	10.30-4	£23 (tools if needed £5 extra- please order when booking)
Wed 25th Feb	Book binding 1 Concertina books and stab stitch techniques	10.30 -4	£20 each workshop including most materials 'What to bring' list when booking
Monday March 2nd	Book binding 2 Books using longstitch and expanding spines	10.30 -4
Sunday March 8th	Book binding 3 Coptic binding and Open Spine Techniques. For those with some experience.	10.30 -4
Monday 9th March & Monday 16th March	Portraiture: Structure, form and contour: build up a likeness directly from the model. Tutor: Glenn Ibbitson Model: Carole King Work in Acrylic or Oils Bring painting materials of your choice and a panel or canvas of your preferred size	Each session 10.30 - 3pm	Two day course: £45 . maximum 4 people
Wed 18th March	Graphic novels and the Cartoon Strip Do you have a story in you, but feel daunted by the prospect of days at a keyboard? Then consider the medium of the Graphic Novel. A one-day workshop which will guide you through the basic visual language of 'sequential art' to develop a your idea through a balance of word and picture. Tutor: Glenn Ibbitson A fine artist influenced by the medium of comics, he is now the author of three graphic novels, with a further book in production	10.30 - 4pm.	£20 All materials provided.
Monday 30th March	Collage: Beyond Two Dimensions Lifting the practice of paper mosaic and assemblage from the flat page to produce works in Relief, Pop-ups, Tunnel Books, Boxes and etc. One day course guaranteed to produce intriguing conversation pieces. Tutor: Glenn Ibbitson	10.30 - 4pm.	£20 All materials provided
Wed 8th April & Mon 13th April	The Surreal Still-Life: Too often, Still-Life is to the painter what scales are to the pianist. Still-Life can be much more than just an exercise. By substituting vases of flowers or bowls of fruit for a range of more unusual objects in an imaginative composition, your painting will develop over two days into a painting which transcends the genre and feeds the imagination. Work in Acrylic or Oils Bring painting materials of your choice and a panel or canvas of your preferred size Bring two objects which have a special meaning for you to include in your set-up.	Each session 10.30 - 4pm.	Two day course: £40
Tea and coffee provided- please bring your own packed lunch. Booking essential : email mail@carolekingart.co.uk or call 01559 370276

Everyone welcome

We are based 2 miles south of Newcastle Emlyn on the B4333- directions and map available on booking.

Booking can be made through our new site http://www.artwagon.moonfruit.com/

or contact us on mail@carolekingart.co.uk.

Bookbinding Workshop

Further information:

Bookmaking Workshop

Saturday 21^st March 2015

10-3pm

Preseli Community Learning Centre

£30

Make a complete book with hard covers and a stitched and covered spine, suitable for use as a sketchbook, notebook, diary or journal. Learn techniques for including storage pockets or envelopes, place markers and retaining ribbons for closure.

During this one day workshop participants will complete an A5 size book filled with drawing quality paper.

We will start the day with a short examination of various book structures, materials and tools.

Tools /Materials suggestion list

I will provide

pieces of thick greyboard for the covers

book cloth for the book spine

140gsm white acid free cartridge for the pages ( if you would prefer watercolour or another type of paper please contact me)

glue

thread

Please will you bring:

Essential tools- scissors- I use a big pair for cutting paper and a small pair for fiddly bits

a ruler – both for measuring and as a cutting edge

darning size needle

a paintbrush suitable for glueing

If you have one

a craft knife / stanley knife

board to cut on

a bradawl with a point and tools for making holes

wrapping papers for the book covers eg interesting paper bags, packaging, gift wrap, advertising flyers, pages from magazines..... etc

cords and ribbons

If you might like to add a 'tie' to close your book a ribbon piece approximately 1m in length and 1-2cm wide is required- I will bring a selection of ribbon but you might like to bring what you have.

embellishments eg lace, decorative pictures, fabric,beads, buttons, anything you think might be useful

If you would like to attend this workshop please book directly with

preseli.learning@pembrokeshire.gov.uk or call 01437 770180

I will soon be publishing a list of other workshops that will take place at Nant-all sorts of techniques and fun-let me know if there is anything you would like especially on the list.

Bookbinding Workshop at Oriel y Parc

Spaces still available on this one day course.

Bookmaking Workshop 12^th September 2014

Venue Oriel y Parc

Time 10.30 – 4.00

Tutor : Carole King

A one day, crash course on bookbinding - how to create your own books from scratch: basic sketch books to display, expanding and decorative structures.

Using a hands-on, investigative approach, learn the essential techniques for creating successful projects.

Am

to include

A)An examination of book structures using

Concertina

Classic binding with/without tapes

Stab stitch

Rings and screws

Coptic

Longstitch etc

Expanding books

Materials

Tools

B) Hands on construction of a concertina book using basic techniques:

Folding corners

Soft v hard covers

Pages- Concertina folds

Signatures

Flyleaf /endpapers

Spacing holes and making jigs

Adding ties and closings

Pm

Putting it all together in an individual project: Hopefully there will be time to at least plan and begin an individual project of your own choosing.

Tools /Materials suggestion list

Please bring any of the following that you might like to use during the workshop or use the basic materials which will be supplied at cost

Pieces of thick card- eg mountboard or greyboard

wrapping papers- eg interesting paper bags, packaging, gift wrap, advertising flyers, pages from magazines..... etc

cords and ribbons

2 or 3mm ribbon can be great for coptic binding

wider pieces of ribbon or tape for 'ties'

threads- embroidery/stitching

fine cords

hairy string?- eg garden twine-not plastic

embellishments eg lace, decorative pictures, fabric,beads, buttons, anything you think might be useful

tools- scissors- I use a big pair for cutting paper and a small pair for fiddly bits

a ruler – both for measuring and as a cutting edge

a craft knife / stanley knife

board to cut on

a bradawl with a point and tools for making holes

darning size needle

a paintbrush for glueing