On this course, you will create a multi-layered scroll, decorative tin and altered book which combine elements to represent a story or memories.

You will combine lightweight papers and delicate fabrics to create a base scroll using techniques such as collage, monoprinting, stencilling with different mediums, stamp making, stitching and adding texture using different textiles. The scroll will then become your substrate for adding images using image transfer techniques. The images will be embellished using paint and glazes, dried flowers, stamps and stitch.

You will also decorate a vintage tin, around which you will wrap your scroll. The scroll will be housed in an altered book cover.

At each stage of the creative process, you will be using materials and images that represent your story, so it will be important to have planned the story you wish to tell, and gathered images, words and motifs to represent it.

This course is suitable both for students with basic skills, as well as more intermediate students who wish to explore ways of combining mixed media and textile techniques as a means of storytelling.

Included

On this course the college will provide some of the materials, such as acrylic gesso, bookbinding PVA glue and acrylic modelling paste to be shared amongst the group. The tutor will also provide some materials for shared use, such as an ink pad, letter stamps, A5 creative foam, tissue paper, sandpaper, copier paper and tracing paper.

What students need to bring

Paper: Selection of lightweight, semi-transparent papers such as tissue, glassine, rice paper – as many different shades of neutral as possible. You can tea stain some papers in advance.

• About 10 photos or images to represent your story printed to approx. 10 cm high. MUST be laser prints
• Typed or handwritten story for background
• Old hard cover book that you don’t mind cutting up – approximately 8 x 5 inches and 2 inches thick
• Piece of card, the same size as your book cover

Fabric:

• Small pieces of silk – I used fragments from an old wedding dress and sari silk.
• Scraps of lace to use as stencils Lightweight fabrics in white/cream such as silk, organza, muslin
• Muslin about A4 size
• Needle and embroidery thread
• Piece of ribbon (I used sari silk ribbon) about 35 inches long

Paints:

• Acrylic paint in your chosen colours

Tools:

• Wide glue brush
• Stencilling brush or sponge
• Old credit card or silicon scraper
• Gel plate ( I will bring mine which can be borrowed if you don’t have one.)
• Fine detail paintbrush
• Pencil

Other: Dried leaves, petals, seed heads such as Lunaria Stencil – design of your choice Leaves, feathers, any flat object that you like for gel printing Surgical tape or bookbinding linen tape Old tin approximately 4.5 x 3.5 inches but can be smaller Objects to help tell your story that will fit in your tin…buttons? Photos? Flowers? Any small objects

Additional information

Please wear appropriate clothing/aprons for the workshop or studio, this includes stout covered footwear (no sandals or open toes).

Arrival day
Residential students can arrive from 4pm, non-residential students to arrive by 7.15pm for registration. Students arriving earlier are welcome to purchase dinner in the College Dining Room from 6pm.
Students meet their tutor in the Bar at 7.30pm prompt to go to studios.
First Teaching session: 7.30pm - 9pm (attendance is essential)

Daily timetable
Course teaching: 9.15am - 5pm
Morning session: 9.15am - 12.45pm including coffee/tea break
Lunch break: 12.45pm - 2pm*
Afternoon session: 2pm - 5pm including coffee/tea break
Teaching finishes: 5pm
Evening working: students may have access to workshops until 9pm, but only with permission from the tutor and provided any health and safety guidelines are observed.

Departure day
Course teaching: 9.15am - 3pm
Teaching finishes: 3pm

Residential students will need to check out of rooms by 10am. Please note, the tutor may make slight variations to the daily timetable as required.

*Lunch can be purchased on campus, view options

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